unfair advantages

[1_eagereye]

things:

+ being with ted
+ being done with poetry AND fiction portfolios
+ greg buchanan's brilliant professor-ing
- pablo's class of death
+ snow boots and mitten-gloves
+ only one month of midwest winter
- months of ireland rain
+ smelling like coffee
+ going home in 6 days
+ being 21 in 13 days
- the euro to dollar exchange rate
+ impending chicago JOY
- a lonely new years eve
- packing/unpacking/repacking
+/- a well-spent semester coming to an end