I hate the rain

So, stress. We all have it. We all deal with it in our own ways. At this point in the semester it all really seems to hit - it's almost the end of the year, we have to start on final projects, room draw is coming up - UGH - financial aid is due in a month, blah blah blah blah. I am perhaps unique in my favorite approach to dealing with the madness: I just made a list of everything that is stressing me out/that I am worried about. Then I went through and assigned different symbols and style of crossing-out lines based on solutions: there's just a straight line, for "done," a transparent wavy line for things over which I have no control and must let go of ASAP, and then asterisks with numbers next to them for indicating how soon I can start on one side, and how soon I should be done on the other. Truly I am a master at creating the appearance of progress. I really like that this allows me immediately cross things off the list (the things I can't change), as well as set goals for myself. Also, colored markers make everything better.

In other, mostly unrelated news, I hate it when people lock themselves out of the dorm and then pound on the door begging to be let in. I know this is callous. (I've even locked myself out. Once. But I never did it again.) But I live directly above and the right of the front door. I can hear you. It's annoying. Just call a friend and stop yelling. (Also, you know that conversation you had the other night at the front door, about how drunk you got last weekend and how you shouldn't have hooked up with your ex's brother? I heard that. If you say directly outside of my room, which happens to be directly in front of the door,I CAN HEAR YOU. (Also also, surely we all realize by now how poor the sound insulation on campus is. Surely we all know that no matter where you are, someone can hear you. Surely.))