Do open windows keep the rain away?


Coffee's done and it's too loud to write essays anymore; the late afternoon surge of students arrives and everyone, everyone is yelling about something or laughing obnoxiously.
Did I do this? Do I still?
I like to think I've become more considerate in public spaces as the years pass but I can't pass judgement on the teenage bimbos fresh out of high school that flit about in their size 00 pants and double-bleached hair.
I try hard not to judge them but find myself doing it anyway.
This is University, I want to say, Shape up!

It feels like I haven't see the sun in days, when was the last time it was sunny here? It's starting to snow today and the impending feeling is that it will never s
stop we're being plunged back into Winter and I don't know when we'll emerge, covered in slush and smelling like Outside.
I can almost feel the frostbite on my ears already.

At least it's a good excuse for a bottle of white wine with dinner.