Today has mostly been pointless. I was supposed to start really preparing for exams, but instead I made a reading list for the 1900-present British lit exam, turned an anthology to a starting point . . . and then researched British/American fashion from 1900-present. Yeah. Maybe this evening will be more productive ( Read more... )

Definitely not the best spring break ever. Rook started showing signs of a cold on Monday. It appears to be a minor thing--just sniffles, really. Well, for him, anyway. I started having symptoms on Tuesday night . . . and while it's not the worst thing I've had, it's enough to be a pain in the ass. The coughing is keeping me up and my sinuses are ( Read more... )

Actually, I don't know how rant-y this will be. I'm not particularly unhappy about anything, but I am really, really tired of going to classes. I'm 27. I've been in school since I was about 6 (we won't count preschool and kindergarten). Okay, I had the one year off when I had Rook. But that's it. School has been my life, and hopefully it will ( Read more... )

 Rook lost another tooth yesterday. Of course, being the brilliant mom that I am, I dropped it down the bathroom sink while trying to rinse it. Sooo, we wrote the toothfairy a letter explaining, and this morning Rook found money in a letter from the toothfairy telling his mom to be more careful. So, it was a salvagable situation ( Read more... )

 Since the house being listed, exactly one person has come through (at the open house on Saturday). She lost interest immediately upon finding out that it doesn't have central air. One other person has called about the house, but although he planned to come through the most recent open house, he never showed. The realtor plans to call him back ( Read more... )