Two days in a row!

In the midst of this over-populated, yet beautiful, campus, I have found that the one place I can study and be most focused for long periods of time is on the third floor of the library at the "big tables". I can spread all my papers and books across it, while overlooking the campus and still having room for my Starbucks--although if I was in Portland it would be Stumptown--coffee. Other people must feel the same way because it is not often that there are any tables open. Yet, today, among the myriads of cramming students, when the library is filled from morning to morning, I was blessed with a big table. And for the second day in a row! 

Fall is beautiful. But then there's that period where not all the leaves have fallen, but have turned brown, and are still clinging for dear life, or death, to the trees' branches. It's that "in between" stage for Fall and Winter, and it's quite gloomy. There's one tree outside of the window I'm sitting by that is covered in yellowy-brown leaves that are just yearning to fall off. Yet, at the very tippy-top of the tree, there's one shoot that has about ten deep green leaves attached to it. Either it didn't get the Autumn memo or it has past Winter and gone straight to Spring. Who knows...

I am quite thrilled for Christmas break. I've committed to myself to finish three books I have been "reading" for about two months (The Pursuit of God, The Saving Life of Christ, and Silas Marner). I have always loved reading, but doing it as a hobby seems to slow down while I'm in school. There's always that paper that could be touched up, that chapter for chemistry that could be read, that presentation that could be perfected, and reading for luxury seems to get in the way of academics. So, I will have about a month in December/January to finish these books--and they are worth finishing!

Okay. Back to Russian plurals...