Hey Y'all!

My goodness, I've had "post on WOFYB" on my to-do list for quite some time. Ha! So I apologize for my tardiness and MIA-ness. This summer has been a beast. I had heard from upperclassmen that it was supposed to be a nice, easy semester. Well then we all realized that our class schedule got flopped from theirs and we have the class of painful torture this summer. Plus in addition to having the worst class I have ever had (which includes 4 hours every Tuesday of sitting in a classroom with my 5 cohort members and a teacher that hates us, prepares NO lesson or teaching material (but rather asks, "so what questions do you have from the readings?"), and has one of the most boring voices to listen to, 200 pages of reading from a dictionary-like book (which Pipes, our teacher, says we should be reading 2-3 times before coming to class), and weekly quizzes on any random facts from the reading Pipes likes (seriously, one week a question was filling in the blank from a quote from the bottom paragraph on page 279, that's an exact truth)), Brian has also been living in Gadsden, AL - where he's from and where he has a good job for school breaks, which is 2.5 hours from Auburn. If you followed that sentence on the first read through you earn a gold star.

But since Brian and I enjoy spending time together, we trade off weekends and spend every other weekend in Auburn and Gadsden - with a couple Birmingham weekends in there to appease my family. So I have fabulous weekends spent entirely with Brian doing fun things. And then ridiculously busy weeks of crappy school and work. It's been weird and surprisingly difficult for me. As most of you know, I'm not a big crier, but there have been lots of tears shed on Sunday nights/Monday mornings when I have to go back to the reality of school/work. Anyway, the point of all that was to say I haven't posted because I've either been busy having fun with Brian or busy being depressed with school. Literally.

But there is only a week left of the semester, thank goodness. And then I'll have kind of a break. I have learned that when a thesis is in progress, there is never actually a break. Plus I"ll still be seeing clients when we're technically on a school break. But that's ok. So I'll have a break soon and the wonderful treats of the break involve a trip to Utah! It's going to be a quick trip, but hopefully packed full of fun. Brian and I both will be coming Saturday, August 8th and leaving early morning on the 12th (Wednesday). A lot of that time will be spent with family, but a trip to Utah wouldn't be complete without seeing as many roomies as possible. So MegNog and Merry, Man Thighs, and Phyllis- how many of you will be in Utah at that time? Can we all have a get together at the Merrills? And Meggums - can I invite everyone to your house? : ) I'm not sure what the schedule is yet, I haven't discussed details with Libby - too busy, but I'll talk to her soon and get back to you.

I need to go read before this ridiculous quiz today! You will all appreciate though, one of the five chapters we had to read today was on sexual/gender identity disorders! I've learned some interesting and SICK things! Possible good stories to come. : ) Love you all like candy!

Shenannykins