The "I don't feel like leaving yet" update
So I am staying a few days extra here at school. I like being truly alone for the first time in a while. It's sorta nice. No one to pester me, no responsibilities. No need to rush around and do what people want. I'm sitting around in my pants watching Farscape and Kings and things. I spent six hours yesterday nerding in elvish, and for once, I don't feel guilty.
I drove around campus last night to see what it was like in the middle of cold frozen death season. Except it's neither cold nor frozen. This is the end of December. We are supposed to have three feet of snow, high winds and no deer. We still have tons of deer. They are cute and bushytailed. Not as cute as kitties, but still cute. The dorms were utterly vacant; lights on in a few rooms, 28 out of the 500+ which face Andrews Memorial Drive. [Yes, I counted] Utterly deserted; Though the apartments show signs of life, even the one above me is still occupied by a person playing loud music most of the day. I'd say around 33% occupancy in the apartments. The academic side is a bombed out ghost town. 15 cars in all the lots last night around 12:30; abandoned; empty. I sorta like that feeling of true solitude. I walked around the engineering building for a while. Didn't see a soul; suprised it wasn't locked, actually. So quiet, like the last deep breath before the plunge.
I find I am better able to do work when people are not around bothering me. I've already planned out my entire IC Processing project and started doing actual research for it; It's not due till the end of Feb. Yes. I know, isn't it sick?!
I've also been cleaning the apartment up and arranging my room. I got the new Neodynium lightbulbs that Vénië suggested; they are quite nice, though 60 watters are not enough to stave off the black death which is the Rochester winter. I need some 75 watters, I think.
I drove around campus last night to see what it was like in the middle of cold frozen death season. Except it's neither cold nor frozen. This is the end of December. We are supposed to have three feet of snow, high winds and no deer. We still have tons of deer. They are cute and bushytailed. Not as cute as kitties, but still cute. The dorms were utterly vacant; lights on in a few rooms, 28 out of the 500+ which face Andrews Memorial Drive. [Yes, I counted] Utterly deserted; Though the apartments show signs of life, even the one above me is still occupied by a person playing loud music most of the day. I'd say around 33% occupancy in the apartments. The academic side is a bombed out ghost town. 15 cars in all the lots last night around 12:30; abandoned; empty. I sorta like that feeling of true solitude. I walked around the engineering building for a while. Didn't see a soul; suprised it wasn't locked, actually. So quiet, like the last deep breath before the plunge.
I find I am better able to do work when people are not around bothering me. I've already planned out my entire IC Processing project and started doing actual research for it; It's not due till the end of Feb. Yes. I know, isn't it sick?!
I've also been cleaning the apartment up and arranging my room. I got the new Neodynium lightbulbs that Vénië suggested; they are quite nice, though 60 watters are not enough to stave off the black death which is the Rochester winter. I need some 75 watters, I think.