Happy Mother's Day!

 

Photo by me, Goleta Nursery, CA

Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers, whether biological, adopted, unofficial or otherwise.  

I Have No Clever Title For This One

 

Working on a paper for my library class right now, in which I am examining statistical informaiton about the libraries within the 23 campuses of the California State University system.  It's actually pretty amazing so far, especially the average salaries of librarians per campus.  Some are much higher than others.  The numbers are practically writing the paper for me, which is helping a great deal.  So far all of my data is being collected and compiled into one giant spreadsheet and from there I'll be able to write my paper.  Gotta love computers!

Happy Weekend!

 

Another weekend is upon us once again.  Finals are this week and by this time next Saturday I will an official college graduate with a Bachelor's of Art in Art with an exmphasis in Art History.  But before that happens I have to get through finals.  First I must finish a 20 page paper that I am co-authoring with another classmate, and then I must finish my glossary of architectural terms for undergradaute art historians.  In the meantime, I hope you have a nice weekend!  I will be glued to the laptop and entrenched at the library.

Naps are Underrated

I seriously wish I could take a nap right now. I'm on my nth load of laundry and I've been going back and forth on multiple papers that are due tomorrow/this week. I'd like nothing more than to lay down on my bed (which has no sheets on it because they're being washed) and take a nice break. Maybe after I'm done with my second paper?

Laundry Day

Today is the day I look forward to most in the entire year. No, I don't do my laundry just once a year. Today happens to be FREE LAUNDRY DAY at the dorms!!! Normally it costs $1 for a wash and 50 cents for a dry, which is cheap compared to some places. It just so happens that right now Jeff and I are both depressingly broke and the laundry piles have grown. So today we're going to take advantage of FREE LAUNDRY DAY and wash everything. Towels, sheets, clothes, undergraments, everything! (Unfortunately Jeff is at work so this mean I have to do it all by myself). But, nevertheless, it's FREE!

New Layout

It's been a very long time since I've worked on a website on a regular basis, so I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. To do this, I'm first playing around with layouts. I love colors and I would consider myself to be artistic, but when it comes to picking colors that work together, well I'm not so talented at that. So here's one layout that I'm going to stick with for a while. I'm going to try it on, so to speak, and see how it fits.

Meanwhile, my trip home has come to an and end it's time for me to go back to school to finish up the last two weeks of college.

I Call Her Penelope

Two weeks ago I was fortunate enough to trade in my beat up 1992 Thunderbird (you can see it in the background of the last photo!) for a 2007 Hyundai Eleantra. It's the middle-line version, so it's bette than basic but without all the bells and whistles of the top line version. To me, however, it's bells and whistles accomodate me quite well. I see the car as great transitional transportation. It's not a hand-me-down like the Thunderbird was and it's just nice enough so that I feel like I am in an age-appropirate vehicle.

In the last two weeks I've put around 700 miles on the car (300 of which have been long-distance driving) and I'll find any excuse to drive it. It used to be that if Jeff and I had errands to run we would take his car, as his Nissan Sentra SE R Spec V was much more safe than my Thunderbird. But now I often ask to drive and lately he's been having to ask if he can drive. Oh how the tables have turned.

About the name... Penelope. It's one of those names that I love and I'd be so happy to name a future daughter Penelope, but Jeff dislikes the name. More so than any person should. And since Penelope is Greek and I've had a lot of study in Ancient Greece these past two years I felt the name was quite fitting (though I secretly call her Illyria, as well). Needless to say I'm over the moon about this new car and all the places she will take me!