I am this --> <-- close to being done with this semester! Yet within that small space of time and energy, there is sooooooooooo much to be accomplished:
I have a massive project to finish up with my group for my Tuesday night class that comprises something crazy, like 60% of our grade. I am essentially done with my Thursday night class, as I only have to turn in a single unit plan that is a teeny-tiny part of the aforementioned massive project. When those two things are done, I will have earned my Post-Secondary Reading Certificate which will assist me in getting a tenure-track community college English teaching job in the super-duper competitive job market of the San Francisco Bay Area. YAY! I will have accomplished something BIG and have more courage to go forward and rock my thesis! Yes, the dreaded thesis that I fear as if it were Hantavirus or Ebola ( I so think "Ebola in the Toilet" would make a great punk rock band name, don't you?) Anyways, as I was saying: I shall attack my thesis with great confidence and energy as if I were a starving shark sighting the pudgy, dangling legs of a tyro teenage surfer.
In addition to finishing up final projects, there is packing to be
done. Ugh, packing. And deciding how to take all my yarn and knitting
books home with me this summer in my parent's small SUV--in addition to needed books for school,
clothing for a mountainous climate, cats and all their gear (litter
box, food, toys, and so forth), and--lest I should forget--my tent for camping out in the backyard.
There is also moving household items--bed, books, books, and more
books, dressers, bookshelves, kitchen things, etc.--into storage.
Double ugh...Ugh. Ugh.
Oh, and there is the dealing with lovely sinus pain--it's either allergies or general-end-of-the-semester sickness. Yippee. Looks like I'll be taking a short break from running (the Slrog).
And now, before I set down to do some late night work on the
crazy-massive project, I shall share some knitting and other pictures
with you (or rather, I shall procrastinate just a bit more!):
A gift for a teacher:

My messy, FEMA-Disaster-ish desk, complete with Tab for energy:

TOYS! donated by a classmate, Victoria, for Cyrano's Creature Comforts Drive (displayed on the blankie made by Chris of Stumbling Over Chaos):

A bit of progress on my Glampyre's Fitted Knits Boatneck Bluebell Sweater:

And a view of my hometown that I'll be heading to next Friday:

Now, I shall be a good student and slave away on The Project and get a few hours of sleep before I meet my Project Partners at World Ground in Oakland to slave away some more. (BTW--I am NOT the Holly F. who left that nasty review of the place. I love World Ground--especially their hummus & bagels. I used to live across the street from this cafe and it rocks.)