Semester Eve

Twas the night before winter semester and I am sitting in my room alone.  The burnt smell of a roomie's forgotten chicken which I just took off the stove lingers in the air around.  A sad little lamp eluminates a light halo in the dark kitchen due to the lazy shelf builder leaving his project 1/5 way done.  I am back to tofu chicken patties, western family concoctions, and spinach leaf.  My bed is still not made..bytheway..my bed is now a third of the size of the beautiful one I left at home.  A roommate is in the other room watching t.v. on Hulu and the other is waiting for water to boil in order to make mac-in-cheese.  I love college!...and I am currently eating a warm bowl of oatmeal...