Living in the Library

Due to a rather untimely computer malfunction, I have been practically living in the library as of late. I never really realized how much time I spent on the computer until I didn't have one, and I have to say the lack of computer in my life has been rather freeing. However, that's not to say I'm not going to get mine fixed, since spending so much time in the library is rather inconvenient. There's no food in here.

It's interesting though to see how much I get done when I don't have that extra distraction. I've been getting so much done the last few weeks, it's crazy! I still have a pile of things to do every week, but when I get home from classes I usually get right to it instead of watching a few episodes of my favorite TV show online. I feel so much more productive.

School is still super stressful and busy all the time, but it's nice to spend my downtime doing something other than staring at a computer screen. I've been doing a lot of reading, mostly for class but some just for fun. In my classes we're reading sections of the Canterbury Tales and some Jane Austen. For "fun", I'm trying to slog my way through Silas Marner, but that's not going so well. I'm thinking of giving it up for now to reread The Call of the Wild instead. Who doesn't want to read about dogs tearing the throat out of a moose? (I'm sure there's more to the book than that, but that's the only part I remember from when I read it back in 5th or 6th grade)

Anyway, skiing lately has been fantastic! The snow here has been so wonderful. This last weekend my class and I skied through about half a foot or so of fresh powder, and the forecast for this week looks like there's even more snow on the way! March 16th-18th, my boyfriend and I will be going on a power vacation (like a power nap, except not a nap) to Whistler to ski some of that extra good Canadian snow! Spring break starts whenever my last final is (which I believe is March 14th), and ends March 27th. I can't wait! I need a school break!

Ski/School Report

This quarter has been so stressful and busy, I've hardly had any time to even think about updating this blog! I'd say I can't wait for the quarter to be over, but it's only going to be more stressful from here. Classes are going well. I have group projects in all of them, and papers in all of them and an insane amount of reading to do! I feel like all I do in my spare time is read, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I'm having a hard time balancing the school stuff with my friends and I think they're all feeling a bit neglected...

Next week I sign up for my classes for Spring, and I was just going through the classes available. It looks like I will be taking three English classes, 453, 373, and 222. 453 is Studies in Fiction, 373 is Literature and History III, and 222 is Multicultural Lit for Teachers. So those should all be fun!

I remember back in middle school, I always said I wanted to live out of my car in college, and I'm basically doing that right now. Since I'm always up at the Pass, I always keep extra food, water, and clothes in my car. I'm fairly certain that I could be lost in the mountains for a week and I'd still survive with all the stuff I keep in the Subaru! My ski classes this year are awesome! On Fridays I help out with a class of beginners, and on Saturdays I have a class of crazy (but awesome!) seven and eight year-olds. This last Saturday, I took them down the first black diamond of the season finally! The break weekend is February 17th, so it will be nice to have a weekend to relax and maybe catch up on my reading!

Well that's all I have time for for now. I'm off to finish up some projects and read! Hope everyone is having a good February so far!