You know I'm coming for you.

Wow. Only two more classes, one SPSS assignment, and 4 finals until I have completed my second year of university. This year has gone by very quickly, probably because it was so busy. It's funny because I have been using the construction of the Learning Library as a mini-marker of my own progress. I'm interested to see whether it will be done before I am.

My dad is coming to visit in 8 days, so I am very excited! I don't quite revert back to being a kid with him, but it's nice to relax a bit and feel like there's someone to help with my life. My daughters absolutely adore him (and not just because he lives in Switzerland and seems to have an unlimited supply of chocolate...), so he can play with them while I have a chance to study without hearing: "Moooommmy, she hit me!" "No, she hit me!" "No!" "No!" "Moooommmm!" [must be said in high-pitched, whiny, only 45-minutes-until-bedtime voices]

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going out to enjoy the sunshine.


Days until my spring classes start: 34
Days until the carousel opens: 40

I pray that something picks me up and sets me down in your warm arms.

Writing a blog post seemed like a semi-productive way to take a break from studying, so here I am. The last few weeks have been a crazy mix of studying, sunshine, and feeling very old. Actually, I think the only time I felt old was when all the high school students and their families came for campus tours. The students looked so young! Sure, they were all taller than me and trying to come across as mature, but you could see they were fidgety and excited and nervous about what next year would bring wherever they ended up.

The weather has been gorgeous for the most part! It's been wonderful to drive with the windows all the way down and not get a snow facial.

Uggh, must get back to studying. My fish are giving me their "you know better" looks and it's making me feel too guilty to keep procrastinating.


Days until my daughter turns six: 20!
Rrrrroll-up-the-rrrrims won: 3 (and I drink a lot of coffee...)

I know that I've got issues, but you're pretty messed up too.

It's March, and we are inching ever closer to seeing green grass. When it's spring and summer, I complain about annoying bugs or the frizz-inducing humidity, but after months of gray, I'm still in my enthusiastic phase. Walking from the parking lot to school this morning, I was surprised to see the sidewalk. Guess Mr. Groundhog was little off this year, not that I'm complaining.

Now that midterms are wrapping up and I'm longer slipping on ice, I'm starting to freak out about what I'm going to do when the semester ends. My two choices are get a job or take classes over the summer. Easier said than done. Jobs are going to be few and far between. Unemployed workers, high school students, university students returning to North Bay...oy vey. I know I'm employable, but competition is tough. As far as the school option goes, there haven't been any Spring/Summer classes posted on WebAdvisor yet, even though registration starts next Monday. So, I'm freaking out wondering if all of the classes are going to include evenings/weekends or be ones I've already taken or be otherwise inappropriate. As a natural worrier, this is not the path I want to go down.

And because baby animals always make things better, I give you:

Night!

Number of times I've yawned since starting this post: about 7

Number of items on my to do list: 21 (and "homework" is only one item)