Thursday, April 2, 2009

My freckles tell me it's spring.










Ladies and gentlemen, I present the two reasons why I'm functioning right now: sunshine (it got up to 65 degrees F today!) and Goffertpark (a gihugic green space in western Nijmegen populated by precocious blonde children, ponies, and friendly pooches).

Final exam weeks for third quarter have commenced--ergo, no class. I only have two finals coming up, so I really don't have much to do but sit/bike/sleep in said sunshine and straight chill, bro. It's been nice. I also discovered the library today. It was...comically unpleasant. Does this really surprise anyone?

The kicker: the university GYM has longer hours than the university library. Gulp.



I've been in the oddest mood lately: not quite homesick, but yearning for something a tad more meaningful than the class-gym-dinner-party-sleep cycle that's been dominating my life as of late. I think Krakow (three weeks!) and London (seven weeks!), as well as Queen's Day in Amsterdam at the end of April should help to shake it up a little bit.

Speaking of which...April? When did that happen?

I really am excited for Poland. It's going to be cray-cray, mostly because I don't speak a word of Polish--wait, yes I do! Kaczka! It means "duck"!--but also extremely cool because Eastern Europe is muy affordable and sort of off the beaten path (at least for your average college student). I'll be able to see Auschwitz, which will be awesome. Not WHOOOO SPRING BREAK kind of awesome, but in the traditional sense. Overwhelming and fascinating and terrifying.

Figuring out the train system will be similarly overwhelming...which is why we're so darn lucky to have Polish nationals as friends. Wish me luck as we put this whole impromptu thing together.



P.S. I miss you guys. Like, a lot.

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