Once I Had This Dream

Yes, I am back in the States, and that means Hampshire. Yes, I am eating and healthy and if I could manage to sleep more than 6 or 7 hours a night life would be perfect. But my schedule is very busy and I have a lot of homework so I'm doing the best I can.

Summary of life, yes? Where to begin? Well, my hall is fabulous and amazing and we have great plans, although so far they have resulted only in awesome lounge decor and a tv schedule, but we're thinking ice cream maker and costume parties and other Lovelies. Also we have made Sims of the Hall and they are pretty hilarious and we are Nerds. Classes are going well- Israel and Palestine is fascinating (plus I <3 Aaron), Secular Jewish Culture is so unexpectedly big but I'm really excited because it's this summer's Culture Class continued, Modern European Immigrant Lit has the best readings ever, but I'm kind of ambivalent about the professor and the Smithies who fill my class. For one thing, having a class without a single boy is kind of unnerving. Old Norse is great and very fun and the entire class is Nerd Nerd Nerd which is lovely. Also I am not the only 5 college student there, so I feel less alone. I've been to the Book Center to work just one day so far, and I'm still shuffling my hours around so that I can actually get enough time in to earn money and also not go crazy from never having free time. And I have sooooo much homework and of course my two reading-intensive classes are on the same day, so that's why I'm not sleeping. I spent 6 hours reading last night, and I still have a response paper to write. I swear I do this because I love it.

My friends are also fabulous and amazing, and we have been having great fun in spite of having absolutely no time. Sarah, Katie and I are one act into The Importance of Being Earnest, and if we ever get free time again, we'll be finishing it because we adore this play (Sarah has never read it, but she will adore it). Rebecca came down from Vermont to visit this weekend, which meant that she and Jason and Klaus and I went to Korean Restaurant and Bart's and the Diner and that was very exciting. Rebecca also spent the night at Hampshire and that meant a trip to Atkins the next morning, which turned into the Longest Atkins Trip ever, when, upon returning, we ran into Debi-Nick-Mindy-Scottie, who were on their way to Atkins, and so we went back with them to hang out. Debi and Nick are very excited about their new apartment in Boston, and visiting will happen soon. Post-Atkins, we went to the oh-so-exciting Dan Kahn concert at the Book Center- yay radical klezmer folk-punk! Dan Kahn plays like 2984698746978 instruments and he brought an amazing band with him and he translates Yiddish songs in exciting ways and he is also a great performer and apparently his CD is just as exciting but I wouldn't know because Noah has the copy that I bought. (In a great husband-wife moment that is so typical, I saw Noah for all of 5 minutes on Sunday, and most of that was him asking me for money for the CD, which I, as a good husband, provided.) Post-concert, Sarah and Debi and I filled out insurance forms, by which I mean Debi returned to our hall and was social with all these people she hadn't seen in a few months, and I filled out the forms while asking Debi occasional questions. And apparently I have to go get a doctor fill out a form about how I was sick 2 and a half weeks ago because that is how awesome our insurance company is. Which means that I have to find time in my schedule to go to Health Services, which does Not please me.

Other than that, my entire life has been taken up by classes and homework. But it is Wednesday, and my classes for tomorrow are faaaaar less reading-intensive, so I'll be fine. Also: Tim Gunn tonight which means so much swooning.