Wow

I'm done! Three straight quarters and 6 of the last 7. I'm burned out; and nine months off doesn't seem at all too long. This past year has been enjoyable; I've really had friends at school for the first time. It's high-maintenance, in a sense, but it's fun. I guess it worked out well that I commuted emotionally as well as physically my first full year. On the other hand, now that I've made all these friends, I won't see them for 9 months, and then I'll only be here for another year before graduating. That's quite a sight short of the four or five years that most college students have to keep the same friends. But again, that's fine; I have very few friends whom I've known for more than a few years.