Winter has officially arrived. While I'd normally be ecstatic about the cold, the temperature may be a bit too cold. When I walked outside this morning I was blasted with a gust of icy wind. This continued as I walked to work. I had no idea that the wind would be so bad today. The winds are said to reach 35mph today. The high for the day looks like 44˚F. When I walked to work the temperature was apparently 26˚F, which I checked once inside our building. I absolutely love when I can wear a scarf, but that temperature begins at 45˚F or so. Maybe even 50˚F. Needless to say I go from freezing cold to immediately warm, which doesn't have a good effect on my nose or ears.

So I still possess no desire to write my papers at all. I've had plenty of advanced time to formulate theses and outlines, but nothing has appealed to me. My motivation sits at zero right now, which is awful. One rough draft is due Friday. The other paper, entire paper might I add, is due Monday. I would just like to make it out alive this semester as I've already sort of screwed things up. I'll be happy to go home for Thanksgiving, go on my cruise after finals having earned it or not, and then be home for the rest of winter break. If I weren't behind in courses right now I'd fully consider taking on an internship to get real work experience and a break from college work. I certainly need it. I'm still feeling burnt out even though I took the summer to work. I actually needed money though and no real courses were being offered, not the ones I needed.

So here I sit at work, unproductive in the world of academia. I am however writing again, just not the paper I'm supposed to.