i got my wish. sacrifice to be forthcoming.
woohoo for a snow day, in atlanta no less!
dear gods and goddesses of weather,
i write to you this evening as i am secretly and quietly hoping that it will do the unthinkable and actually snow here in the northwestern suburbs of atlanta. it doesn't have to be much, and i don't really want to cause any major problems or anything, but...
i've been a good girl and not missed any classes this semester. it is my goal not to miss any classes if i can help it. but, you see, i'm sick. and tired. and did i mention tired and sniffly? and, i could use a day to rest a bit and recooperate.
i refuse to take this day off on my own, so i really need some divine intervention here. snow in atlanta generally shuts down business, government and educational institutions far and wide. and, additionally i didn't get to see any snow (not really) in pennsylvania over christmas, so i just wanted a little bit. please?
if you would do this for me i would offer up a sacrifice of frozen juice bars and godiva ice cream.
with eternal gratitude,
lara
while browsing some news items earlier today, i came across the U of MD student newspaper online, The Diamondback.
i have mostly fond memories of the nine months i spent on that campus, but my memory did blur slightly in remembering just how beautiful the campus was, and still is... it is one of the prettiest college campuses i've ever seen.
here are a few pictures for you to judge for yourself: an aerial view of part of campus, another aerial view of the library, psychology building and the student union in the back, the building i used to work in, and the damned turtle whose nose i had to rub for luck every time i walked by him. i also adored that i was *this far* from washington, d.c.
i'm glad to be where i am, and doing what i am doing now, but damn... i miss that beautiful place.
today is my best friend's 31st birthday. and this is the 11th time i've had the chance to wish her a happy birthday. i'm a lucky woman.
happy birthday, sweetie! i only wish i could be there to celebrate with you.
i'm not even sure where i should begin.
it's been quite a while since i posted last. so, here's to hoping i can keep from disappearing again anytime soon.
i'm in school. full-time. finally.
i'm a college student again. i'm exhausted, overwhelmed, and completely overextended... and i'm loving every second of just about all of it.
it's been just over six weeks now. and, i'm doing well so far.
two more weeks, and it'll be spring break for me.
i thought i'd have a lot to say, but it would seem that i do not. not much of anything that would make much sense, or matter really. just trust me when i say it's all good.
i hope to keep it that way. no, i will die trying to keep it that way.
the largest drawback to being a student is how isolated i feel. (which is terribly ironic to me, considering i spent over four years staying home with my daughter, and barely seeing any other human beings during the day.)
i do my best to find snippets of time to spend with my child and my husband. i try to make short phone calls to everyone else, when i can manage it. and, it's tough. because i still don't feel like i have much time to connect.
i haven't really 'befriended' anyone this semester. i have a few casual aquaintances in different classes. i don't know a single person in my science class. not one. and there are around 75 people in the class.
i don't like the student union. except for that fact that they have starbucks coffee. the food sucks, and there is often nowhere decent to sit.
i don't think i like the students much in general either. except for the old ones, like me. (and older than me!) i am unimpressed with teenagers and early twenty-somethings for the most part. they talk in class, during lectures, and it pisses me off.
i find it challenging to participate in conversations with people in my classes who want to talk about how difficult a class is, when my grade in said class, as of today is 100.5%.
i'm so happy i'm doing well, and sad that i don't seem to have many people to share that fact with... everyone is getting sick of me already, i'm sure.
beyond school, i am looking forward to super tuesday. i had hoped to have a chance to do exit polls during the primary but i didn't act quickly enough to participate. i was really unhappy about that. i'm trying not to get to excited about the upcoming election just yet. the first four years of bush have been bad enough; i just can't begin to fathom four more.
i tried cleaning up the house a bit. i don't often get very far. but, sometime i will, maybe.
we opened the windows today, to air out things as it happens to be about 60 degrees outside. 60 in february, i can deal with that.
i do have studying to do, so i should go and do that. do some homework and figure out what this week will look like for me. i hope it isn't too bad.
i picked up a piece of paper at school that said that my estimated graduation date is 12/2006. that feels so damned far away right now. yikes.