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I just returned to school this afternoon, dragging a suitcase that is about the size of my mini-fridge, a soon-to-be overstuffed backpack, and a full cloth shopping bag. After my roommate and I unpacked, we started running errands. I picked up half my textbooks, still waiting for the other half to arrive in the mail.

This semester, thanks to an intro class, a literature class, and a biology class, I spent about twice what I did last year on books. But it's great to know that familiar faces will start arriving, hopefully without too many snow delays, and to see the montage of postcards and photos on my brick wall (a nice change from painted cinderblock). Tonight, when the lights are switched off, I'll also get to see the glow-in-the-dark stars left on the ceiling by a previous resident, wondering how much they were fined for the stars.

For now, though, I have to get dinner.