A Love Hate Relationship

"In all its misery it will always be what I love and hated."

I'm done! Done with this miserable semester. Done with a seminar taught like a lecture on topics I only barely understood. Done with the stress that only a quasi-tone deaf person can feel in Music Hum. Done with the dreadful waiting to be called on feeling of sitting in a class taught by Socratic method. Just done.

The truth is, I loved my classes this semester and I love school (strange I know), but with yom tov and other complications, it was a really, really stressful semester for me. And I'm just happy it's over. Which doesn't make any sense because I love Columbia, I love my classes, I love school, I love being here.

But I still can't shake this huge sigh of relief I breathed as soon as I walked out of my last exam. And don't get me wrong, I still have plenty to do. Let's just say this is not going to be an on-the-beach in Florida type of vacation. But this semester is over. Yay.