Blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind

So this is the second day of classes.  This is the end of the first full week I've been in Boston (seems like an eternity though).  I thought I would bring you all into the center of my pain at BU: STAIRS, STAIRS, OMG STAIRS.

Photo journal style.

This is the building where I live.  Now try as I might, I couldn't get an actual shot of my windows.  If you want to see them I guess you'll have to Google Earth me.

I hope there's no one working late in the administrative building across the street, otherwise they are going to see have seen me naked.  Live naked or die, that's what me and the state of New Hampshire say.  Wait, maybe that's 'Live Free or Die'...either way...

Once you get into the building (5 stairs) you have to climb to the 4th floor to get to my room.  No big deal, right?  WRONG!  The 2nd floor is actually 2 floors.  Say wha?!  So here is my climb.  All 72 stairs of it, starting on the 1st floor.

First floor. Behind me is the living room.  That doorway to the left goes to the basement kitchens, for which there are, of course, more stairs.

First floor landing.  Lovely plumage.

2nd floor landing, part 1.  To the left is the ballroom/great room.

Up the 2nd floor stairs to some of the bedrooms on the 2nd floor.

More stairs to the next 2nd floor landing -- yippe!

Look at all you still have to climb.

Stairs up to the third floor.

The third floor landing.  At this point you are contemplating sleeping right here, I mean, how bad could it be?  That bottom step looks like it'd make an excellent pillow.

Yes!  I was hoping for tiny, narrow, steep treads!  Guess Santa got my letter this year!

The only redeeming quality about this staircase -- the skylight.

This is my Everest.

Scary fact: the railing doesn't even come up to my hip.  Not even close.

Turn one...more...corner...

Welcome to the shower!  Really.  But hey, there's a skylight in there.

You did it!

Almost home!

What?!  More stairs?!  Nuh-uh.  No way.  I'm not doing it.  You can stuff it in your hat.  What's that you say?  This creepy staircase goes nowhere?  Oh, okay, just so long as I don't have to climb it.  Seriously.  Don't know where this goes.  Don't care.

 So yeah, that's how I get from the front door to my room.  There's also a servant's staircase between the basement and the middle 2nd floor.

But this is the view from my windows, so it's not all bad.