So Close...

          Well, this semester has just flown by. It really has. Frankly, I should've seen this coming because everyone I had talked to said that the first semester goes by incredibly quickly. Of course, I didn't believe them but they hit it right on the dot. It seriously feels like yesterday when I moved into my dorm and the only person I knew was Chandler (my roommate). Now, we only have about 2 weeks left in this semester and I've got a solid group of friends that I really feel at home with. Another great thing about college is that, even though I do have these really close friends, I'm still meeting new people almost everyday that are more or less really cool.
          It feels so weird to already be planning for christmas break in these next couple of weeks but, to be honest, I'm pretty excited to see some of my old friends from Providence, with an emphasis on "some". There are definitely a few that I could and probably will go without seeing, and I'm perfectly ok with that. That said, I've missed my closest friends so much and it'll be great to get to hang out with them for a while. I'm a little nervous though because, after making all of these new friends up here at MTSU, I feel like it might be kind of weird to go back home and hang out with my old friends like nothing ever changed. I already know that I'm gonna miss these new friends over the break but hopefully I'll be able to see a couple of them while I'm home, some way or another. I'm also really looking forward to hanging out with my family a ton and the answer is yes, we WILL be playing a ton of ping-pong over the break.
          With there just being two weeks left in this semester, obviously I've been pounded with work this weekend. I have to type a 5 page paper for monday and I've got four tests in the mere three days of classes we have next week. Then finals start. I thought I was going to have to take just 3 finals but I found out yesterday that I am in fact going to have to take a fourth. Needless to say, I wasn't happy at all when I found out. But oh well, that's life I guess.
          I was recently introduced to a band called Seabear by a good friend of mine. Obviously, they're really good, otherwise I wouldn't even bother mentioning them. They are an Icelandic band (yes, there are other bands from Iceland that aren't Sigur Ros) that are the definition of chill and relaxed folk music. The singer's voice is very low key and kind of breathy. The instruments consist of a couple acoustic guitars, pianos, mandolins, and violins and the composition of all the songs sounds fantastic. Definitely check them out. You won't be sorry.

-Colby McHugh