Famous Last Words: The Clock is Ticking

We're halfway through the semester. My grad school application deadlines are much closer than they were the last time I gave it serious thought. It's hard to work on those while also working on my classes. I know who I will ask to write two of my letters of recommendation, but I still need a third. And then I have to get my things together and ask them. My research assistant job is about to get rolling. I really thought I'd be knee deep in that before midterms, but it's alright. I'm sure we'll make up for lost time.

In mythology this week, I wrote a story based on one of the extra readings I did last week, a Japanese folktale called The Painter of Cats. My version wasn't the greatest, but the original was so much fun. I also wrote my second story this week. It was definitely not as good as my first. I think the rest will be better, but this one was harder to write.

I'm getting ready to head to the veteran's center for my second week of volunteering. I have been there a couple time this week taking care of business. My heart speeds up when I walk through the front doors, every single time, no matter how relaxed I feel beforehand. I hope I adjust soon, because I'm tired of feeling nervous about it.

Yesterday I had a "mental health day" which for me just means I didn't do any homework. I walked around craft stores looking for ideas and didn't buy anything. I read for fun instead of for school. I probably won't get too many more days like that before the semester ends. I thought it was going to be weird to have a semester in between graduation and grad school, but I am honestly looking forward to it.

(Photo from my personal collection)

My daughter and a friend went to a concert this week, and neither of them are driving yet, so we dropped them off in Bricktown. My reward was a stunning sunset. I really need to start getting out for sunrise and sunset again, as often as possible. I spent a couple of years doing it and it brought me a lot of peace. You can see many, many of the shots I took on flickr. Maybe I need to bring back the sunshine project next semester when I don't have nearly as large of a to do list.