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" Hi, ladies and germs! This week has been pretty nifty. I got an A on my art history midterm and an A on my U.S. history midterm!! Plus, in English class, my teacher used my paper as an example and said that I had made &amp;quot;brilliant, original deductions&amp;quot; in my writing. It turns out that paying attention in class and studying really does pay off. I have a psychology exam tomorrow that I&amp;#039;m pretty nervous about, but I tried my best to prepare and only missed one class during this unit (the only class I&amp;#039;ve missed in ANY subject, all year!) so hopefully I&amp;#039;ll do all right. I&amp;#039;ve been really homesick the past week or two. :( It hasn&amp;#039;t helped that my phone has been out of commission for the past week (it snapped right in half!), so I haven&amp;#039;t been able to text or call my mom like I normally do on an every-couple-of-days basis. Last night I was watching an episode of Wife Swap (my current addiction, besides Rock Band), and I actually cried when the sweet little kids of one family were reunited with their amazing mom. I laughed at myself, because it&amp;#039;s funny that I got choked up over a reality show, but it was still a bummer. In order to combat the homesickness, I&amp;#039;ve been turning my dorm room into Christmastime Central. I keep my windows open 24/7, even though it&amp;#039;s 45 degrees outside, and I constantly have my holiday music playing and my Christmas lights a-blazing. Tomorrow I even plan on watching some claymation classics like Rudolph and Frosty on YouTube while drinking hot cocoa. Christmas and winter stuff always puts me in an awesome mood. I&amp;#039;m glad I&amp;#039;ve found something to cheer me up no matter what. Last weekend, my best friend Kim and I were bored, so we wandered down 11 floors in our building until we got to a random floor of guys. We introduced ourselves asked what they were doing, and they said that they were going downtown to eat. They asked if we wanted to tag along, and Kim and I, looking for an adventure, went! To be on the safe side, we first told all the girls on our floor where we would be, then we left. It was a blast! :) That just goes to show you how easy and fun it is to make friends in college. I promise!! Love, Brittany! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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