Thursday, April 28, 2005
"I might have an emotion"
Today is the last day I will live in res. I'm supposed to check out by 6 p.m. and have been quietly noting the "lasts" all day:last lunch in the caf, last first-year exam I will write (woo!), last dinner in the caf, last time I'll see the gals from the floor, last time I'll look out my window to see the little squadron of hipsters smoking in the rain, last Daily Show with the 10th Glen Girls, last night I'll sleep in "my" room. Last time I'll have any really pressing reason to walk to res from anywhere on campus. Also, joyously, the last fire drill! Yes, that's right, at 1 a.m. we had a fire drill. We were outside for half an hour, at least. Not cool. Anyway, everyone's been getting all verklempt about leaving. Even Katherine, she of the black heart and cool head, admitted that she had to leave somewhere because she was at risk of having an emotion (hey, family: "Dad, I had a feeling today!" Well, don't, son." "Emotions are for ethnic people.")
My last exam went pretty well. I was making up generalities for my last essay, because I really just wanted to get out of there. In the morning Katherine's mum will come with their giant old Caddy and start moving stuff. Apparently the trunk is big enough for several bodies. Maybe it'll even take us less than four trips to get all our stuff over to the apartment. Currently I'm at three suitcases, three largish cardboard boxes, and four small "sweater" plastic boxes. Uh oh.
I have not even begun taking down my quotes'n'lyrics wall. It's my great work of art for the year, and I tried to only put up songs that felt important on a given day. This means that a lot of the songs are quite sad, because sad and important is easier to pull off than happy and important. In short, I think the quote wall disassembly is when I'm going to lose it. But I haven't lost it yet, so there's hope! And it's not as though I'm going anyplace horrible. I'm quite glad to be going home; I just wish I could do it without leaving school.
Anyway, congratulations, all. We made it! One down and three to go. And it is time for me to go to bed because I am exhausted. Goodnight!
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4 comments:
Watch out for this emotion stuff-- tell Katherine to get a grip. Here at home we're feeling very emotional and ethnic at the prospect of having our Mimsy back. Yay!!
You could take a picture of you quote wall so that it will last forever!
I may have to break into Katherine's room and steal the wall for myself- cause really, is there any reason to live without it??
Fear not, the quote walls have been preserved photographically. They are available upon request, for I would not wish their memory to pass away. Particularly because we need to do a new one next year!
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