Musings

My cousin, Keytun, had a baby this morning!! :) She had a healthy, 9 lb. 7 oz. baby girl with a full, dark head of hair. From what I've been told, the little one's name is Jema Lou. Congratulations Ryan, Keytun & Brylee!! :o)

I didn't get to bed very early last night because I was working on homework and let me tell ya, I'm payin' the price for it today! I'm so tired and I've developed a nice 'ol headache. Ugh. It's supposed to rain this afternoon, though, so hopefully that will help the dryness which will then help all of these allergy issues that me and everyone else is battling with right now. It's so dry and that, combined with all of the smoke from the forest fires around here, makes for some nasty allergy days!! Blech. :(

I've been keeping busy with school these days! I have a 12-page take home exam that I've been working on this week (front-to-back pages, mind you) and I'm almost finished with it, but then I have to finalize it with a two-page short essay that the professor decided to add on at the last minute. As if a 12-page multiple choice, true/false, and matching exam wasn't enough. And trust me...this exam is not easy. He likes to be tricky, so he makes the exam as difficult as possible and it just takes forever to work on. I'll be glad to hand it all in on Friday! After that, though, I have to start studying for an exam that I have on Monday for another class in addition to finalizing a 5-page paper for that same class, which is due next Wednesday. And then? I'll start studying for an exam that will take place the week after that for my last class. Have I mentioned that I'm really looking forward to next May when I will be finished with all of this and all I'll have to worry about is my job and that lastest novel that I want to read?!?! :)

Oh, it really could be worse than this, so I'll stop whining. :) I've just been kept pretty busy in the last week and I'm just looking forward to getting it all DONE. After all, this will all be ONE MORE thing that I'm finishing for each class and that just means that I'm closer to the end of the semester, right?!?! :)

Speaking of the end of the semester...I bought my plane tickets to fly home to Mom & Dad's for Christmas. I'll leave town on the 17th and will be at their place until January 4. I'm really looking forward to it!! It's always nice to get home! Plus, I'll get to finally meet new Baby Jema!!! :o) Can't wait!! :)