lördag den tredje november

hi. i got grades from three of my four midterms back this past week. i got two As and one A-!!! yay!!! i thought i was home-free for a while, but i was wrong. i have two papers due this coming week. after those are due, though, i will have a few weeks without having any papers or exams, except for one paper that is due on november 21. i am really happy about my good grades. i hope to keep up the good work. i might want another master's or go for my doctorate, and i want to keep those options open by doing academically well. ya know? getting an A or A- average from an ivy league institution is no small feat. but, hey. i've been through much, much harder things than that. surviving alex's death and that year of living in this cutthroat city without any stable employment was sure as hell harder than what i am doing now. i have a doctorate in surviving tough times. i have a few friends who have their Ph.Ds in that field, as well.

so, i have made friends that i really, really, really enjoy talking to and being around. i wish i had school more often than only two days per week. i was talking to some school friends about that the other evening. i miss being able to see friends every day or many days of the week like i was able to in undergrad. i have like, three separate lives: my life at school, my life at my field placement, and my life staying at home on the weekends. i wish i had three days of school per week and two days of field, instead of the opposite. but, i know that when this program ends, i will really, really miss the two days per week that i do get to spend with these wonderful people i know at school.

well, like i usually do on the weekend, i am staying home, sleeping in as long as i can to make up for the sleep deprivation i experience during the week, and doing schoolwork. i hope to have the first paper done tonight or tomorrow afternoon so that i can focus solely on the second paper, which will be harder. i am listening to the soundtrack to "spirited away" as i write because it is inspiring to me.

last night i went out with the crazy ladies from my old job and we saw "why did i get married?", which i liked much, much more than the stage play. and it didn't hurt that my favorite contemporary female singer, jill scott, was in the film. that gurl sure can act!!! :)

i'd better get on back to writing now. sayonara.