My body is exhausted. Been living on very few sleep since…I don’t know when. Hangover wasn’t too terrible this morning. But my bones hurt, I’m sore, and have absolutely no desire to do anything productive, which is b-a-d because I have two 2-page papers due this week as well as an exam on Wednesday. Blechh. [...]

My appetite seems to have increased tenfold since my return to campus. I don’t know what it is, but I just keep eating and eating. I’ve eaten practically everything there is on Green Street (it’s rather hard to avoid when you have to walk down a street full of shops and restaurants just to get [...]

I’ve been meaning to update here about how insanely busy everything has gotten since I’ve returned to my college life 8 (or is it 9 now?) days ago and I apologize profusely for making this first return-to-Champaign post about men and about that last semester in Costa Rica, but after a momentary freak-out this is [...]

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” — Nelson Mandela Amazing. I’ve finally figured out what’s wrong with me. Funnily enough, I came across that quote while reading through the “Welcome Back” guide the study abroad office sent me. And I [...]

New Year is a rather strange holiday for me. Although they signal the start of a new calendar year, for me it doesn’t really signal much else. My own personal New Year has always been around my birthday, mostly because in August my age changes and a new school year begins. But alas, 2010 is [...]