Happy 4th of July!!!

The 4th of July is my favorite holiday of the year!  Because of the wildfire that is burning nearby and the dry, dry, DRY conditions out, they've canceled the fireworks for this year.  I think they hope to run them later in the summer or something.  I was kind of relieved, actually, because it's just so terribly dry out and I was worried that more fires would start in town.

I'm not sure what I'll end up doing tomorrow.  Sitting around in my pj's and reading a book sounds positively fabulous right about now! : )  But we'll see what the day brings and go from there.

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe 4th of July holiday!!!

And they've left... :(

My parents left yesterday morning.  I was very sad.  :(  Here's how the day went...

Mom & Dad were up at 4 AM to head out the door by 5 AM.  This is how I looked yesterday morning at 4:30 AM (minus the coffee cup):

I was so sad to see mom & dad pull out and drive away, but I was tired enough that about two minutes after they left, I looked like this:

I got up around 8 AM and went to work and, thankfully, I only had one moment in the evening where I looked like this (I was by myself, so no one witnessed the meltdown, thank goodness):

It's always great to have mom & dad here.  I'm so sad that we live so far apart from each other (my fault!), but I'm so glad that they take time to come and see me!!  I always love their visits and am sad to see them go.  I am doing much better today and feel more like my normal self again, thank goodness.  So, I'll be glad for the memories and I'll just look forward to the day when we live closer to each other again. :)

We had a great time while they were here, but we really didn't do much of anything except shop and take a road excursion through the mountains.  Other than that, we just rested and relaxed.  It was nice!  I'm glad that they can come here and just relax like that.  It didn't help, either, that it was SO hot while they were here!!  We're not big fans of hot weather, so most times we ended up feeling like we didn't want to do anything except stay in front of the fans!  haha!  But we enjoyed our time together and had fun.  I love them very much! :)

All for now!!

I'm still here!

I'm sorry that I've become such a terrible blogger.  I had been thinking about giving up blogging, but I don't think I will for now.  I just might not post as often.  Every week, though, I'm plagued by, "Oh, I should probably blog this week!!" so please don't think that I never think about blogging!  haha! :)

My mom flies here this Tuesday and I'm very excited about that.  I'll get her all to myself until Father's Day and then Dad will pull into town that day.  They'll both be here together for about a week and will head back to WI after that.  So I'm not sure how much blogging I'll do during their visit, but we'll see.  Of course, after they leave, I'll probably need about two weeks off of blogging just so I can go through my regular bout of depression after parting ways with them.  haha!  Oh, I imagine it won't be that bad, but you get the point...I love seeing them and am always sad to see them go!

Work has kept me extremely busy for quite some time now.  I know that I posted that same song at the beginning of May, but it's true.  As I mentioned before, we've been short-staffed since early March so I've been the only full-time person in the office (usually there's two full-time and one part-time person) and it sure does take a toll on a person.  I feel worn out and tired all the time!  And it doesn't help that I want to "take care" of everything and that I just worry about so many things in the office that need to be done.  I think that is what wears me out the most even though I really DO try to "let it go" at the end of the day and on the weekends.  But it's amazing how it just wears you down.  And for it to be like this week after week after week...well, I'm afraid it puts me in quite a foul mood most of the time.  *sigh*  I am so glad that I have a job and that I like my job (really! I do!), so I don't want to complain about it too much.  It just can't be perfect all the time, can it?  :)

But, on the flip side, I'm so glad for good times with friends on the weekends and in the evenings.  It helps me to keep my perspective and to relax, too.  It's especially great because it usually involves a LOT of laughter and that is always a good de-stresser for a person!!! : )

So, I'm sorry, again, for being such a bad blogger.  I realize that it's been a month since my last post, but it honestly feels like it went by in just a blink of the eye.  With everything going on in the month of June, I'm sure that will happen to me again.  I guess in June I'll just try my best to live IN the moment and to ENJOY each moment and I will let you know all about how it went as soon as I can!! :)  Until then, take care! 

Busy as a bee!

The title of this blog post pretty much sums things up since my last post!  From birthday parties, to potlucks, to graduations, to work, and then company at my house, I have been BUSY!!  But it's all been a "good busy," so I'm not complaining!! :)

Tomorrow, we have four college students from our church group who are graduating from college, so there's going to be a party in the afternoon for them.  It's always a bittersweet experience...so sad to see them go, but wouldn't want to hold them back from where they're headed to next!  I have to be excited for them for the next phase of life, too.

Well, it had been four weeks since I applied for that job in Wisconsin and I hadn't heard back so I e-mailed them.  They wrote back and said that they had conducted phone interviews (I never got called) and that they were getting ready for on-campus interviews.  *sigh*  She said, "If we complete the interviews and no one is hired, we will re-review the applications we received."  So I stand maybe a 1% chance of someone NOT being hired and THEN they call me?!?  haha!  Probably not going to happen, so I'm back to being content with being HERE for awhile longer. :)

I revisited the Master's degree thing again this week!  I decided that I need to pay off some debt before I could even consider getting a degree.  Some of you who have facebook have already seen this, but what I discovered is that when I did a loan calculator thing and figured out a loan for $23000 (the cost of tuition for the degree I'm interested in) at 6.8% for 10 years, my monthly payment would be $265. That's a lot better than I thought it would be! But I can't afford that right now with the current debt I have, so I'm going to work on that first and then reconsider in two years. :)  I also discovered that a 10 year loan at 6.8% tacks on about $8,000 in interest. A 20 year loan would cut my monthly payment down to $175/month, BUT...it also tack's on over $19,000 in interest. YIKES!  Regardless, if I do ANY kind of loan like that for something like this, I need to be a little better with the debt I have, so that's what I'm working on now!  If only the University had a Master's program that I really liked, then I could just take a class at a time and make THEM pay for it (it's a perk of my job!).  Hmmm...maybe I'll have to FIND a Master's degree with them that I'm happy with.  haha! :)  In the meantime, I might take a course in the fall, just for fun.  Maybe that will take care of even wanting to go back to school for a Master's degree.  hahaha! :)

Well, I have to be to work tomorrow at 7:15 AM to help with the graduation ceremony, so I should sign off here and get to bed.  I hope you're doing great and having good days!

PS -- For those of you with blogs, this new blogger update has really confused me with figuring out everything again.  Every time I log in to make a new post, it takes me about 5 minutes to find the dumb button that allows me to even MAKE a post!  haha!  Change is good (sometimes!), but why do they have to be so drastic about it and make it complicated?!?!  I imagine I'll figure it out, but for now... me no likey. :)

Mid-April

So, not much is new with me since my last post.  Seriously.  I live a very boring life, people.  But don't get me wrong...I am okay with that. :)  But it does lead to lack of ideas for blog posts!

I'm still super busy at work and things are high stress right now for various reasons.  High stress enough that I had a little meltdown last week. :(  But I worked through it and life goes on.  It was just a combination of different events that just kind of sent me over the edge.  But I look at it like this...everyone needs a good cry once in awhile and that just happened to be MY day for one!  ha! :)

Mom & Dad are planning a trip out here in June, so that's something to look forward to.  Mom is going to come out early at the beginning of June and going to my yearly church convention with me, so that will be nice!  Then, Dad will come out after our convention and they'll both be here for a week or so.  I'm VERY excited about their planned visit! :)

So, I gave my luck a try recently and applied for an Advising job at a university in Wisconsin.  I haven't heard anything back from them yet and the job posting has been closed for a little over two weeks now, so I'm not sure if I should be concerned or just trust that they're still making decisions on who they want to bring in and interview!! :o)  It seemed like the perfect job up there, so I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring to see what happened.  If it doesn't work out, I'm okay with still being at my current job.  I just thought it would be nicer to be much closer to family again.  I'll be sure to keep you posted on whether or not I hear anything from the job!

Speaking of university's, ours ends its spring classes in just two more weeks!  April 27 is the last day of classes and then the week after that is finals week.  Yahoo!!  I'm ready for this semester to be OVER.  It has not been a fun one.  It has gone by quickly, but several events have just made it a difficult one (for everyone).  Better days are ahead, I hope!!

Well, all for now.  I can't promise anymore that I'll be very regular about updating because I just don't enjoy blogging like I used to.  But I will update when I can and when the fancy strikes!  It just may be only once or twice a month, though.  We'll see.  So, take care care until next time!

Oh, Happy Day!

Today was a gorgeous day here!  I can't believe how fantastic the weather has been this month.  We usually never see weather this nice until mid-May.  It's been a real treat!  The leaves have started coming up on the bushes and buds are appearing on the trees.  Beautiful!!  Yes, I know that this is later than what most of you are experiencing, but we are at a higher elevation than most places, so it takes a little longer for these things to happen. :)

It was fantastic to listen again to the birds chirping outside my office window.  They had quite the melody to them today.  It was very pretty to listen to!

Well, knock on wood, but I think I survived advising week a-OK!!  Amazingly enough, this felt like a relatively comfortable year (aka, it wasn't chaotic or exhausting).  I'm honestly not sure what the difference was, whether I was more prepared than I ever have been before or because I was more relaxed about how things were going.  You see, we're short staffed in the office right now, so my mentality has shifted to, "I'll do what I can do and just be happy with that."  There's obviously too much work to accomplish all in one day, so I find that I'm much more relaxed and that I go home knowing I did a good job and knowing that the work will be there tomorrow, too.  Hmmmm...maybe this really could be the big difference!!  Who knows...

So, there's only four weeks left in the semester and then summer is here!!  I find that so hard to believe.  Time just flies!  I was part of a conversation this afternoon where this woman was mentioning that now that "50 is in her rearview mirror," she is really trying to enjoy every day for what it is and that she is also trying to have a little "me time" every day, too.  She said that she has a tendency to get so caught up in life and work and school that she doesn't even appreciate the days.  She feels that she's more aware of her age (and that she might not have as many years left as what she's already lived) and that because of that, she just wants to be more appreciative of each day that she's given.  I found myself smiling while listening to her and thinking, "I want to do that, too." :)  So, here's to a nice, relaxing weekend where we step back, take a deep breath and enjoy the days for what they are.

Just livin' life : )

Not much is going on with me these days.  It was advising week this week, so it was a busy time.  I anticipate that next week is going to be busier because kids actually start registering and that's when I seemed to get bogged down with work.  Oh, well!  I'll do what I can throughout the day and go home happy in the evenings.  Sounds like a good plan, right? :)

We've been having some GORGEOUS weather in town over the last couple of weeks, so that's been great!  I'm afraid that we're going to pay for it in June, though, and then THAT'S when we'll get the snow!  haha!  With how crazy the weather can be in this town, I just wouldn't be surprised by that. :)

I ordered some girl scout cookies more than a few weeks ago and I've been patiently waiting for my order to arrive.  Unfortunately, today did not prove to be the day that they arrived. Maybe next week?!?

And that's all for now!  Yes, I know that this is quite a boring post, but that's the way it goes when you're busy during the work week and tired in the evenings.  I plan to R&R this weekend and I'm really looking forward to that!! : )  Take care 'til next time! :)


UPDATE:  Yes, Monday is looking to be a great day!  As soon as I posted this, logged out, and then logged into my e-mail, this is what I found:
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012
Subject: Girl Scout Cookies
Your cookies have arrived! You may pick them up any time!

Yahoo!! :o)

Signs of spring

When I got to work this morning, it was already above 40 degrees outside and the birds were chirping away!  By lunchtime, it was in the low 50s.  Ahhhhh...the signs of spring!  Alas, it doesn't last long around here.  Tonight and tomorrow?  Rain and snow.  Blech.  But by Thursday it's supposed to be nice weather again, so I won't complain too much. :)

Next week is spring break at the University and while all the students get the week off, I still have to work.  We get our "extra" days off during Christmas, so that's fine by me! :)  The week after next is advising week, so I will have LOTS to do next week's quiet time to get ready for it!!  I'm a little more nervous about it because we're under more strict mandates to not work extra hours anymore, so while I'd usually put in about 50 hrs. during advising week, now I'm being told that I'll get slapped on the hand if I try to do that.  So...we'll see how it goes! The mandate has put me in a position to just not be as helpful as I've been in the past (aka, it's now more of telling students to just figure things out on their own) and, honestly, I'm not so sure I like that.  It has, however, lessened my stress quite a bit already, so I guess I can't complain.  Anyway, with my track record on posting, the next time I post will probably be in April (AFTER advising week!), so I'll let you know then how it went and how I survived. :)

I've been missing my family quite a bit today.  I'm not sure why, really.  Well, I know why...because they're GREAT! :) But today was one of those days where I miss them and I find myself shaking my head and asking myself HOW I ended up so far away from them.  I always tell my mom, "It turned out this way because I was young and foolish when I made the decision to move so far away!"  haha! :)  Don't get me wrong...I *love* Wyoming and *love* my job!!  Some days, though, I just wish it wasn't so far from Wisconsin.

Any of you watching all of this election hub-bub?  I keep watching it and wondering if this will be the first year that I just don't even go out and vote.  We'll see!  I've voted every year since turning 18, but I'm so disgusted with all of them, anymore, that I wonder why I even bother to put in my two cents.  They're all just a bunch of frauds and it seems that all they do is go around in circles and we end up in more and more trouble than we ever have been before.  The sad thing is that I know it's not going to get any better and I bet that the people running will just become more and more crooked.  It's sad, really.  Even though I wasn't even alive during days that I'm about to describe, I can honestly say that I miss the days of honest times and honest people.  At least all of the wickedness today inspires ME to be honest and trustworthy!!  I hope I'm doing an okay job at that.

Well, all for now.  I've been keeping quite busy at work so I'm quite tuckered out by the end of the day anymore.  It just makes me so glad for quiet evenings. :)  Take care 'til next time!

Another two-week hiatus?!?

Oh boy.  Yes, I know that it's been another two weeks since I have posted here, but this time I really have NO excuse. :)  I had company two weekends ago (the weekend after valentine's day) and for all of last week, I was busy every night of the week!  On Monday night, I cleaned my apartment after my company left.  On Tuesday, I went to the last girl's college basketball game, Wednesday night was bible study, and then Thursday and Friday night, I was on the phone ALL evening, each evening!  No joke!  Good thing I have a good phone plan. haha! :)  Saturday, I went downtown to pick up some enchiladas that I purchased from a school for their fundraiser (yum!) and then went to the college guy's basketball game and then on Sunday, I went to my Sunday morning church meeting and then we had a potluck for some dear friends who are moving away to another state.  Sunday day was a good day (meeting) but a sad day (saying goodbye).  So, I've just been busy, busy, busy again! :)

Work is going well, too.  There's a lot going on and it's keeping me quite busy, so I'm usually pretty exhausted by the time I get home each night.  Obviously that doesn't stop me from making plans for the evening, but on the nights that I don't have anything going on, it's GREAT to just chill out and RELAX. :)  Tonight has been one of those nights and I've been very glad for that.  I came home with a headache today so I was glad to just relax.

Well, I've been shopping for a new wallet for awhile now and boy, oh, boy...is it HARD to find something a gal can like!  Well, it is for me, anyway. :)  I've had my current wallet for about 10 years now and it's starting to look a little worn out, so I thought it was time to upgrade.  I've been looking and looking and I think I finally found one today!  Here's a picture, but sorry about the picture quality.  I took it from my cell phone.

Cute, no?  Well, I like it!  The main wallet is a dark brown leather and the swirly dods are a lighter brown.  It's VERY cute!  It's an Ariat wallet (a big name in western wear) and my friend said, "Well, we're going to turn you into a cowgirl yet!" haha! :)  Anyway, I'm just happy that I finally found a wallet!  Yay! :)

I hope that you're doing well and having good days!  We've had some icky winter weather here lately with some SERIOUS wind (aka, gusts of 60 mph).  It's been atrocious, really. I've said it before and I'll say it again...I completely understand why men and women went crazy because of the wind in the old wild west.  It's the new west out here and the wind drives ME crazy some days!!  Ugh.  Anyway, hopefully it will pass soon and we'll be well on our way to spring! :)  Take care until next time!

Valentine's Day Flowers

Look at the beautiful flowers my dad sent me for valentine's day!  Isn't he just so sweet?!

Love you, Dad!  Thank you!!! : )

Please forgive me...

Please forgive my delay in posting, but I had the flu last week!  booooo!!! :(  Luckily, it was only a 24-hour bug (Tuesday to Wednesday), but it's been a few residual days of tiredness since then, so not much productivity on my part.  Oops!  But I'm feeling "normal" again today and thought I'd put up a little post of what's been going on with me.  :)

Work has been good, so I can't complain there.  It keeps me busy, so that's nice.  We're being held to our working hours a lot more now, though, so that's been quite a change for me.  It's been mandated that departments be more strict with their staff to ensure that they are NOT working more than 40 hours a week.  I'd often work until 6 PM just to "finish up" the day and get things organized for the next day, all without claiming it on my payroll.  But I was okay with that!  However, the University is NOT okay with that, so they're being more strict about things.  Disobedience to this change could result in a reprimand that goes into my employee file, so I will obey the rules because I don't want that to happen!! :)  We'll see how things go once work drastically increases during advising time.  I try not to worry about it.  What will be, will be!!

This past Saturday I was a guest coach for the women's college basketball team, so that was a fun experience! :)  I got to watch the team warm up a bit ("shoot around") in the morning (around 9 AM), go out for breakfast with them (10 AM), join them in the locker room before the game and during half time and then sit just behind them on the bench (in "press row"). Oh, and how could I forget?! They announced it on the loud speaker AND posted it on the jumbo tron that I was one of the honorary coaches! Woo-hoo! :)  It was LOTS of fun!! Too bad we lost by three points, though. Oh, well...I'm still a fan! GO COWGIRLS!!!  :)

Here's a picture they took of me and the other honorary coach (on my right).  The woman on the left is an academic advisor for the athletes and I work with her quite a bit, so that's why I think I was chosen for this fun experience. :)

Try not to laugh at me in the picture...it wasn't the best picture I've had taken of me. :)  The crazy part about the experience, though, is that I wasn't allowed to cheer!!  I had to be a "neutral" fan because we were sitting among the press.  Seriously.  I was told that if I even wanted to clap that I had to clap under the table.  It was weird!! And let me tell you, it was HARD to be quiet! haha! :)  But it was still fun to be close enough to hear the Coach talk to the girls during time outs. Very interesting!! :)
 
So that's what I've been up to over the last couple of weeks.  I meant to post something last week, but got sick, so hopefully this post can make up for it. :)  Take care!  Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow!!! :)

A simple Saturday

I have had a nice relaxing day today.  I slept in, took a nap and then went to the women's college basketball game (they won!).  After getting home from the game, I finalized my taxes and submitted them.  Yahoo!  I think that I've already got my refund spent, though. :)  Now tomorrow will be more of the same.  I'll have my Sunday church meeting in the morning and then I'm planning to go to the college wrestling match in the afternoon (our team is 7th in the nation and we have a guy who's no. 1 in the nation for his weight...very exciting!) and then I'll come home after that for a late afternoon nap.  I'm looking forward to it.  It should be a good day! :)

Things at work have really settled down, thank goodness, so I'm finally catching up on a few things.  Before leaving work on Friday, one of my professor's said, "Wow, Jennifer!  That pile of papers on your desk has significantly decreased this week!"  I gave him a big smile and said, "It sure has!!"  :)  It's always nice to feel like you're back in order again after some crazy-busy days and I've been feeling GLAD for quiet days at work this week.  It should stay like that for a few more weeks, so I'll just keep plugging along with everything and I'll just continue to enjoy the quiet days. :)

I managed to get past the "class enrollment" deadlines, too, and I did not register for a class! ; )  Whew...another semester of life with no homework to worry about. :)  Already this week, I've gone back to thinking, "Why on EARTH would I want to consider getting a Master's degree and go through all that again!?!"  Oh, the yo-yo-ing of decisions that I put myself through is just too much sometimes.  haha!  Time will tell what I really decide about it all.  It's likely that nothing will be resolved for another year yet, if that's even something I decide to do.  So, we'll see! :)

I got a new cell phone this week.  I debated about going with a smartphone or staying with a basic phone and I ended up staying with a basic phone, mainly because of cost.  I'm just not ready (or willing!) to spend the extra money required for a smartphone yet, especially when I have some debt that I'm really working hard to pay off.  So, I gave myself another two years with a basic phone and then we'll see if maybe I'm ready for a fancy smartphone after that. :)

Well, I should get going and make myself some supper for the evening.  I didn't mean to let so much time pass since my last update, but I had four nights of things going on this past week and I was just too busy to blog! :)  I had fun, though, and it just makes me glad for the friends I have. :)  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Windy!

It has been WINDY here the last few days. Wowsa!  My apartment is pretty sound proof to the outside world, so I know that it's super windy out when I can hear it while I'm inside!!  I'm glad that I'm "in" for the evening! :)

Speaking of being in, yesterday I had the day off of work for the MLK holiday, but a committee at work accidentally forgot that the day was a holiday (and that the University was closed) and so they scheduled a candidate (for a professor position) to fly in on Sunday and interview yesterday and today!  Today wasn't a problem, of course, but yesterday was definitely "pick and choose" as far as meetings on campus.  haha!  Well, I took pity on them yesterday and went in for a Noon presentation by the candidate (just an hour presentation) because I wanted to help add to the crowd size.  Well, when I went in, it was cloudy skies, but still kind of sunny and a rather beautiful day.  When I came out?  Raging blizzard.  No joke.  You could barely see two blocks away.  Well, silly me had already decided that I was really in the mood for a pizza from a place that doesn't deliver.  I said, "Go home, Jen.  It's a raging blizzard, for pete's sake."  But, no...I drove downtown to order said pizza.  I parked in the parking lot (that was half a block away from the door, mind you...all the close spots were taken) and I braved the wind and snow to go to the pizza place.  I get two feet from the door only to find a sign that said, "Closed for renovation."  Blargh.  So, I trudged home and made a quesadilla and said to myself, "Told you so.  Next time listen to yourself."  haha!  :)

Monday is the last day to add classes for the spring semester.  I checked again today on a class that I want to take and sighed a sigh of relief to find that it was FULL and CLOSED.  That should get me through these last few days!!  (Remember...I said that I'd take a full year OFF before taking another class!! :)  haha!)

Speaking of other classes, I'm thinking of going on for a Master's degree!!!  I told one of my graduate students that today and she said, "Why on earth would you want to do that!?!"  I laughed.  Very hard.  :)  But I looked up all the details on the degree program I'm interested in on our campus (Adult Education) and I've already stumbled a bit over the application process.  Two papers and the GRE (the GRE is like the college version of the ACT or SAT).  I thought, "Do I really want to do this?!?!"  I found out, though, that they accept applications to the program for every semester of the year, so that helps me to feel like I can make this decision whenever I want to (versus being pinned to ONE application deadline in a year).  Why am I thinking of doing this, though?  Because my job will pay for one class a semester!  If I took one class a semester, I could finish in three and a half years, debt free.  So...why not? :)  After that, it would be, what...five years for a Ph.D. with one class at a time?!  hahaha!  Just kidding on that.  NO Ph.D. for me, thank you!!! :)  So, we'll see what I decide.  It's just been rolling around in my brain for a while, but I'm not sure that I really have the motivation for that kind of work. :)

Well, all for now!  I need to head back to my cell phone's host website to determine if I want to upgrade to a smartphone right now or stick with a basic phone and then upgrade in a couple more years.  *sigh*  Decisions, decisions! :)  (I'm leaning toward a basic phone and then buying the new Kindle that allows you to also access the web!  yahoo! :)  Take care!!

Happy New Year!!!

Well, Happy New Year!!  We are 10 days into the new year and I do hope it's started off well for all of you!!

I returned to Wyoming on Jan. 3 and have been going-going-going ever since!  Work is crazy-busy right now and the students started classes again today so it's just been hectic.  So, I've been working lots of overtime and just trying to at least keep up with things.  It's not working so well, but I'll keep trying! :)

I was sad to leave my family again this year.  It just gets harder and harder to leave.  I'd love to be living up there again, but I'm afraid that the economy really isn't allowing for that right now.  I'm just thankful that I enjoy Wyoming and my job out here as much as I do because I think if I didn't, it would just make things that much harder.  Anyway, mom & dad are already talking about coming out to visit me in April, May or June, so we'll see what happens.  And guess what?  Buddy (the dog!) might come along with them this time!!  Yahoo!!  Man, I love that dog... :)

And that's about all that's new with me!  I've been feeling an "itch" to take some classes again at the University, but I told myself to take one FULL year off, so I'm just biding my time until the date passes to add classes for this semester and then I'll be in the clear.  Until then, who knows... I've already added and dropped two different classes two different times!  haha!

Oh, and I did decide on a new year's resolution this year, too...I decided that I wasn't going to work so much!!  haha!  Maybe I'll start that in a couple of weeks...once things get settled with the semester's start. :) 

Take care and good days to you!