(The theme for the next few weeks seems to be summed up in the song you should listen to while reading: The New Year, Death Cab For Cutie ------>
it's on my playlist...so listen while you read!)
Tis the season for countdowns. Countdown to winter break. Countdown to end of finals. Countdown to the New Year. Countdown to Christmas. Countdown to when Rachel comes back from school. Countdown to seeing friends or family. Guess what I'm counting down to!!!! When I can read a BOOK! For my own enjoyment! When I was in Vancouver I bought five new books. Not to mention the three others that have been in my reading queue for months. As of tomorrow it will finally be time for me to delve into ALL of my books. I can't wait to read whatever I want. No having to annotate. No having to analyze. No having to come up with lesson plans to reteach my readings to bratty youth. Straight up reading. My favorite thing ever! The first book I shall be reading is called The Glamour of Grammar but I am also going to read Slaughter House Five on the side. Because as much as I love grammar I think I might enjoy having a book with an actual plot line on the side. :)
Today is my last final! I'm just finishing a few rewrites, and then one annotated bibliography of epic proportions. I am also finishing up an essay I wrote for my "Academic Writing for English Majors" class. My professor told me that she loves my ideas and the basic concepts I've already turned in. She's going to be working with me more to get this essay in prime condition. Then I will be submitting it to a national conference, and hopefully then presenting it at a national conference. According to my professor "the field needs more women like me." She told me I should definitely give grad school serious thought. So I just had to take a minute and brag about myself to all of you...because apparently hard work does actually pay off. Who knew?!
Finals week is a rough week for all of us. Especially when it's Lynnanne week. Although I must say that having a family dinner two nights ago was a great moral boost. I don't want to put down any of your families (although most people who will be reading this are in my family), but I have THE WORLD'S GREATEST COUSINS! I dunno how it happened, but my cousins are my best friends. No matter the age of the cousin, no matter which cousin it is, we're best shinkin friends! The only thing we were missing was Michelle. Poo for DC being so far away. But! Despite all odds! I seem to have come out of finals week still alive, and possibly stronger than ever ??? Maybe ??? Ok, well after I sleep for five days straight I'll let you know if I'm stronger than ever. All I know is that this was my hardest semester of my college career. And it's all downhill from here to my BA. Next semester will be cake. Then I have all of summer off. Then I student teach. And then I'm D-O-N-E. Hello real world! You're a terrifying place!! Eeek!
But I'm getting ahead of myself. For now I am going to finish up this semester. I get my Facebook privileges back today -- yesssss -- so I've got some social networking to catch up on. I'm going to work out like crazy during break. (I've lost 25 pounds this semester...don't ya know.) I've got some intense Christmas present making to do. I've got dogs to squeeze. Sisters to tackle, smack, tickle, and annoy. Movies to watch. Fireplaces to sleep in front of. Vegetarian and/or wholegrain food to eat. Sledding to be had. And presents to open.
Family time here I come!!!!
Oh look. It's some photos of us.
Maddie and Maren -- I'm not entirely sure what's happening....but Mad freaked and the photo came out wonderfully.
I'm not sure I would use the term obsessed, but Stuart definitely loves his new IPhone. Yay for Birthdays!!
I love me some John Wilson! That was a strange sentence. Imma leave it. Anyways. John's lookin good as per ush. I'm lookin like a crazy person. As per ush. Good times all around.
Julianne really didn't want her photo taken. Too bad she's just so dang cute! Oh and there's miss Carley lookin equally adorable!! And Maren lurking in the back ... she seems to be doing that a lot. :)
