So can I get some of that federal relief money too? I'm really tired and I could use some relief. I had a bit of relief today, but that's because today is Friday, and Friday = relief. I also handed in my big Eng 205 research paper this morning which was a big load off of my chest. I've read that thing so many times in the past 2 weeks that I pretty much have it memorized, which is sickening to think of.


Speaking of relief, "I'm gonna make it to France" has turned into my mantra lately. I got a call from our group leader and he told me that EF tours (the touring agency we're going through) doesn't have plane tickets for me. Great. And we leave in two weeks exactly. My refund check won't be mailed until Tuesday, so I'm scrambling to plan my own itinerary and purchase tickets by tomorrow. The good thing is that it looks like it will be cheaper to buy my own tickets. Stupid EF tours. BOYCOTT! BOYCOTT! All they've given me is non-relief. I want relief. That's why I'm going to France.


In other non-relief news, Stevens is still open, despite have a very pathetic base of 32 inches of "snow." (I don't call it snow anymore becasue it's not white and fluffy anymore. It's all brown and mooshy.) So I will teaching slushboarding this weekend. And then on Sunday, Scott and his roomy will be arriving via train and we're going to cruise Puget Sound in a Subaru and drink coffee like good Seattlites. And wear socks with our sandals.


I'm gonna make it France one way or another,
Isaac