April 13, 2012

• Eeeples eend beeneeneees

  • My poem “Ritual” (the one about the tea) won the honorable mention at my college’s writing competition. Pretty cool, considering it was the first poem I wrote as an adult. I also used an old Xanga entry for much of the idea/text and adapted the prose to poetry format. I love that.
  • Work is super slow at this exact moment, and yet it has felt really hectic lately. I have about 2 emails in my inbox (pretty much unprecedented) but I have all this residual stress from some major projects that are either ongoing or just wrapping up. The office is almost empty today, too, and the day is going by really slowly. I reeeeeallly want to take some vacation hours this afternoon.
  • Especially since this weekend will be crazy. We have our choir “retreat” going on. We aren’t even going anywhere, so it’s not much of a retreat, but whatever. I have rehearsal 7-10pm tonight and 8-12 tomorrow. Everyone else has 1-5 rehearsal too, but I’m skipping that because…
  • I have tickets to Wicked for Saturday night! I’ve had them since November and I’m really excited to finally see it.
  • Despite my efforts to combat stress in my life and say no more and give myself breaks, my face still broke out last night. Ugh. I’m usually known for having nice skin, so to me it seems like the (admittedly tiny) zits stand out a lot more. Blech.
  • I’m a little worried about all that rehearsing for choir since I’ve had swollen, painful lymph nodes in my neck right over my throat, and a sore ear, and it hurts to sing. I hope I can get through 7 hours of singing in the next 2 days.
  • For school, I have all my paperwork turned in for my individualized degree. It’s all in the hands of others now, and that’s a relief, but I won’t be 100% free to breathe until everything is signed and approved. It seems ridiculous to do all this paperwork right before you graduate; what if they say no? It is good to be registered for all my classes through my last semester though. 
  • This summer I’m taking feminist blogging (the results of which you can read at www.soldiersinpetticoats.com, and I’ll let you know when I start) and La Chicana (a Latina perspective on feminism). Fall is Money Issues for Women and Women’s Leadership (both take place on Saturdays; for 6 Saturdays that semester I’ll be in class 8-5, but that’s it, no other days and then I’m done). 
  • In my Art & Craft of Writing class, I’m doing a multigenre final project. It can be writing plus other types of things, photos, music, video, quizzes, crosswords, maps, etc. I’m probably going to do something on women’s reproductive rights in the current political climate, since that topic is so rich right now. So excited about this one! I get to be really creative and different.

  Aaaaand the pic o’ the day. Just ‘cuz.

  

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