Afternoon

Hmm. Friday afternoon. Definitely one of the top moments of the week - the workweek is over, followed by two free days to do the work you didn't do during the rest of the week. But right now, there's a time lapse before the work for Monday needs to begin - everyone is entitled to the right of a lazy Friday afternoon. We're still on a weekday, and thus no weekend work must occur.

So what am I doing on this Friday afternoon? Well, usually I'm watching all the TV I missed during the week, eating some sort of junk food (most likely candy) or wandering around the halls until dinner arrives. This Friday afternoon, I'm waiting for my lab partners to arrive for our Biology date, but since they haven't arrived yet, I'm sitting in the basement listening to someone I don't know play the piano. It's just me and him here, and he's pretty good, so I'm secretly hoping my lab partners won't show for another few minutes.

It's finally getting cold, and I'm reminded of why I love New England. There's something about the way you can see the crispness in the air here, the way sunlight seems to exude no warmth at all but is still beautiful to look at. A lot of people don't see it, though - whenever I hear someone say, "GOD it's COLD!" I just sort of smile and say, "I know, don't you love it??" Usually I get something along the lines of, "NO," "Are you crazy?" or "It's not this cold in Maryland!" - the latter of which comes from one of my favorite people in particular (please note the sarcasm).

Ah, they've arrived...