The Return: Day 1

It would appear as if something were against me returning to school. First, the weather tried maliciously to stop me; ever-changing to foil my plans, then torrentially distributing snow, it desired greatly to keep me home. Fortunately, thanks to my dentist and his wise counsel, I won against the weather's wiles. I encountered no further problems until this morning as I was frantically packing so I could leave for church (and to school from there). My darling fish Ishmael, more fondly known as Ishy (the Fishy), decided to rebel. I was pouring him from his bowl into his travel container in the usual fashion. He normally tries to swim against the flow of water, but eventually surrenders. Today, he clung desperately onto the rocks at the bottom of his bowl, refusing to transfer homes temporarily, even once the bowl was completely drained of water--his second suicidal attempt in the past two weeks. I eventually got him to comply, but not until about three-fourths of his rocks were scattered all over my grandparents' kitchen sink. I was consequently late for church. Finally, upon my arrival to school, I rushed into my room, eager to get my milk in the refrigerator. During break, I had unplugged the refrigerator and put it in the shower so it could defrost. Little did I know, it had defrosted all right. What it hadn't done was drain. My suitemate, who had arrived the previous night, had drained it, leaving no evidence. With great difficulty, I moved it back into my room into its normal place and opened it just to discover the inside filled with mold. I've had quite the warm welcome back to the lovely, snow-laden state of Michigan, and I'm quite interested to see the new, ridiculous challenges I have to face soon.

(On a positive note, I'm glad to be back! It's wonderful to have a clean, organized, room to myself for a while! Plus I love unpacking, so this afternoon has been thoroughly enjoyable, and I consider my unfortunate setbacks as the humor to add excitement to my otherwise smooth, uneventful trip.)