sleepy fiones

i felt like a change of layout was a good idea. i'm sitting in my kitchen right now, and it's only 7:13, but i'm super sleepy! coll came over and we ate dinner, but barely said a word since we're both so drained. it feels like it's been cold, icy raining here in geneseo for quite some time now. alisa brought over peanut butter cookies last night and they're delicious! she's almost done with college! yay! i just walked up from the library and the air was so steamy, you couldn't really see in front of you. i had to buy two blue books, but i had no bookbag to put them in, so i asked the boy working if i could use one of the many plastic bags i saw shoved in a crevice (since it was raining out). he seemed very overprotective of the bags, it was cute. he said "those are for people who take out a lot of books" and i said "oh, ok. well, i have two blue books?" he gave me a bag. =) gaby had a rugby party at the house over the weekend, and the apartment is all decorated and nice! there are ornaments hanging from the wall! i feel like gab&i have been having a ton of fun together in this place lately-- it's been really nice. colleen and i went to mattie's this afternoon (i got lemon&lime tea, so good!) and talked about a bunch of stuff. nothing out of the ordinary, but it's always really nice. just how this semester is almost over, but it seems like it just began in a lot of ways. seems like yesterday we were fasting in september and figuring out how we wanted to do tgvl... so much has happened since then. we also talked about barack obama. i took a class this semester where people tended to wear their political leanings on their sleeves and we all talked a bunch about the primaries. people tend to think obama's got it. i thought a lot about that last night, and talked a lot about it too. about his really strong possibilities... colleen said he was also talked about in her poetry class, but more so negative things-- like the possibility of him being assassinated. it's so strange that we barely even think about that stuff... writing here always makes me really happy, for some reason. i always feel so thankful for everyone in my life when i post-- i guess it's since i'm supposed to think about what's been going on in my life, and for me that is mostly the people that i love. <3 my friend leslie gave me a big box of s'mores&hot cocoa [for christmas]! it was so great! i'm sad that gaby's moving out, i'm going to miss her so much, but i'm very excited to see emily again! and hear all about her adventures in france (i would say that in french if i knew how! i feel like that would be appropriate). i got to see harrison this weekend! in buffalo! he has a cute little apartment. i also got to see stephen, and whitney, and harrison's brother colin. they were all well. harrison&i got to see the golden compass and i have yet to shut up about iorek byrnison! he's the big polar bear! i want one! i have a big final tomorrow, and then two on friday. then i'm done. i probably won't go home till next wednesday though. my mom got a new job (the woman she works for is the mayor, but she didn't win re-election), so that's really nice! bill murray wants to take us all to see spamalot in schenectady. goof. i'm excited to see some people from home too. i don't know if working at price chopper will be fun all break though... we'll see. from my kitchen window i can see into big tree, and one of their eighteen dining rooms. i can see all the people. i wonder what they're eating... cold, wet, eggplant sandwich? gross. well, this was a long, rambling post, but it was nice to write out my feelings. i hope everyone else is well. miss you all <3.