(USC) Life According to Elizabeth

In less than 32 hours...I will be seated, probably rather uncomfortably, on an aisle seat of most likely an Airbus 380. I won't have a single thought in my head about school, midterms, research, work, medical school, water polo, community service, committee obligations etc. I'm guessing that's because I'll be asleep as soon as my bag is securely under the seat in front of me, but if not, it's because I'm going to be so stoked about my European adventure springbreak, that I won't even bother to worry about all that stuff. I am so amped just thinking about it!

Now I just have to get there. Because in approximately 24 hours I will be seated, definitely very uncomfortably, in a seat in SGM 123 most likely tanking my Bio exam. I'm so angry of it is standing in my way of my tour of Madrid, Salzburg and Munich. But alas, it is. My final obstacle to spring break. And it's HUGE. I mean like seriously, I would rather take any other test than this one. I like the stuff as I'm reading it (cell communication and respiration, photosynthesis, mitosis, meiosis, and metabolism), but it's just so much. And it's on a Friday afternoon! The Friday afternoon before spring break. Rude. Hahaha. Totally would have been ok with it last Friday. But since it's tomorrow, it is now a personal affront to my springbreak plans. So I'm going to kick its butt. Hopefully. That would require actually studying. So I guess I should get to that. 

It's 95 degrees outside...does that strike anyone else as ridiculous? What happened to fall? To crisp air, changing leaves, scarves, close-toed shoes? (Ok, so that one never really happens) But still. It is too hot. I don't do well in heat like this. I like seasons; the cyclical changing of the year. And I like having to put on a sweater, I'd even settle for wearing one just at night. That is not the case. I don't know if it's global warming or what, but this is out of control. Today I had to give a presentation to some scientists from CalTech who want to collaborate with the lab I research in here on campus. So I was trying to wear semi-nice clothes (i.e. not shorts and a tank top), and I was dying. I tried walking across campus and I was legitimitely sweating. Absurd. My older sister lives in NYC, and she keeps complaining about how freezing she is all the time, and that sounds pretty lame, but today I might've traded her. At least in the cold you can put on more clothes. There's only so much you can do when you're hot. And then, to add insult to injury, they blast the AC in all the classrooms, so it's absolutely chilly. I think I'm going to come down with a cold.

Ok, sorry for all the complaining. I'm back in my temperature regulated apartment, and have started to cool down, so I'm feeling a bit better. Tomorrow is supposed to be cooler (only 94 yay!), guess I just have to hold out until the weekend when it's a more comfortable 80. Rough life, I know.