laundry: 8:35pm & a doll house.

first of all, i will state that there are no fancy pictures right now. i have not been knitting a whole lot and i wish i was. but sadly, school gets in the way of all that. i'll probably be up again 'til all hours of the morning try to cram in last minute studying for my sociology exam on socialization and culture tomorrow. i'm also on my final edits of my character analysis essay on a doll house by henrick isben.

my english professor is batty and does not know what good writing is if it bit him in the ass. so i'm constantly struggling to write something that i'm satisfied with and that he will, hopefully, be satisfied with. i've been spending hours on this damnable thing. engulfed almost my entire saturday (about a quarter of my saturday was spent sleeping and baking snickerdoodle cookies). it's said that if you're writing an essay, it is best to type it up and put it aside for 24 hours and then edit it. so sunday it was just chilling by my laptop while i went to get get inducted in to phi theta kappa (ptk), the international honor society for two year colleges. joy joy elation elation! afterwards, the boy took me out for food at the diner and we ended up spending three or four hours there catching up on life.

we haven't been talking much lately because i've been super busy with classes and student activities and he's been preforming a couple nights at local comedy clubs. (i'm so proud!) needless to say, we haven't had much time to talk. on top of that, he came down with the flu so my mother didn't want me near him. but we got to hang out, talk and catch up. it was a beautiful thing.

today i was running around, yet again. what's new? after my 8 am class and my 9:30 am class (a ten minute break people!) i ended up having a conference call with several people from around the area to discuss a senate hearing that i must testify. a fellow student and i are testifying about a regional scholarship given to those who graduate top 20% of their high school class. if you are part of this top 20%, you are given free tuition and fees to attend a community college. a wonderful and lovely idea! so we must testify that this program is working and helps several people fund their education. yay! that hearing is set for tomorrow morning.

then. (oh, you thought my day was over, didn't you?) i am participating in a leadership conference series called MLC. one of the presentations was given today an hour after my 12:30pm class ended. in the interim, i went to the local coffee house, got myself a free cup of honey cinnamon latte (coupons!) and started editing my character analysis essay. funny enough, that hour flew by and before i knew it, i was in the presentation with 7 other people discussing leadership qualities.

i enjoy these leadership conferences and programs. their one of my favorites! so it wasn't that much of a hassle to attend. though it was mucho cold in the room and i was so drained that i stopped having fun.

weird isn't it? college, i don't feel, is too hard. i just think its the work and the time element, not necessarily difficult. plus i'm all over the place with being a student leader and president of this club and that and trying to improve myself as a person while trying to help improve others without losing sight of my friends and family and their lives... (breath.)

its work.

but you live.

not much else going on. just really mentally and emotionally tired.

hm. i thought i'd talk on the phone with lover boy or my best friend. i guess its just not my night.

good night ya'll.

spring?

hello all! long time no see. i've been so busy, school has taken it's toll and i've had to not stop to keep up.

but let us catch up with what's been going on in life:

spring break: it was a lot shorter than i wanted it to be though it was nice to finally calm down. i went out to breakfast most mornings with the boy and/or friends.

other's spring break: my best friend came back home for her spring break and we were on the phone and i went over her house on the warmest day of the week (80 degrees!) and we went out to dinner and such. great amusement.

school: argh! its getting to me. i have six classes (18 credits) five days a week. i'm always at school and a ton of exams and essays are due. right now i should be finishing up studying for this computer class, i'm almost done and decided to take a break. last night i was up until 1 in the morning trying to finish homework up and just get ahead.

friends: my best friend went back up to her school. far away and i'm sad she's so far. my others are in high school and i don't see them that often. my sga/osa friends are around somewhere and i'll see them tomorrow i'm sure.

knitting: i've been working on the dollar and a half cardigan and here is the almost finished back (though its finished now):

and the front right panel. its a bit longer now:




and a new swatch for this little cardigan/shawl thing from Classic Knits.


boy: he's sick. i feel bad and wish i had more tea to give him. but that will be his going away present for college, a box of random teas so when he gets sick, he feels better. but i was a little down the other day (st. patrick's day actually) and he stopped by an irish market and picked up green bagels (they looked diseased!) for my family and me, a special drink i adore and flowers:


it made me feel better i must say.

otherwise life is moving. i have a midterm for computers tomorrow. so i better be off to finish studying.

good evening.