Awesome.
Ok, so what has been going on up here?
Classes have buried me in a mountain of projects and reading. I have been approved for work-study (as of a few weeks ago) but time has been flying like mad and I am not in a place right now to manage a job and school. Maybe after winter break.
Really the main issue at the moment is that the work piled up too much before I finally figured out good routine for doing homework as well as taking notes in class. As a result this semester is just going to be what it is, which right now is a bit painful and avalanche-y.
Partially my own damn fault, anyway.
On a positive note, in some senses, a decision was made on the relationship front.
It's a go.
Long story short, as most of it is not my story to tell, the distance is being kept at about 6-7 hours and, if things go as planned, could be shortened to about 4 hours in the near future. I find this to fall into my "manageable" category, espcially since there is a definite timeline for our long-distance status (until I am done in school). Only 18 months to go! Ha.
Oh, and I am happy. Very much so. :)
Leading into my next topic, next week is "reading" week. Which we have off.
On the plus side, I am going to do my best to utilize some of this time to catch up on readings for class, and perhaps get back on top of the mountain. ::fingerscrossed::
In other news...
Originally a friend of mine had planned to rent a car this Friday and drive down to Boston for the week. He asked if I wanted to catch a ride. I decided what the heck, why not? I have plans for next Monday back here, but would just catch a ride back up on Suday with my boy.
Everything was going smoothly until we discovered something about renting a car in Quebec (at least from places that are affordable for po' students). If you have a Quebec liscense you'll have a hard time renting a car, if at all, because you're local, I guess, and therefore don't need to rent one...and should just take the bus or buy a car?
Both of us, being international students, are not from Quebec and don't have Quebec liscenses...but to "prove" you are not local, even with a liscense from somewhere else, you need to show flight records. You have to prove you arrived in Quebec by plane to qualify. Granted, this is not all rental places, but it is for the convienent and cheap ones. Why?
I have no clue.
So, no go. My friend is now going to take a bus, which takes about 10 hours (car would take 6 hours) and costs almost $100 (car would have been $40-$50 splitting it between 2-3 people).
Since I wasn't planning to go home otherwise I've just sticking around here, and may try and finagle a trip home sometime during the week. We shall see!
That's all for now, I guess.
Along with catching up on readings during break I'm also going to set-up a game plan for posting on here at least once every 2 weeks, if not every week.
