I was convinced that spring classes were staring this Thursday, but around 9:00 tonight I discovered they actually start tomorrow morning. Oops! And senioritis begins . . . ;) I have been in phone/e-mail/face to face contact with tons of people this week, both faculty and students, I guess the starting date is just considered common knowledge so it was never brought up, still not sure how I managed to misinform myself. I had planned to get a lot of stuff done on my last 'free' day tomorrow, including some major housekeeping efforts, errands, and writing fresh material for Endless Forms. Now I have classes all morning and will have to shift Charlie's morning vet appointment to the afternoon. Hopefully I will be able to squeeze in at least some of my previously planned tasks, though.
I can't complain about the semester too much, because it is my last one here at Auburn. Time flies! I moved around so much when I was a kid, Auburn is the first place I have ever really become so attached to that I truly feel homesick for it when I am away. You can't beat the weather, either, it is the first week of January and we were somewhere around 75 degrees today. No matter where I go to graduate school, it will be farther north than here, I will miss Alabama "winters." ;)
Now time to put the blog away, since it is apparently a school night.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
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During my first year after I graduated from college, I realized that I was homesick for the place that made my current self. It wasn't just the people I missed- I'd become attached to the physical place. I missed the seasons, the smells, walking across campus at night, everything. It was difficult.
When I left Mid-Atlantic Field Station, I knew I was once again leaving behind the familiar plants, animals, and seasonal changes. I cried harder than I had in years- but not as hard as the day we left SFC after graduation. But, there's happiness in the experience of getting to know a place well, even when you have to leave it.
Enjoy your last semester of college!
Just to give you a bit of comparison, it is -30 here today...no, I'm not in Alaska either...
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