2003-11-24 / 2:07 a.m.
It's the End of the World As We Know It

It's the end of the world as we know it

And I feel fine - R.E.M

Okay, I really didn't drop off the face of the planet.

Though sometimes it feels I have.

I'm not being metaphysical... this time. I'm just incredibly incredibly swamped with the utter horror that is histology.

The absolute last practical of my academic career is tomorrow at 1 pm. Next semester, I'll have no biology labs, no writing of lab reports, no struggling to make substance A and B react or identify whatever obscure structure.

Next semester, I won't spend hours feeling like a complete and total moron because I can't spot some tiny cell at the end of a pointer, or because I can't do bizzare calculations to finish a lab result to work in some odd formula that's purely theoretical anyway.

I won't have to worry about how to fudge my lab data to be able to finish a lab report or make something fit because I had no idea how to finish the actual experiment.

I won't have to smell noxious carcinogenic chemicals, and nearly light myself on fire, burn myself risk life or limb for a measly 1.5 credit course.

I'll finally be free of all that...

After tomorrow, that is. After another mind-numbing practical. However, it's one practical and my course is over, and it's less than two days right now until break. Now, need I say that I'm counting the days until December 12th.

Honestly, it doesn't seem like it's the end of November (or almost Thanksgiving for that matter) already. Perhaps it's because it's not freezing cold here already. Now, I'm not complaining one bit, because as we all know I hate hate hate hate the cold.

It just seems that this semester's gone by so fast in some ways, which is a very good thing considering that I want so badly to get out of here. I have a feeling my graduation is going to be here in the blink of an eye. Which reminds me yet again that I need a job... *sigh*

Oh, on a happier note, I've decided I'm going to completely decorate the apartment for Christmas next weekend. I have all these decorations, including one kick ass big tree from my old apartment and I'd love to put them up again. Just something to say that I'm in some kind of home this year, not living in a box.

On the subject of homes, it seems my mother actually did buy a house which will be closing on the 2nd, if all goes right this time. This, of course, means I'm going to have to move my stuff again. I believe this one'll make my 8th move in just over 5 years. Of course, I get to move yet again in June, so yay me, I truly am a nomad.

Luckily though, this time the move should hopefully be pretty easy on me. Right now, the majority of my stuff is here. At my mother's is clothes that I really don't wear (and probably doesn't fit), some really dressy stuff, and stuff that I can't bring here. Chances are I'll end up giving away a lot of the stuff (mostly the clothes) and taking the rest of the stuff here when I move out of there, since I actually have three closets to play with. Plus, I'd really like to have most of my stuff in one place again for once.