Just a Quick and Happy Update

Organic chemistry - semester one. It is done. Please don't ask me how the exam went. It's over now and really, that's all that matters to me right now. Now I just have to finalize my 26 page paper and study for my non-cumulative neuro exam on Sunday, and I'll be on my way back home for break! But right now, I'm just going to take 5 or 6 hours to do absolutely nothing. And that's the story of why I have time to write a blog post.

 I don't even have any photos to share because nothing other than studying for exams has happened in the past week. Last night I went to sleep at 10:30. I woke up at 1:30 after a bad dream, checked my phone for 5 minutes and then went back to sleep. I woke up again at 3:30, couldn't fall back asleep, walked around Southgate looking for people to talk to, and then came back and tried to sleep. I ended up not being able to fall asleep again until about 5:30. Then I woke up again at 7:30. So in total that is 8 hours. Wow, it seemed like a lot more than that. Maybe I should nap. 

 I just want to hug people right now. A lot. 

 In other news, Sonal is no longer forever alone and she's rather enjoying it so far. (: This might be a really big surprise after my cascade of emotions that I've been posting about, but trust me, it was quite a surprise for me too. December 10, 2012, gotta remember that date. 

 But lol, exams.

 Life is good again after a week. Much less stressful. Next semester will be good, hopefully. Some fun classes, no classes until 12 pm, research. Yay!

 Yeah, I just decided I needed to update. So you can go study for finals some more now or do whatever you were doing that was probably more important than reading this. Byyee.

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