10. I won’t have to think about the Crystal Field Theory…
…Which is unfortunately what we happen to be learning about in my 5.112 (Principles of Chemistry) class at the moment. Luckily, my TA is awesome, and he was perfectly willing to spend an hour of his time today explaining it all to me – so now, I understand it in a kind-of-not-really sort of way. How I wish I were like my friend in high school, who would fall asleep on her history book and wake up knowing everything.
9. I get to eat real food!!!
Food is rather prominent in my thoughts right now, seeing as how I endured eight excruciatingly-foodless hours today while I migrated from one class to another. My Tuesdays are pretty intense: Physics – 9 to 11, HASS – 11 to 12, Yoga – 12 to 1, Calc – 1 to 2, Chem Recitation – 2 to 3, Calc Office Hours – 3 to 4, Seminar – 4 to 5:15. Um. Painful.
8. I’ll have time to watch TV.
This is a big deal, guys. Be excited for me.
7. I can make fun of Aditya ’13, Swetha ’13, and Pooja ’13.
Why? Because they have a physics project that they’re going to be working on all through break. Do I have a physics project too? Not at all :) I’m spending all of Thanksgiving with these three; I’m going to exhaust the gloating powers within me.
6. I can sleep as much as I want.
I’ve been pretty good about getting a suitable amount of sleep each night, but I’m definitely not going to complain if a few more hours come my way on a daily basis. I have this uneasy feeling that finals are going to seem a lot closer on the other side of Thanksgiving; a couple sleepless nights in the near future are largely expected. And dreaded.
5. I can do laundry.
I’m notoriously awful at doing my laundry on a regular basis. I basically wait until I’ve run out of towels and can’t possibly take a shower till I wash my clothes. I am proud to tell you that I have never sacrificed a shower simply because I don’t have towels. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
4. I can catch up…
…on reading! I love novels – so much so that when I filled out the “What do you like to do for fun?” portion of my MIT application last year, I wrote about how essential reading was to my existence. I proceeded to write about this interest of mine in several other college essays. Sadly, I haven’t had much time to read for pleasure these past few months. Highest on my To-Read List: The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch. It’s reputedly amazing.
3. My physics professor is going to re-grade my first two tests over the break…
And give me points back :)
2. I have time to thoroughly research autism for my HASS paper.
For my HASS class (Disease and Society in America), we get to pick any topic (course-related, of course) we want and write about it. I’ve chosen to write about the history of autism, along with the controversy surrounding the whole idea that vaccines somehow cause autism (false, by the way!). I’m actually really excited about this paper because I get to write about something I’m genuinely interested in and is rather visible in society. For the first time in my life, writing a paper might actually be fun.
But the number one reason I’m thankful for Thanksgiving:
1. Because I get a BREAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!