Hi fellow bloggers. I just commented on the last post but while I was sitting here I thought, you know, why wait until later to rant when I could rant right now??? This part of the post is about patience. Depending on the situation, I can have much or very little, but there generally is no in between. As I write today, I am sitting here contemplating what of the 10,000 tasks I should do first (after only 4 days of classes, with an amended schedule that is less hectic in some ways, yet still quite busy). It’s Sunday morning, and although I’m making no moves to go to church like I should be doing, I’m sitting here having a drink of coffee, doing some laundry, and trying to come up with a strategy for how to get the most done during the day when THIS THING (see the picture, my roommate’s dog) jumps on my bed and starts whining away. He started whining because his owner left, and well, he felt that he should have been able to go.

Because he wasn’t allowed to, he has decided to make my life miserable by whining for the last 40 minutes— straight. And I tried to encourage him to go into another room and leave me alone but he keeps coming back with that annoying squeak. I feel myself going into a fit of rage, and while I realize that rage at a dog would be irrational… well yeah, I can’t even come up with a way to end that sentence because rage is sounding more and more like a good idea by the minute. I remember one fellow blogger talking about his roommie/she-friend’s chihuahua and I have to wonder, is it a chihuahua thing to be extremely annoying or is it an all dog thing?? I think after this year, I will never live with a dog again.

Wait.. I think he has decided to go to sleep. His life has been spared!

Ok. Now on to other stuff. So I decided that 22 credits were crazy, so I decided to rearrange my schedule so that I have 17, but I have 3 research obligations, which somehow does nothing for lessening that load, but adds some variety, which I appreciate. I’m so excited. I have such a greater motivation now that I have gotten some rest and am studying enthusiastically… We’ll see how long that lasts!

So I’m still here. Sorry about the dramatic delay.   I just haven’t been feeling like myself lately.  You think that would leave at least a rant for me to blog about or something, but I haven’t been inspired to write. However, I thought I would at least update so that you didn’t forget about me.

The school term ended on 12/21 or so and it was right on time because I was exhausted.  I was stressing out about a lot of personal and school related things, and by the time I left, my stomach was in knots (hopefully it isn’t an ulcer. I was supposed to make an appointment with a GI specialist but well, continue reading).  I went home, which was very pleasant but short. I got a chance to visit with most of my hometown peeps, including Ms. J, who was as cute and bubbly as ever. I had missed my friend!  I then returned here to have two friends from grad school come to visit me, that’s N and Roommie, for those who remember my random names for people in this blog. It was so nice to see them, and we had a good time. Each of us weren’t feeling the greatest, but sometimes it’s just nice to be miserable in good company, and good company they were!  After 1/2, they had both returned to their respective homes, and I immediately fell ill with a cold, and have been in the bed until today.  So today is the first day that I’m really feeling much better, my stomach isn’t hurting, and ready to get some stuff taken care of that I had laying on my desk to do. In the meantime (during the cold), I decided that I was going to reorganize my space ad am really pleased at how the project is shaping up. I am no where near done because I guess I was being a slob for the last 4 months, but progress is steadily being made.  I also got my grades and they weren’t bad. I of course wanted them to be better, but I’m at the point in my educational development that I just want to cross stuff off of my list.  When it’s over, keep it moving. So two terms down, 4 (of full time classes) to go. Also, since I’m in the middle of the mega break, I don’t go back to school until 1/22. Isn’t that great? Unfortunately, I have 21 credits when that happens, so I’d better enjoy the break while I have it.

I’m going to try to think of something more interesting to write and will write again later.