Here's hoping

Procrastination free semester. That's the goal. We'll see how long it lasts. I think that blogging was my way of purposely procrastinating last semester. It worked pretty well. Those last few weeks were a whirlwind. This time around is going well so far, considering it's the first week of my LAST semester! I have motivation though... (I found this while blogstalking and can't remember who provided it. Bad form for a future librarian)

1. The amount of dread you feel is directly proportional to the feeling of relief you'll feel once you simply complete the dreaded task. (For me, that's usually discussion boards for online class.)

2. The longer you put something off, the more perplexed you'll be that you just didn't do the thing you were dreading sooner. (Duh! I always think that after the fact. ugh.)

Back to work I go, or maybe studying for that stupid GRE test. I don't even have time to blow it off. I guess it's better that way.

I can't imagine where he learns this stuff.

The youngest nephew(18mos) is getting too big for his britches. While I was cooking dinner last night, he was making his way through the kitchen with some toys. His mom caught him halfway and told him to put them back in his room. He thought for a minute, then turned to me and said "I don't want them." He stood there waiting for me to take the toys. Of course I did, I'm a pushover. As soon as they were in my hands, he pointed to his room and told me to go put them away. He wanted to go watch Diego. It was hard work resisting the impulse to throw the toys at his head.

Hurrah! Hurrah!

One more week until my vacation begins! I celebrated this by making a variety of priceless ornaments with the ladies from work. Expect some pictures tomorrow.

Maybe it's the weather

My work environment is pretty odd. The guy who sits in front of me started out the day with some "Ice, Ice Baby" and now we're following that up with Milli Vanilli "Blame it on the rain". I would feel better about it if it was being played loudly and we were joking. He's listening to it very quietly and whenever it gets a little too loud, he hurries to turn it down. I'm frightened for what's in store later on today. I could try to ignore it, but that's not likely. I blame my mom who FORCED me to be a people watcher/eavesdropper (I might have come up with the eavesdropping on my own).

What to do with myself.

The semester is officially over! Woo hoo!! I had a few close calls with finals. Is looking up the answer online really cheating? It definitely is when you end up leaving your online test looking for that answer and then you can't get back in. It's embarrassing when you have to email your professor to admit that you ACCIDENTALLY "navigated" away from the test to find the answer to: Which religion did the phrase "what would jesus do?" originate from. Of course I admitted to cheating on THAT question. Luckily, my honesty paid off and I was allowed to try again.

Now the problem I'm having is how to fill all my extra time during the day. Of course I work... but you know... how should I spend all that time while working... Let me show you what I've accomplished, so far.. this is just the beginning.

The giraffe measuring spoons are the greatest thing ever. They will be added to the Wish List.

A pack of hungry wolves.

Since we acquired all of these roommates/family-of-4 in our house, our food consumption and grocery bill has quadrupled. I would say it only doubled, but the 18mos old eats like a horse. I feel like he might have a potential in the world of sumo wrestling. As long as he lives with me, we will keep up with the training. Between my superb culinary skills and The Hare practicing his UFC moves, he'll be good to go.

Back to the point... I need a larger crock pot. I am currently using the teensie-weensie newlywed version. It's just not cutting it. So, E.W.L. here's another for the list!

I like this one because it's comes with a buddy!

Finally!

Spring 2009 enrollment is complete. Hooray. It took some major effort to get approval for my last class. I don't like major effort. They should know that by now. At least that step is taken care of, now I just need to wait for the tuition waiver to come through, do some research/homework and tada.... Graduate!

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Hooray!