I apologize for the lack of posts for the past ten days or so. It's been absolutely insane. What with school work, visitors, life in general, and so forth... I've just been overwhelmed. I don't foresee it stopping until Thanksgiving, either. I really need to suck it up and focus on the important things instead of taking time to slack off. I have been slacking, to be honest. I have so much studying and so much work to do and I've just been waiting to do it until last minute. I really need some time to just sit and relax, but truly I need more time to sit and be productive. If only I wasn't so tired all the time. It would be a lot easier if that wasn't the case.
I know, I'll stop complaining.
This week has been full of ups and downs, and it somewhat surprises me it's nearly over. The end of October is Sunday, and for some reason I'm very glad of it. Normally October is my absolute favorite month, and this year we actually had an Autumn so it made it even more enjoyable, but it was tiring. Please don't get me wrong, those of you that visited or whom I visited. I loved your company and wouldn't play out the month any other way. I'm just exhausted from school, and so ready for this semester to be over. If only to get the next one over with as well.
I'm ready for Thanksgiving. I know it's not too far off and it's horrible to wish for time to go faster, but I'm so ready for a vacation. Even if that vacation means going somewhere warmer than here, I will be glad to have it. I just want family, food, and relaxing. What could be better than that?
This morning it's the coldest it's been in a while. I woke up to 37 degree weather, and checked the ten day forecast only to find snow in it for next Friday. Who knows if it will actually happen, but I am hoping that it gets that cold but with no snow. I'm sincerely praying it doesn't snow until after Thanksgiving this year. Wouldn't that be perfect? If it was like last year here where it snowed Thanksgiving night. I would absolutely love that. Snow before then? Not so much... unless I have the cute winter weather apparel to go with it!
Last night my friend Jessica and I went to see a visiting writer at ASU. Her name is Adrienne LeBlanc (sp?) and she's the author of Random Family. Though I haven't actually read the book yet, her talk was incredibly interesting and I think it'd be worth looking in to. She studied and basically lived with this "random family" of people for ten years starting in the mid-eighties. Oh, and did I mention the "head of the family" was a heroine dealer? Not just a dealer, he ran the show, if you know what I mean. No, not exactly appropriate material, but it's such an interesting story. She focuses more so on the love scenes of the whole fiasco rather than the poverty, drug dealing, and so forth. Hearing about her experience of living in such an environment was incredibly inspiring and scary. Don't worry. I'm not getting any ideas. It was just nice to know that it really does take some authors a decade to write a book. Although her genre of journalism literature is a little different, it's still inspiring.
After the reading I got home and began re-writing Missing You. Not entirely, but I do think it needs to focus more on Pam rather than myself. It's hard to do without coming off aa just walking down memory lane, but with the interviews/stories from others and letters and such I really think it's going to work better this way. Who knows. I want to have a draft done by April or so. I know that seems a long ways off, but it's somewhat realistic. Adrienne said it took her 18 months to actually write the book; the rest of the time was research. She said the majority of the 18 months was spent on the first 40 pages. Since I already have 25, I'm hoping it won't take me 18 months. If it does, though, then so be it. What else am I going to do after graduation? ;).
Another thing I'm excited about is Clark and I actually getting involved in our church. Yes, it's pretty late in the game. But, now is better than never. We already have two small groups we're going to check out and I have a friend who volunteers in the nursery who said she can help me do the same. I know it may sound lame to some of you, but it's definitely something Clark and I have been missing out on for some time. (Don't worry, Mom. I can already hear your I told you so ;). )
Well, time to do some homework before class. This weekend is going to be full of projects, research, and studying... but c'est la vie. As long as I make it to Thanksgiving, I think I'll be OK.
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