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"Fall Break, it appears you were indeed, gone too soon. COME BACK! The past two weeks have been so chaotic.  I&amp;#039;ve just been overwhelmed to put it simply. After a relaxing weekend away from the mountains, I was thrown back into the world of deadlines, dorms, roommates, friends, work and meetings. College is grand, but sometimes it feels like you are drowning in it. There is also the fact that in college, you don&amp;#039;t get a lot of time to yourself. And if you know me, you would quickly learn that time to myself is crucial for my sanity. I&amp;#039;m pretty outgoing, but I really need that time alone to gain clarity and peace. There is a constant chatter in the dorms that can consume you... someone is always knocking on your door, you have a roommate or you are just off hanging out with someone. Quickly, it became clear that I would have ZERO time alone here. I was getting irritable, completely irritable. I mean I snapped at my friend for chewing cereal loudly... seriously! I was so on edge because of schoolwork, and the fact that I hadn&amp;#039;t had a minute to myself since getting to school, that the volume in which someone chewed their Kashi cereal was annoying me (and let&amp;#039;s face it, no matter what, that is a loud cereal). So, I decided I needed to make a change. My roommate and I talked about when we both could get time alone in the room, and I have started to go off alone to study... yep, I&amp;#039;m discovering nooks and crannies all over campus to get those few minutes I need to myself.  In fact, as I&amp;#039;m writing this, I am chilling in a room alone (which is rare in college), and jamming to songs while sipping down some tea before I have to be at work. Sometimes you just need some alone time (especially if you are me). It&amp;#039;s hard because I&amp;#039;m the kind of person who doesn&amp;#039;t want to miss anything, but these are the moments that give me enough sanity to actually want to engage with everything here. After all, Kashi is not going to start making quieter cereal :) Thank you tea, quiet time, a good roommate, friends, some good songs and sleep for keeping me together! Wishing you some alone/tea/sanity time, Laura :) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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