Primal Scream Therapy

Hey, Amanda.

I'm a mess. Nothing serious, but I think I need to let out one good scream...Maybe writing here will feel as good--or will suffice for now, since my neighbors on either side and below might freak a little at a blood curdling scream.

School was busy. I have hit that time of year where I'm behind on correcting--since I slacked off after progress reports at the beginning of December (cruised on through until Christmas, you know) --and won't catch up until midterm exams in a couple of weeks (when I'll have even more correcting to do) because now the priority is getting my midterm exams in order. So I feel like I'm making one mess after cleaning another on my desk and using every free minute at school to stay afloat. Barely.

But I left at a decent time so I could get to the gym before the rush (and will write about more). (Go, you! by the way) It was quite crowded but I got a treadmill and did my thing. And I felt good about it. I stopped on my way home to get a new wall calendar (on which I place little check marks on the days I work out) and was home by the 5 o'clock news.

Since getting home I've had a bad case of ADD/one thing leads to another. I figured out my new MP3 player (did I tell you W gave me one for Christmas?) and decided to take a break from downloading/ripping/whatever the hell I'm doing to get songs from my CDs onto my new toy so that I could eat before it gets too late.

Well, I made made a California BLT and then decided I should make some guacamole with the other 1 1/2 avocados because I knew if I didn't they'd end up going to waste like so many avocados do in my house. And then once I made that I thought I should go ahead and make a salad for lunch tomorrow. Which is when I saw that I had bought 3 cucumbers because they were on sale and I should probably make a cucumber salad for snacking, or to have with a sandwich later in the week. And I may as well cut up some celery stalks.

And oh, let me take a couple of pictures. SH*T!!!!! I dropped my camera and now the lens won't retract all the way and the lens cover doesn't come out.

Is your head spinning yet?...My God! Deep breaths, Barb. Take a sip of that wine you poured hours ago. Be thankful your camera still takes pictures and that you have a good case. Look into a repair another time. Sit and write to Amanda, then maybe a little more. Take your second glass of wine over to the couch, dim the lights, and call it a day.

So that's my plan. Love your plan to host the gang for chili so that JJ can experiment on them. Awesome. Independent variable: Tempo. Dependent variable: Heart Rate. Love. it. Tell JJ I'm proud.

Great to hear from you. Pray for a snow day for me for Friday so I can take my tree down. The three kings get to the manger tomorrow so I'm good to clean up.

Love you,
Barb