In the academic world in which I live, Thursday becomes an “R.” And since I’m taking a vacation day tomorrow for a doc’s appt. and other funsies, essentially making today my Friday, I say: TGIR

Early in December, I downloaded the holiday offering from the Barenaked Ladies (a band I find utterly delightful) from iTunes, and promptly became totally hooked. (ASIDE: I am still, many weeks later, finding myself absent-mindedly humming the tune “Hannukah,” which was bar none my favorite song — not surprising, is it, Tommy? 😉 Anyway, one …

I’m still on cloud nine. Class last night was awesome. This is hilarious. I love bagels for breakfast. I want one. Tonight is a practicum night.

UTD just called. Well, more specifically, the secretary in the School of Social Science just called. To tell me … YES! I’m admitted for the Ph.D. program in the fall. I have a meeting with the chair of that program, Dr. Marianne Stewart, at the end of February, just to go over expectations, getting started, …

You all knew it was coming. And here it is — my blog post in un-tribute to February 14th. Contrary to what some might believe (perhaps, in part, because of this post), I do totally respect and understand the fact that many people enjoy doing sweet things on Valentine’s Day (hereafter, 2/14). Really, I do. …

So, I found out yesterday that Tresa’s due date is June 6. Great.

Even though I spent half of yesterday at practicum, and generally felt the weekend went by in a blink, it was SO NICE to have a couple of days off to rest up and relax. I got tons of homework done, got to spend Saturday night out with some of my favorite people listening to …

Plano schools are closed today. February 14. I don’t have kids, but I always know when schools are closed because my pre-highway commute is significantly easier due to a lack of school zone slow-downs. Seriously. Closed on Valentine’s day? What on Earth for?

Last night, Daniel and I went to see “Hitch,” Will Smith’s latest movie. It was really good … very funny, very sweet, very enjoyable. I highly recommend it. Which is something of a leap for me on February 14th (I’ll talk more about this later on), given my general preference against the neat, tidy happy …

Like me, my boyfriend is not a person frequently given to excessive displays of romance. And I’m okay with that, I really am … especially on the eve of the day that passes for a “holiday,” February 14th, which I consider a highly unromantic day of pressure to do something sweet because you’re supposed to, …