March 18

Midterms are this week. This is one of the few elements of the semester that requires studying. I'll be studying and reading most of the week, as well as planning Spring Break. I just found news story about a volcano getting ready to erupt on the island of Santorini. That description may not be powerful enough - the scientists are saying Santorini is about to erupt. The entire island. We were planning on going to the Dodecanese Islands anyway. They are situated just off the coast of Turkey, and are comprised of 12 large islands, and around 150 smaller ones. I'm not sure how accurate volcano predicting is, but it seems like a safer bet even if it is a false alarm.