FREEDOM

Free at last! The last task of the semester has been completed, and Fall 07 is officially over for me. Now I'm free to read, bake, knit, bead, and otherwise entertain myself for about 3 weeks. Oh, and my napping lessons from Callie.... can't forget those.

Almost Done and Ready for the Next Adventure

A little over 24 hours from now, my semester will be finished. All that will be left is finding out final grades.

I'll be working some extra hours at the Education Library. It sounds like some textbook straightening is being held in store for me. This is a photo of what it SHOULD look like (after I had spent about 3-4 hours working steadily). If you imagine these textbooks pulled out and put back in anywhere, or lying on their sides, or just generally in disarray, you'll know what I'll be up to next week.
I'll have a week to relax and then I'll be starting a new semester and new adventure. I applied for, and was awarded, a Graduate Assistantship in the Faculty Council Office. If you think back to your high school days and your high school student councils, the Faculty Council is similar, but on a much, much larger scale. I'll be helping to maintain and update listservs and the webpage, keeping track of committees and committee minutes, and generally helping the office run smoothly. The thing that makes this the best Christmas present I've gotten in a long, long time is that the position comes with health insurance, tuition remission, and a stipend, all things any graduate student could use!

I'll be continuing to work part-time in the education library. My Adaptive Technology job would also like me back, but I'm not sure I can fit that in, so that remains to be seen. It's a long, long way from the beginning of the semester, when I came back not knowing if I would be able to financially make it through the semester. Thankfully, my problems are now an embarrassment of riches.

Winding Down

We're in the final countdown for the semester. Tomorrow's the last day of classes. Next week is finals week. I have one. Thursday. 7:15-9:15pm. By my calculations, the last final I took was in 1998ish. I'm out of practice, just a bit.

My plan once my final is over is to work, work, work (back to two jobs), read, bead, knit, and sleep. Studying is hard work, as you can plainly see. Fortunately, Callie has promised to teach me the finer points of napping, just as soon as all of my work is finished...