Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Hmm. With finals coming up, the last two days of classes near, and winter fever setting in, I’m amazed that I’m actually studying at the Duderstadt library right now. Well, there’s a little bit more procrastinating being done than studying, but still.

Of course, it’s snowing beautifully outside. And North Campus is GORGEOUS during the winter. So looking out the windows is much too tempting for me. To prevent myself from jumping out a window and rolling around in the snow, throwing snowballs at everyone that passes, and making an infinite amount of snow angels, I’m cooped up in a group study room in the Dude, attempting to go through the terms on my study sheets for my exams.

I guess I am looking forward to a lot this week. Surprisingly, I don’t have much to do to study for exams. I feel really comfortable in all of my classes, which is the last thing I expect of college. But since I’ve been trying to keep up, now I can take a break and spend time with my friends before I leave for Spain.

This Friday, we’re having a Christmas party with my group at New Life Church. It’s going to involve food, games, and a white elephant gift exchange. I’ve never done one of those – apparently we just have to bring the most random thing we can think of and give it to someone – but I just know it’s going to be amazing. Also, at New Life, we’re having a Christmas concert on the 14th, which I’m psyched for. I absolutely love Christmas music…and Christmas lights…well, just about everything Christmas.

Tonight, I’m going to see the Friars perform in their winter study break concert. The Friars are this hilarious all-male a capella group that always leave me laughing so hard my stomach hurts. It’s 8 men, that wear those tuxedos with the tails, and they incorporate dancing into their singing, along with changing the lyrics of the songs they sing to make them kind of like a U of M inside joke. I know that that’s just what I’m going to need to do tonight to take a break from everything and just laugh really really hard.

Last night my friend Catherine and I ordered Insomnia Cookies…which are probably the best invention ever. They’re this company that operates at night and delivers fresh-baked, melty, delicious cookies right to your dorm. INCREDIBLE. And they have a truck that is usually stationed outside a dorm throughout the night, and you can just walk up to it and order a cookie, ice-cream-truck style. My favorite was when it was outside Markley at the end of last year, because although I lived in East Quad, I was visiting friends in Markley all the time, and I would run up and get a cookie and be SO excited every time.

After we ordered our cookies we watched some random YouTube videos. And let me tell you, that is ALL we do. To procrastinate, to have fun together, anytime when we just need to take a break…we search for a comedian that we like, look for a random funny new video, or check out an old classic that we know that we’ll love. YouTube is both the best and the worst thing at the same time. Awesome because it’s an easy way to get a good laugh, but worst because if you want to procrastinate, it’s right there for you. As a matter of fact, I might just go and watch some right now. ☺

All right, so I think this entry has been a little bit all over the place. But I suppose that is a reflection on the mind of a college student right before exams – we’re going stir crazy and want to go home, but there’s just so much more that we have to do here. Either way, I’m going to attempt to study some more now…or maybe just watch the snow.