I've landed

Who would've thought that three weeks could have passed by so quickly? Although after getting back to Minnesota, I asked myself "did I ever leave?", I now find myself asking the same question, only now it feels like I never went home. My dorm is the same (actually, that's a lie, it's significantly dustier and I think there's something wrong with the heat system). And now I'm sitting at my desk, looking at all my post-it notes from last semester that hang menacingly from the second shelf. "FINALS! STUDY!" ; "Call so-and-so!!!" ; "NYU bill due Jan. 3!". They're all pretty intense. On Tuesday, I start semester two, and I'll have to jump right back into it all. I think I'll be okay. This weekend, though, I get to miss home if I want to. And I do. I decided that I'm not going home for spring break now, just for logistical and economic reasons, mostly; so I won't be back in Minnesota until May. And while I made it from late August to the end of December, it wasn't my favorite thing in the world to be away from home for THAT long. Luckily, I feel like time really passes quickly here because I'm doing so much, so that's good. And...I love New York...so I think I'll re-adjust again in fairly good time.

So, after a ridiculously early flight and an hour of sleep last night (at most), I now find myself packing up my sleeping bag and getting ready to head up to Rockefeller Center for some SNL standby time. Ugh. I'd go later tonight, but I guess a lot of people got in line last night....so to make it worth my while at all, I've got to get there pretty soon. I'm finishing up laundry. Trying to clean up all the lotion that exploded in my suitcase. Dusting, dusting, dusting. And then it's another cab ride to West 49th Street. It's good, though, it will give me something to do instead of think about the fact that I'm not home.

I sound like I'm complaining. I'm not, really. I'm just still in transition mode, and that's a difficult place to be. I'll be happier in a few hours or so. Sorry I didn't wait to post until I cheered up a bit...oh well.