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Last Tuesday I sprained my ankle when I stepped off a curb one step earlier than I intended to.  Didn't hurt bad so I finished crossing the street and then slowed down.  I thought I was being overly cautious but I know now from previous injuries that there is no such thing as being overly cautious if you think you just injured yourself.  So I ran slowly for the rest of the loop we were doing and waited at the end for the other runners to catch up.  We took a short break during which my ankle could cool down.  Then when everyone left as a group I walked, since it hurt a little more.  But after walking a rather short while I decided that I was limping too much so I took a shuttle back.  When I got off the shuttle I found myself hopping back to my building.  The next morning I almost didn't go to class since I surely broke something and there was just no way I could walk that far.  But it was humanities, and well, what would Grandpa think if I ditched humanities just because my ankle was in severe pain and about to fall off?  Couldn't make an appointment at student health services between then and the next hour when class started, so I used my brain and realized that biking probably wouldn't be so bad.  So I hobbled down the stairs and in a miraculous hop of the foot landed on my bike with my injured ankle in the air, and I peddled to class in the 1st gear on both sides.  Got some blood flowing to site of injury and took some notes.  Don't worry though.  I just looked like an exaggerating fool begging for sympathy (which I got too much of, especially from them flirtatious ladies) but by Friday things were much better.

Last Friday we moved in to the newly renovated fleets.  Now I'm in Challenger instead of Meteor.  We got our keys earlier but the official move date was Friday at 15:00.  That was the exact time of my first midterm, which was for linear algebra (which I will be sad if I didn't ace).  I started moving an hour after everyone.  Man did my throat feel not okay and I had a headache too.  I was sick from Friday through Monday, and got ever so little done over the weekend.  Had a hard time appreciating the new place when I was sick but it's pretty cool now.  There are also a lot of uncool things too though.

No mirrors in our cabinets.
One less mirror in the bathroom.
Toilets flush so loudly I have to cover my ears every time.
Ethernet ports and power outlets in the most awkward places.  Need extension cords and long cables.
Light takes a while to turn on.  Built in to the side of the wall instead of the ceiling.
Locks on the doors automatically unlock themselves every time you open the door, so every time you leave you have to lock the door again.  We used to keep our doors locked all the time and just leave them open instead of unlocking them.

Larger common area with large window and couches.
Half a flight less stairs to walk up.
Plaza Cafe is now several feet closer; eating takes less time.
Each toilet is in its own room instead of there just being stalls.  This is good and bad...no small talk or sword fights.
Suite door actually closes by itself.
Many improvements in appearance.  Don't feel like listing them all.
The furniture in my room is now arranged in such a way that it is easier for me to concentrate.  Ask for details.  Why you have to ask for details:  let's just say that this.  Let all of the people in the world be represented by the set{p1, p2, p3, ..., pn}.  The people in the set {p1, p2, p3, ..., p4344028227, p4344028229, ..., pn} are the only ones who don't have a problem with me mentioning them in their blog.  As you can see, the size of the set of people who I can mention in my blog is one less than the size of the set of all people.

Anyway, after moving I wanted so badly to sleep.  So that's what I did.  That whole weekend I just slept and ate.  I at least finished some Physics homework so I'd have time to write an essay due on Wednesday.

Boy did this essay make a fuss about me writing it.  That's mostly what I did on Monday and Tuesday.  Let's not think about that right now.

...fast forward over Monday and Tuesday...but Tuesday didn't actually end until 05:00 on Wednesday (but it's okay because I had a 4 hour nap, which you know by reading my dream blog.)

Turned in my essay today.  It was a page and a half short of 4 pages, but that's because I can say things that other people can say in half the words, so I still expect a decent grade (and by decent I mean good) on it.  Man... that essay was annoying. Oh, but it's not over.  I am now 3 assignments behind in my Humanities reading, so I have 4 reading assignments to read by Friday.  Like that's going to happen.  Moving and getting sick didn't do the best things for me.

Ran for the first time yesterday.  It kind of felt like the whole team slowed down for me, since I of course ran really slowly in fear of my ankle deciding to undo all its healing, and their kindness made me feel all warm inside for a moment and a half.

You know you can save a lot of time by not going to class.  Haven't been to Physics in a couple weeks.  Haven't been to a single discussion for Physics either, and I've regretted all the times I went to the discussion in computer science.  I left that one 20 minutes in to it today.  For Math they do this dirty trick where the homework is due in discussion, so I go and then I may as well stay but staying is only sometimes useful.

I have math homework due tomorrow, so I'll do that tonight.  On Friday I'll have one simple goal which is to finish my physics homework so that it cannot distract me in the future.  And then on Saturday morning I'll start a massive campaign where every minute of every day I'll be reading that book.  The book whose name will not be mentioned here.  The campaign will end on Sunday night.  On Monday I'll study for my physics and computer science midterms that are both on Wednesday.   That reminds me, I should probably go to Physics on Monday since I don't know where the class is and I want to know what's up.  They changed classrooms a while ago.  On Tuesday I'll do the HUM reading for Wednesday, and then I'll be on this normal-like schedule and times will be good like they were in the beginning, before Eve ate the damn fruit.