My morning consisted of: waking up early-ish, reading news online, and having breakfast. Upon completion of those exciting tasks, I decided it was time to try something new: scanning my notes, so that I dont have to bring my notebook to class. Yes, this means that I take notes on my computer, and then write down what matters with some additional study notes into my notebook, and then put them back on to the computer. After only a minor amount of frusteration, I had completed the task, made a sandwich for lunch, and left for class!

History was disappointing, I found it difficult to pay attention the lecture, because he wasn't telling us anything that I hadn't just read in the textbook. The urge to go online and do something more exciting was very high, but I stayed facebook-free for the whole class.

Next I had politics. I'm a bit concerned that I am not understanding what's happening in this course. Most of what the prof talks about I understand, but I dont see connections between the things that he is talking about, and I can't apply them to my life. Maybe once we actually start studying one of our 10 "problems" (coffee being the first) I'll be able to connect the dots. I hope so...because my first assignment is due in two weeks, and I really dont know what exactly I'm supposed to do for it! Oh, and it's worth 15% of my grade....YUCK! My room mate and I were just discussing how huge the gap is between grade 12 and first year university: this is something that shouldn't be that hard to fix! Expect a little bit more in grade 12, and a little bit less in first year...but apparently that is impossible?

When politics was finished I took the time to read our student newspaper, The Fulcrum. Other than a few more very politically correct yet "heartfelt" statments about the "tragic incident" that occured on Saturday (which I also recieved another email and a phone message about) there wasn't very much in it. But, my room mate was sleeping, and I felt like sleeping...so at least it was a little more productive.

When Taylor got up from her nap and went to class, I decided to get some work done, and I did. I've discovered that the only way I can get through these very tedious readings is to sit down and commit to working for a specific amount of time, and having some sort of reward (candy, free time, walk, done-for-the-day) afterwards. I managed to read 30 pages telling me about how to choose a topic for an English Essay, which I dont get to choose the topic for, and also finish the French article that we began in class Tuesday. AND I did my bible study, all in an hour and a half! I felt pretty good about myself.

This evening after dinner Taylor and I went out to get some groceries. My love of grocery shopping has officially ended. It is so expensive shopping for one person, buying everything in the smallest quantities possible, choosing things that can be prepared in the least amount of time without many basic ingredients, choosing the smallest head of lettuce so I can put it in a ziploc bag to keep it a bit fresher, since we of course have no crisper. The good thing is that Taylor knows a lot more about instant food than I do, so she knows which things are worth buying, and which are not. That being said, I'm pretty sure that "Szechwan Kraft Dinner Cups" wouldn't ever tempt me.

We'd just finished putting our groceries away when the fire alarm went off. Angry, we put on our sweaters and shoes, grabbed our keys, and joined the mob of students heading down the stairs. After waiting outside for 30 minutes (and taking two photos, above) we were allowed back into the building...and I thought fire drills at EMCS were bad!

There was something else that I wanted to mention...but I've definitely forgotten what it was. Maybe I should have been blogging when I was thinking about it during history!