Buckley

How in the world did I forget the BRILLIANCE that is Jeff Buckley?!?!

I put the 'Grace' CD on last night, and can't stop listening to it. The music mirrors my mood.

Gosh, he was SO GOOD! Such a shame.

House of Blues

It's going to take time, my friend
You have to keep graceful dancing ...
- Justin Furstenfeld, 'Graceful Dancing' -

House of Blues was AMAZING!

All work and no play ...

My work week is OVER, and I will be heading to Dallas in the morning for a 3-day mini-break with Kala. We are going to a concert on Saturday night, and hanging out the rest of the time. Yesssssssssssss!

No end to the madness.

Yet again, things are completely monkey-balls in my life! I thought everything would slow down a little after finals last week, but they certainly haven't so far.

I plan to write a pretty sizable post in the next few days. (If only I could do this from work. Ha!)

Speaking of, did I mention my new job? I am an executive assistant at the A-J (the newspaper here in town). I've been in training and am still unsure exactly what my specific job will be, but I think it's one of those things that they are trying to redefine now that the last lady left. I'm not too sure on the details, but hints and whispers lead me to believe that she had been there a LONG time, and was very poorly received by her co-workers.

Hence, me! :)

I can't complain. It is 30 hours a week (all, if not more, than I can swing with grad school), and I get full pay and benefits. Whoo-hoo!!!

Um ... what else, what else? OH! I got a 4.0 in my collective summer classes, which pleases me tremendously. The pact I made with myself before starting school again is safe so far.

Yikes, look at the time!!

So, yeah ... there's more ... but I have to go to work now. Like I said ... a new post in the next few days. Until then ...

Busy bees make tasty honey.

Grad school in the summer is kicking my butt!! But, you know, it's in that really productive, feeling good about myself, happy to be motivated and doing something positive kind of way. I can't complain.

I made a pact with myself to put forth whatever effort must be exerted to receive a 4.0 for my Master's. So far, so good!

I haven't turned on the television, except to decompress and try to fall asleep on occasion, in the past 3 weeks. I can't even tell you what is happening in the world at large. Last I heard, CNN was talking about Michael Jackson non-stop (overkill, if you ask me ... no pun intended).

So, that's my life right now. I'm taking a break this evening to hang out with Kala for a bit, then it will be back to the books.

As soon as I can pull my head from all that is the Texas Tech Education Department (taking only Education courses this summer), I will have a much more exciting update to share. In the meantime, working on that 4.0, baby! ;)

1st day of school.

I start grad school today!! I'm all aflutter.

Updates, pictures of the new house, discussion, and much more to come. Right now, I need to make myself some breakfast, get a little coffee, and start walking to campus (yes, I can actually *walk* ... deeee-lightful!). :)

Yea!!!!

"You're drownin', Shoog!"

What I really want to know is how in the world I have ended up with so much STUFF?! I mean ... geez, Louise, folks! The packing is downright incessant.

I am taking a HUGE, MONSTROUS, GIGANTIC carload (possibly 2) of things to Goodwill today. Then I am heading to the "record-sell-back-store" ... whatever ... we'll call it "Ralph's" because that is my only point of reference. Then I need to go to the church around the corner and drop off a box of books for their book drive that I saw fliers for at our mailbox yesterday.

All of that, and I *still* am not done with packing. I've saved the kitchen until now because I still cook every day at home. I guess it'll just have to be sandwiches and cereal for the next 3 days. :)

But, yeah, seriously ... 10 years of living "on your own" coupled with an acute case of sentimentality will accumulate into some mass amounts of business hanging around. It's nuts!


(For those who think I have lost my mind with the title of this post ... it's from King of the Hill, a show I have become addicted to via reruns on Adult Swim. I conveniently blame my boyfriend.)