Alrighty, so I really should be studying for my stats test that I have in less than two hours, especially consider I have missed three of the classes since the last midterm. However, two factors lead me to believe that we may or may not (no emphasis on one or the other, we're looking at a 50:50 shot here. In case you were wondering, that means there is a 1 in 2 chance. Guess I don't need to study after all) have the midterm.
I should've known that the day was going to get off on the wrong foot when the woman who lives next door let her dog onto the porch at 6 AM and the stupid little shit-dog started yapping away at nothing. Thanks lady, no seriously. It is really considerate of you to do that and then yell at us at 10 PM when we are talking WITH THE DOOR CLOSED. I mean, it's not like you are the only adult living in a building full of study abroad students...oh wait, yeah you are. So suck it up and deal with it or I'll punt your stupid little dog off the porch next time it wakes me up at 6. Rant over.
The next sign was the feral cats attacking each other at approximately 6:30 this morning. Normally they like to tear each other's flesh apart at night under the cover of the night sky. But for some reason they were feeling extra frisky so the peaceful Athens morning (post dog yapping) lit up with shrieks and hisses. Remind me again why there are hundreds of stray cats wandering around. What's that? There isn't really any reason? Okay, that's cool too I guess.
BOOOOOOOM. Thunder at 9:30? Come on, the past three days have all been at least 70 degrees. Mother Nature apparently got tired of providing us with great weather and has just been stacking up as much crappy weather as possible. She's like the kid who plays Uno and saves all the Draw 2 and Skip's and then pounces at the end, screwing over as many other players as possible. Nobody likes that kid. Don't be that Uno player, Mother Nature.
Too late, the heavens open up and a downfall occurs/is still occurring. Thunder and lightning crash every seven or eight minutes. This is the first reason that our midterm is down to a coinflip. The number of students who show up (keep in mind this is a commuter school) on dreary days like today is (not-so) suspiciously low. I can probably guess at least four or five kids who won't show up to class today.
Then the crazy, unexpected news this morning. Bomb threat on the school. Look, I get that Greece is in kinda a tough place right now. A little chaotic, nobody trusts the government, economic instability. So of all the places to get a bomb threat, it is the American College of Greece?
Huh?
So students were told that they could either go to class if they felt like it since this isn't the first time ACG has received a bomb threat, or they could return home without consequence. Again, (not-so) coincidentally, it seems that there are fewer people on campus today. Maybe I'm just reading into this too much. And maybe LeBron actually thinks that he is a victim.
Heads or tails? Midterm or no midterm? Bomb or no bomb? Is Mother Nature a dirty player or just following her course?
And did I really just write a 600 word blog post because, in reality, I just didn't want to study for stats? You're goddamn right I did.
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****Update 2:15 PM Greek time (4:15 AM Pacific, 7:15 AM EST)****
No midterm...because the copier broke and he didn't have enough copies for everyone. Welcome to my life in Greece.
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