Approximately Adam: On the Verge of Going Back

January 16, 2006
On the Verge of Going Back

As I sit here at the slightest beginning of Martin Luther King Day, I have just gotten over the WebCT mix-up that threatened to throw my whole semester into disarray. Assuming that it's WebCT that's messed up and not my schedule, I feel better just for being better off than what I'd expected. Thinking back on my most excellent, diverse, and enjoyable winter break, I think the reason I am dreading waking up in several hours is because I've been gone just long enough to forget what it feels like. I'm firmly settled into my cushy Capital Region life again and have forgotten what it feels like to be a Boston college student. I remember being so ready to come home at the end of last semester and now fear on some level that this entire semester will feel that way. I remember the shitty heating pipes pounding against my wall and the menagerie of small annoyances that come with them. I remember the long waits at the T in the frigid cold. But most of all, I remember being alone and dread returning to that feeling. I've got a fresh start with fresh classes. I know the city better, and know some of the people better. There will be things I miss from last semester, like the Fan Favorites movies at the Loews every Thursday nigh. There will hopefully be new joys that I have yet to discover. The one fact that makes it not seem again overwhelming is the fact that this semester the weather will get better and better, the days longer and longer. And instead of building towards a month off, I'm building towards four months off. And when I come back next year it will be a whole new ballgame. Lets see what Boston holds for me.

^{posted by Adam at 01:05 |}

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