This week has, unfortunately, given me the taste of the freedom from school I've been craving for oh... about 2 years now. I don't know why but I suddenly decided that I should be done. Don't worry, I'm not dropping out. Not when I'm this close to a sweet salary and a job where I don't really have to talk to people.
I had to have a end of term meeting with the head of the department at school last week. She eagerly encouraged me to go to Med school to become a doctor. She told me not to get stuck in the lab, when I could do well elsewhere. It got me thinking. But I am nowhere near ready to invest that much time in even MORE school right now. In the meantime, I think Jeff and I are going to try to take the GRE together this winter or next spring so that we can apply for Masters programs at OSU. But we wouldn't start that for a while, so I'm sure I'll be itching to be back in school by then.
Anyhoo, Spring Break has been good. I feel like I need another week off just to rest from all the work I had to do this week. I pretty much spent every day doing projects around the house. I got a TON done, but my garden will have to wait.
I had a couple friends come over to help me plant my daylilies this Saturday. In the process of rota-tilling the side yard we discovered that the previous owners had laid down a plastic tarp over the whole yard, dumped 6 inches of mulch on top, and planted in that. It is infuriating!! So we spent several hours digging through the mulch pulling out as much of the plastic we could, and discovered that my soil is basically purely clay. It sucks. It was a bear to do the little area we did and I got so frustrated I decided I'm calling in the professionals. They are going to have to basically rip up the whole side yard to get the plastic out, and then rota-till the mulch, some sand and some soil into the crappy clay soil I have, so that I can actually plant real things in there. It's going to be a huge process, but I think I'll be happier if I do it right the first time. So, that was a major bummer.
Otherwise, I got almost everything done I wanted too.
I only read one book, but I watched a bunch of movies and hung out with friends... it was good.
But, school starts tomorrow. I haven't even registered yet. Talk about putting off the inevitable! I better go do that right now.
2 comments:
Hey, maybe someone can invent a Spring Break for mothers! I could stay up, watch television, read books! Sweet!
Glad you had a good one. Wish we lived close enough to hang out with you during the fun times like that. Let us know next time you take a southerly soujourn. (By the way, I'm working on Sanditon now...one bathroon trip at a time!)
You'll have to let me know what you think when you are done with Sanditon.
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