Oh, the places we will go.

Hey hey. Guess what? I'm done with Fall Semester 2011. No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's high expectations draining the life from me.

I kind of dislike myself as I write this. As a kid, I loved school. Not like an unhealthy obsession with it or anything. I just liked the binders and notebooks filled with knowledgeable tidbits, reading assignments I could single-handily wipe out with pleasure, and all-in-all placing information where it belonged and making sense of things.  Academia always tickled my fancy. I shouldn't be the one sighing with relief over a finished semester. When did I stop enjoying my education?

These are the thoughts I ponder whilst I finally get to pick up a book out of enjoyment (George R.R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series. I recommend it to all.), go out to eat with friends, and generally just enjoy the next week of my life. Sure, I've still gotta work, but nothing says relaxation like splitting neurocytes at a leisurely pace.

My plan seems to be, around Christmas with the family and whatnot, to visit and enjoy these places while I still can. Dr. Seuss was such a man of wisdom.

- To the Cupcake station! Where I will stuff my face with as many delectables as I can before I hit a diabetic coma.

-Yost Ice Arena. I haven't been skating in ages, but I am fully and well prepared to make a fool of myself in the context of low friction.

-My bed. Too many a nap has been squandered in the past few months.

-Kilwin's Chocolates: A caramel apple is there with my name on it. Need I say more?

-Ann Arbor Massage School. It's no German sauna, but I'll be damned if a masseuse student rubbing my back in a Thai massage at a discounted price doesn't sound amazing.

I hesitate to add anymore to this list because I want to leave ample amounts of time to be used just for nothing. Vegging out in front of a television, waking up late, or just completely misusing my time against anything productive.

I'm getting happy tingles just thinking about it.