It's the addiction of baking....when I'm stressed. And unfortunately I am constantly stressed. Which means....lots of baking. This poses a major problem for my bodily system. I'm sure my arteries are clogging up with sugar and salt and all the badness that clogs them. My fat reserves are slowly taking in the goodness that comes through my stomach, and my taste buds are rebelling against anything that taste healthy. My nose longs to smell the scent of freshly baked cookies or sweets.
Another reason this poses a problem...is because I should be stressing over exams I have to write this Thursday and Friday. But I find myself baking instead. The process just calms me, the music playing in the background as I attempt to make my measurements as precise as possible and perfect each cookie into a round shape. Perhaps it's subjective OCD...
In other news I have five days until I return home. More like 4 as it's already 4:30 here and I leave at 4 in the morning on Saturday. It doesn't feel super Christmas-y around here as we didn't have time to decorate the house and I find myself trapped indoors for the majority of the exam period. I hoped to get some things done, like planning out my Russia trip, but with my prof down with pneumonia and my morphology and phonology exam looming over me, that's just not going to happen. The ground is still green here in St. John's and it's hard to imagine it looking brown ever. The moss doesn't seem to die with the continual pelting of rain, sleet and heavy snow. I'm fine with that. At least it brightens up the world a little when the clouds are thundering freezing rain upon the city.
I also cannot determine whether I should enroll in a fifth class next semester. Perhaps that's what's been on my mind so much lately and the contributor to my stress. We'll find out once exams are finished.
The idea of coming home in 4 days and 12 hours excites me to no end. But I've been repressing that excitement so I can attempt to at least focus on school. I cannot wait to see everyone though! Please, if you want to see me, contact me! I'd love to go for a tea or sit down over baked goods and talk. But I should head off to finish cleaning up after making these amazing cookies and get my nose in the books.
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