Somedays in September.

This month has been rather difficult for me. Adjusting to living away from home and what seems to be an intense amount of schoolwork, is a lot. I guess most days I'm okay but the weekends are the hardest. Of course, it is very exciting to not worry about classes and waking up at a specific time (6:20 a.m. is not my friend) but the weekends are full of spare time and the void of not having family and close friends. Usually I spend my weekends holed up in my apartment doing 1 of 3 things.
1. Procrastinating - As an English major, I spend my time either reading or writing about what I read. The reading part I don't mind so much, as long as the book is interesting, but when it comes to writing I have to force myself to sit down and write. For example, today is Sunday and I have a response due tomorrow. I read the book Friday, and I started writing yesterday, but now I have to finish today.
2. Watching TV - The bonus of being at school is the fact that here I have cable and at home I do not. (This is also a downside because it contributes to my procrastination.) So I can flip through about 50 some channels and hope that there is something interesting for me to watch. It also gives me an opportunity to catch up on Keeping up with the Kardashians since that is what E! tends to play ALL the time.
3. Making Food/Eating - One of the perks of living in an apartment is definitely having a kitchen. I can now control what I eat, instead of hoping that Montclair's cafeteria is serving something I like and being disappointed. I also use eating as a source of procrastination. (Last Sunday, while I was trying to write a response, I made flowers out of my m&m's)

Now the best is when all three of these occur at once. Take for instance last night. I was hungry so I went to make dinner. While I was making dinner, I turned on the tv in hopes of catching the Kardashians. Instead they had just started a movie (Coyote Ugly) which I had never seen before but had always wanted to. So while I was eating, I watched a 2 hour movie and took a break from my homework that I had not really started.

And now I'm blogging instead of writing my response.
:)