AHHHHHHHH
Posted by Jackie , 12 October 2010 3:47 PM
That is the sound my soul is currently making (though I'm trying to zen out right now for a few minutes painting my nails and watching Gossip Girl). I can't believe how much homework has landed on my head all at once. First, I'm writing an English paper due next Tuesday for Shakespeare that included enough research that I'm only beginning to outline now. I also just learned that an Economics assignment is due on Thursday, rather than next Monday. And, of course, I won't be in town this weekend because I'm going on an Adventure Weekend with Butler to the lake district. *Sigh* I feel much better now.
With that said, the past few days have been rather low key. On Sunday evening, I cooked dinner for myself, Elissa, my room mate (Lily), a friend of her's who was visiting from Barcelona, and another friend of Lily's who's studying in London as well (Ethan). We made baked ziti and garlic bread, both of which thankfully turned out spectacularly.
Yesterday was devoted to work and some water polo in the evening. I bought some Staedtler erasers along with various other school supplies, and the erasers definitely made my day. They are absolutely the best ever, I couldn't imagine doing an Economics assignment without them!
I must say, though, that the one thing that indicated to me that I'm back at school was my desperate need to use the OED online. At Vanderbilt, I use it all the time in planning my English essays; so much so that I have a link saved to the website in my tool bar. Imagine my horror, then, when I tried to access the site in my flat and realized that my Vanderbilt subscription didn't carry all the way across the pond! It was a tragic moment, stricken with the bitter knowledge that any other definition must be faulty (by definition). To my utmost joy, I found that UCL has an online subscription too. It was easy enough from there to find the varied definitions of "honor," and, believe me, I will definitely be relying on them in my essay on I Henry IV.
