Obligatory complain-about-finals post

For the non-collegiate world, it's quickly becoming the most wonderful time of the year.  For college students, however, Christmas festivities are the furthest things from our minds as the weight of put-off papers, projects, and final exams comes crashing down.  The library is packed, everyone seems grumpy, and even professors get stressed about about teaching last minute material.  I've got a week and a half until the semester is over, but in that short time I've got a test, six finals, and a short paper to write.  Yay college!  In spite of what I'm about to go through, I'm surprisingly confident.  We'll see how long it takes for me to succumb the infectious pessimism out there.  

The town of Blacksburg isn't preoccupied with exams, though, and last Friday was the grand illumination!  The giant Christmas tree across from Moe's was lit up, Christmas market took place, and there was the cutest parade.  You can tell that this is a town populated by engineers because one of the floats was a Kollmorgen truck and another was a giant solar panel.  I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it.  

All in all, the last week or two has been great!  I've met some really interesting people, I've started getting back into yoga (if you count going twice as getting back into it), and the weather has been unseasonably warm. 

Random adventures/discoveries:

- "call me maybe" is an effective last-minute-date strategy 

- I've become a pro at negotiating roundabouts via bicycle because of my trips to East Coasters

- tried venison as a meal for the first time!

- your typical gallivanting around bburg and the surrounding apartment complexes

- donned my best attempt at a Christmas Story inspired bunny suit for the ISE ambassador Christmas party