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southernmedicine) wrote2025-04-08 04:51 pm
southernmedicine) wrote2025-04-08 04:51 pm
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I decided to pack a bag and come spend the day at the local library, and honestly, best decision I could have made in terms of spending my day off.
For one, it feels much nicer than my hot, stuffy room. 3/4 of my roommates are from the Philippines, which means they're used to very warm weather and they get cold easily. It also means I am running my ceiling fan every minute I'm at home and even then am sometimes laying in bed sweating.
For two, it's so comfortable! The seats are great for sitting in long term. It's quiet here, it's calm, my feet touch the floor unlike the chairs at Starbucks, which eventually start cutting off the circulation to my legs and hurting my butt. Plus here, I don't have to buy anything in order to be allowed to sit and use their internet as long as I want (though I am allowed drinks and snacks, should I feel like packing some to bring).
There's nothing to sit on in my room except my bed, but you can imagine how that's not very comfortable long term while trying to work on a laptop. The only desk in the house belongs to my cousins and is in their private office and covered in their things. The kitchen table is not only small, but it's in the center of the bustling downstairs, where people are talking loudly, moving around, cooking, watching tv with the volume turned up, ect, and I absolutely cannot get anything done there. I've been waiting until night time when everyone goes to bed, to sneak quietly downstairs to occupy the couch, but honestly that's not very comfortable either, and I always have to fret about waking the whole house when I head back upstairs. This house is creaky. As. Fuck.
It's been a wonderful time. I've been here about five hours so far, and I have accomplished several chapters of reading for my IT course, watched half a dozen module videos, completed two quizzes and took a test. I feel like I am actually learning because I'm comfortable and I can concentrate. I've also split up the studying by watching a handful of episodes of The Bad Batch, paying a bill I had due, and playing some Pokemon Go (there are three, count 'em three gyms right here at the library, hell yeah).
My laptop can go for about eight hours on a full charge, but there are plenty of outlets around here, which unfortunately can't be said for every public study space, but I lucked out. I think I will be spending a lot of my days off here going forward, especially as the weather starts to get warmer.
There is a sort of fast-food Italian place near here called Fazoli's - you heard of it? Anyone eaten there? The food looks pretty tasty and their prices are very reasonable, so once I've decided I've had enough of the library I think I'll try them out for dinner.
For one, it feels much nicer than my hot, stuffy room. 3/4 of my roommates are from the Philippines, which means they're used to very warm weather and they get cold easily. It also means I am running my ceiling fan every minute I'm at home and even then am sometimes laying in bed sweating.
For two, it's so comfortable! The seats are great for sitting in long term. It's quiet here, it's calm, my feet touch the floor unlike the chairs at Starbucks, which eventually start cutting off the circulation to my legs and hurting my butt. Plus here, I don't have to buy anything in order to be allowed to sit and use their internet as long as I want (though I am allowed drinks and snacks, should I feel like packing some to bring).
There's nothing to sit on in my room except my bed, but you can imagine how that's not very comfortable long term while trying to work on a laptop. The only desk in the house belongs to my cousins and is in their private office and covered in their things. The kitchen table is not only small, but it's in the center of the bustling downstairs, where people are talking loudly, moving around, cooking, watching tv with the volume turned up, ect, and I absolutely cannot get anything done there. I've been waiting until night time when everyone goes to bed, to sneak quietly downstairs to occupy the couch, but honestly that's not very comfortable either, and I always have to fret about waking the whole house when I head back upstairs. This house is creaky. As. Fuck.
It's been a wonderful time. I've been here about five hours so far, and I have accomplished several chapters of reading for my IT course, watched half a dozen module videos, completed two quizzes and took a test. I feel like I am actually learning because I'm comfortable and I can concentrate. I've also split up the studying by watching a handful of episodes of The Bad Batch, paying a bill I had due, and playing some Pokemon Go (there are three, count 'em three gyms right here at the library, hell yeah).
My laptop can go for about eight hours on a full charge, but there are plenty of outlets around here, which unfortunately can't be said for every public study space, but I lucked out. I think I will be spending a lot of my days off here going forward, especially as the weather starts to get warmer.
There is a sort of fast-food Italian place near here called Fazoli's - you heard of it? Anyone eaten there? The food looks pretty tasty and their prices are very reasonable, so once I've decided I've had enough of the library I think I'll try them out for dinner.