THE WORST TIME OF THE YEAR

This is the time of the year that I like the least. It's the "everyone else is finished with school, but I still have a take-home exam and a paper to do before monday" time of year. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, though, and it is bright. After Monday, I have about two days to pack the stuff in my house and then I have to be in DC for work on the 12th for my first day.

I am about to go insane with all the stuff I have to worry about, and you all know how much I love to worry.

Sarah is having a shower at Transy tonight. It's our first big gift-getting event, and I am enjoying watching stuff get picked off our Target list. I know that's tacky, but it's something to do.

I have now completed two days of ceramics. Let me just say, watching Ghost a couple million times does not count as experience because this stuff is HARD. Good thing I"m not doing it for a grade. He he he

I'll be going to Durham this weekend to visit Nicholas. I'm hoping some of my relaxed state of mind will wear off but I"m not holding my breath. If anyone needs me tonight dont' bother. An hour long Friends, Madonna on Will & Grace, a new ER AND the Dixie Chicks with Diane Sawyer. It's almost more than I can take. Good thing I dont' have any homework. (I really will stop gloating eventually...say around May 24th.)

My long weekend has been so different from Nicholas's I almost feel guilty...I just got back from Fripp Island, SC (near Hilton Head). I laid on the beach, ate lots of seafood, and read Mrs. Dalloway (which arrived just in time for my trip thanks to Amy and Tanya!). It's an amazing book for anyone who enjoys stream of consciousness writing, otherwise stay away.

Tomorrow it's off to a tough day of auditing ceramics.

Had my first exam Saturday. I guess it went okay, but I've stopped trying to forecast how well I did.

I've got one tomorrow (Remedies) and then one on Friday (intellectual property), and then I have a take-home and a paper due by May 5. I realize that these posts are very boring, but that's tough because I'm not having any fun, either.

Well I'm emerging from the wedding haze that was Sunday through Tuesday. It was stressful but I got some things accomplished. We arranged (and rearranged and rearranged) the reception site and settled on the flowers. I also started working on the video which I thought would be a 4-6 hour project and is starting to feel like 4-6 days. I'm using iMovie and I thought the idea was Microsoft was bad because it forced you to buy its other programs. However, about five minutes into iMovie I realized I needed Quicktime Pro (which is $30) to use some video Christopher (Nicholas's older brother) had generously converted to digital form for me. Despite Christopher's continued assistance, I think I'm going to just leave it out. So much for the ease of Mac.

I am now back at Transy. I have a comprehensive Political Science exam tomorrow for which I dont' have to study. Then more wedding errands till I leave for Fripp Island with my sorority sisters. Then back to Transy for a busy May Term spent auditing ceramic. Yes, that's right I'm auditing ceramics. As Nicholas said, "I tried to figure out a way to do jackshit for May Term and get to stay on campus. I think you've accomplished it."

Back from KY

Just got back from Kentucky, back to exam studying for me. I've got my first one Saturday, and then I have two more in five days. That may not sound that bad, but I don't look forward to it.

We're off to Sarah's final Phi Mu Formal tonight. Though I've protested that I shouldn't be required to return for such events, those arguments have fallen on deaf ears. So tonight I get to don a tuxedo and dance the night away. Anyone who's upset that they are missing this should take solace in the fact that I'll be doing the same thing on my wedding day, so any and all criticism of my dance stylings should be saved until then.

For those of you who haven't been to this site, it's pretty funny. ONe of the best parts is the BrideAudit program, where the future bride can figure out how expensive the gifts she gets should be.

This actually is Sarah and my first blog EVER! For any of you who I haven't talked to in awhile, I just received an internship at the National Organization for Women and I am soooo excited. This summer is going to be wonderful but very very stressful. The wedding plans are going along nicely. Nicholas and I just added some things to our registry today, really exciting stuff like bath towels and pans. I tried to add some zest with the Smoothie Pro 60 but Nicholas vetoed it. Oh well...we're not zesty people I guess considering it's friday night at 11:30pm and we're working on our homework (and our new blog) :)

This is Sarah's first blog. Well, not really, actually it's Nicholas signed in as Sarah, but that's just a technicality.

Our new blog!!

As you can tell by the excessive exclamation points, I'm excited by my new blog.