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December 19, 2005
Life is boring.
So...life. It goes on. I realize I haven't been updating much on the day-to-day. It's like even when something vaguely noteworthy happens, I just can't be bothered. Meh.
So, I essentially finished all my Christmas shopping the first week of December, a feat I was very proud of myself for accomplishing. My mom and I are both usually rushing about the week before Christmas buying gifts. My mom still is, but I am done. I always feel like I should have more people to buy gifts for. But once I've bought for my mom, my younger cousin, and whoever I have for my family's gift exchange (this year it's my older cousin, Michele), I'm out of family members to buy for, unless I wanted to buy gifts for at least four more people (all my aunts), and I am unfortunately unable to afford that sort of extravagance.
My clothes-buying spree (I never knew I was capable of one of those) ended with the purchase of my first pair of designer shoes. They are from Kenneth Cole's Unlisted collection. I have no idea what that means, but I've heard of Kenneth Cole, so I know they're designer shoes. I quite like them, and my mom says that because they're, you know, designer shoes, they'll last longer than the shoes I usually wear. And because every store is having huge sales, I got them for exactly the same price I would have paid for similar shoes at, say, Payless. Designer shoes for $20, yay.
I'm finding it hard to believe that my break is already almost over. I don't want to go back to school. I mean, I'm kind of bored and am eager to start next term's classes, but at the same time, I'm not ready to leave home again. But in exactly two weeks, I'll be on the train heading for Chicago (and from there to Galesburg).
I'm having a hard time living so far away from home. I can deal with not seeing my mom for a few weeks, but after a month or two, I really miss her. Damn us and our great relationship. Most of my friends are so happy to get away from their parents.
I've been thinking about applying to Macalester again as a transfer. In fact, last night I sent in part I of the applicaction (which isn't due until April). But it costs $40 to apply, and with my very average grades thus far in college (B+, B+, B-), I don't think I'll get in. Unless I pull all A's winter term or something. I'm thinking that would be pretty impossible, but you never know. But...meh. I really wanted to go to Mac - despite the friends I've made at Knox and how well I fit in there, it's still my first choice school. I am just dying to take a linguistics class, to see if I like it. Mac has an English program that inclues literature and creative writing. And, of course, Mac is like 15 minutes away from home. Knox is "selective." All the other schools I applied to are "highly selective." I didn't get into any of the highly selective ones. I guess I make the "selective" cut, but not the "highly selective" one. Though I was on Mac's waitlist, so I guess they liked me.
Whatever. I have until April to decide. Maybe between now and then my homesickness will go away, I'll fall in love with the history professor (in a platonic way!), and I'll decide I love Knox too much to leave it.
Posted by Elena at December 19, 2005 01:05 PM