Procrastination Is An Art

The last two weeks of school have been short weeks. We have functionally had school for three and a half days each of those weeks. But instead of getting ahead in my reading, I've just found myself procrastinating in ways that compensate for the lack of class time.

It's not such a bad thing though, and I've rather enjoyed the trade-off. Instead of classes, I've been hanging out with friends more and been able to go out in the evenings. The lack of classes has been a good excuse to celebrate holidays that we might not otherwise celebrate: for example, we celebrated Robert Burns' birthday over the weekend (with appropriate food, drink, and poetry reading). We also made dumplings and other similar good food last night for Chinese New Year's.

I've also played basketball quite a bit, explored the area, celebrated a couple of friends' birthdays, and even gone to a concert. If I've learned one thing from last semester, it's that we should take advantage of our free time, especially in the beginning of the semester. And so we do.