I love school, despite myself

Even though I was having a great time in Italy, by the end of winter break I was getting the gitters to get back to school and put my brain to work. The hardest thing I had to do during the last month was figure our where our hotel was with respect to ancient monuments (not that hard as our hotels were perfectly located in the center of everything).
I kind of felt like this:

(Rome, 2006)

At the end of last semester. But now I am renewed and fresh and super-duper-ready to go.
I have new notebooks and many, many books that smell wonderful, like they are about to be read and fulfill their purpose in life!!!!

I can’t wait to hang out with my friends again.