Fall break is over and second quarter is tomorrow

Fall break was nice, overall.

The beginning of the week was a little rough. I don't adjust well to suddenly becoming less busy. Suddenly becoming more busy isn't the greatest either, but I think I handle it better. When I suddenly run out of obligations, first I worry I'm forgetting things, and then I realize I don't have any backup plans or the backup plans I had no longer seem adequate/interesting. I also think I was suffering a little bit of PMS.

Little Sister went to Camp Hancock and then came back. E reminded me of how I came back from Outdoor School with annoying camp songs, but however shaky my memory may be I'm pretty sure she's more of a pain in their ass than I ever was, if for no other reason than she's been bringing back silly songs for years.

Philosopher-Linguist invited my family over for dinner and it was lovely. Both sides like each other which makes me happy. It was also really fun just preparing the dinner. I masterminded the pasta and he did the roasted vegetables.

I had lost my glasses while at my parents' house and got really frustrated by it. My mom found them and brought them back to me at dinner. Well, yesterday as I was riding home I slipped on some leaves on a corner (damn variable coefficients of friction!) and in the ensuing tumble my glasses were broken. After all that trouble. My helmet isn't visibly damaged, but I did hit my head so I should get a new one. Incidentally, when I got my physical last week they had me fill out a questionnaire and after the questions about alcohol, smoking, and drugs was "do you feel you engage in risky behavior?" I checked no, but wondered what they were driving at. When the nurse went over it with me, she said "now this one is really about wearing your helmet." I got out of yesterday with just a headache, but it gave me a stark look at what I'd be risking if I didn't wear the thing - it would have been bad. It's the first time I've needed that protection.

I read about half of the Odyssey. I don't really mind that I didn't finish it. Halfway is far enough that I'll be motivated to continue and not frustrated even if it has to be slow.

I'm already starting to worry about next semester, when I'll have more class and math at 8am. On the other hand, I'll be trading philosophy for math, which should be a lot easier. My philosophy professor assigned us a paper due the day after Halloween, which kind of puts a damper on the plans I was trying to wrangle up.