I just lost an hour to the internet.
I hate it when that happens, but at least it's relaxing.

Since it's summer, and it seems there's just one vacation/wedding/event after another to look forward to and enjoy, I'm having a hard time staying motivated to be productive. Mexico put me in a relaxed mood. (However, it also made me kind of ill. Think I caught a bug - my poor body's been feeling off for days ( Read more... )

So today I managed to be quite productive. I got my Wednesday class's 1st essays graded (a range with mostly As and Cs...) and I read a whole 280 page book on the development of the "modern family" for my Early Modern Europe class ( Read more... )

Casey has work off too! Kelly's not opening due to the ice and incoming blizzard! This is the first Casey & Amy snow day in our adult lives ( Read more... )

*BUFFY ADDICTION ( Read more... )

I have an MA in Medieval History! I passed! It's been a relaxing week since Friday. UGH that was such an ordeal. And I mean that in the medieval sense of "the ordeal" (ordeal by fire maybe?). Friday morning I got dressed, and was more relaxed than expected. I put on my little white blouse with a black dress over it. My attitude was "give me my MA I ( Read more... )

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Today, was not as productive as I'd hoped. That's been happening a lot lately. I may just bike myself over to the library tomorrow and refuse to be distracted by anything. Between the Daily Show, the internet, and too many good chats with Danielle, it's hard to want to read Postmodern theory. I did bike today to get the Lyotard book Luke had put in ( Read more... )

That quote, from Romeo and Juliet, is how I kind of feel about this month of August, this interim relaxation period between Cornell and SLU. It is so relaxing and carefree, and I watch way too much TV and write way too often/much in my LJ, and I sleep in way too late... it is "not life [...] it is a stolen season." (ok, that's not shakespeare. but ( Read more... )

Oh my god I just spent way too long on facebook browsing and laughing at bumper stickers. (I just added the application.) Oh well, at least I got to chat with Julia while I did so.