So, I paid for my tuition to go back to Goddard in Vermont. For the record, I just have to say that I hate Vermont. Thankfully, this is my last 8 day residency (well, HOPEFULLY, at least!)

It's pretty and all that, if you're a tourist and you go to the touristy places. BUT. Imagine living in the middle of nowhere for 8 days. Seriously.

I am paying good money to exile myself to a really dinky town with nothing in it. No cinemas, no malls, no nothing. All the town has is a gas station - which also serves as a coffeeshop/mini grocery, ONE stoplight, 3 very small book shops (its only salvation, in my opinion), and two tiny bed-and-breakfasts - both of which I have heard rumors of but have never actually seen. (Side note on the bnb's, I found one on the internet. It only has 3 rooms, which is probably why I never saw it before!) And if that's not enough, the campus is located in the outskirts of this nothing, bordering on absolute vacuity.

In the winter, it's just snow as far as the eye can see. We get six foot drifts on a regular basis. The temperature drops to below 0 Fahrenheit on a regular basis (That's almost -18 Celsius!). And since everything is covered in ice, we fall and slip on just about everything on a regular basis. And let's not forget about the wind chill factor, which makes you feel like it's much colder than it actually already is.

And to top it all off, all the friends I made in previous semesters are all graduating, so they'll only be there for the first 2-3 days. Since I've practically lost my socialization skills during these last 6 months, I will be mute throughout this residency. Hello, lonersville.

I will take pictures so you can feel my pain.

UPDATE: Whoop dee doo. Turns out, there are 2 new (albeit tiny) restaurants in Plainfield! And one just got its liquor license! One is a little pizzeria (seats about 12 but can maybe fit 20 if you really pack them in) and the other is a "fine dining place" (seats about 20 but can accomodate around 5 more at the bar). Oh yeah. Woohoo.