I've given in. I'm consuming caffeine. I was hoping to make it through finals without it, but that was a vain wish that has come to naught. I had five and a half hours of sleep last night and four hours the night before. I am stretching out thinner and thinner. Less and less of my consciousness is holding on to this world, like a piece of gum you try to pull off the sidewalk. My last (and worst!) final is tomorrow at 7:45am. I am beginning to study for it now, because I just finished a Latin tutoring session. We will see. I studied all wrong for the Metaphysics midterm; I'm not going to actually try to understand the material this time around. I'm just going to memorize the definitions. That is all I have time to do. Not all of it is important or possible to understand before tomorrow, anyway.

So, wow. A few more days left, then home. All things considered, I will be very, very glad to go home. I will have peace and all that is secure.

On another note, it is hard to spend time with people during finals, especially when my car is also acting weird. I took it in to be fixed. They're going to tune it up and fix something in the motor that I didn't quite catch. :) (You see how much I know about cars.) But this and the oil change are going to cost me $225. Small price to pay for peace of mind before I head off cross-country to MO. The airplane ticket would cost about the same, anyway. So all is good. I have around $600 right now, so I can spare the money.  ¶ 1:15 PM