Insomniac's blog

So it has been a full two weeks since my last posting. I would love to tell you all that my life has been a whirlwind of fun and entertainment, Paris Hilton style, by unfortunately it has been more like fun and entertainment poor college student style. Yep, this is exam week and while I am thrilled that classes are almost done, I am also a little disappointed. I'm the most disappointed in myself. You see, I have a class that I am almost done with and I have to write this portfolio reflection piece for it. While I would love to bullshit my way through the reflection paper, the truth is that I haven't given the class the time and energy I should have. I haven't learned too much...well, that isn't exactly true, I have learned but I have more questions about the subject now than I did before I started the class. I know I am not making any sense, and I apologize. Rob is probably the only one who knows what I am blathering on about.

I'm also disappointed because I really have had a great semester with two of my classes and I loath leaving them. My Shakespeare class has been one of the best English classes I have ever taken at GVSU. The prof was excellent and laid back enough to allow us students to have fun with Ole Billy Shakespeare. Plus, the class environment was really productive. Everyone participated and that made a three hour night class fly by. I'm really going to miss my writing for history class. Gawd...what a riot that has been! Half of the class was quiet most of the time, but the other half of us...sheesh, the prof couldn't hardly shut us up! Plus the prof was extremely entertaining as well as intelligent. My writing for adolescents class was the one I mentioned in the paragraph above. I just can't help but feel like I could have done so much better if I had committed myself to it more, but now it is too late.

Okay, enough about classes. Let's talk about life in Nita-ville. On Easter (April 16), it was my 31st birthday! Yep, 31. I spent the day writing a paper for my history class and talking with one of my mentors, Buck. The Thursday before my birthday a group of us from the history department at GVSU went out for lunch. One of the office helpers had her birthday on Friday so it was a double birthday party. I had a great time and it was all women. I don't hang out with women all that much so it was nice to spend an hour or so in the company of the ladies. On Friday, my Darling took me out to the casino for my birthday. We played a little roulette, the slots, and ate some good food. We lost our shirts (not literally!) but we had a fun time. Once I got back to school on Tuesday, my mentor Buck gave me a birthday card and a gift certificate. It was nice of him to do that and I told him he didn't have to, but he said he wanted to. My best friend since 7th grade sent me a really neat card...with a picture of a huge cup of coffee and an invite to coffee-time on her! My mom and dad gave me a card and my mom took me shopping for some new bedding (I know, I know, who shops for bedding on their birthday?). Oh, and probably the most enjoyable birthday present I received was from FOM (Friend of Mine). He forgot about my birthday, no I wasn't offended, but took me out for dinner on Tuesday night. We always have so much fun together and Tuesday wasn't any different. Everytime I am around him the time just flies and I laugh so much. Out of everything and everyone at GVSU, I will miss FOM the most when I graduate next year. I know there's always email and phone calls, but strolling over to Einstein's to get coffee can't be done if I am down at Duke in North Carolina and he's back here in Michigan. SIGH...Sigh...sigh.

Anyhow, as the title says, it is off to work I go. I have one final paper to fix up and this reflection piece to do for Rob's class and one exam to take and then I am done. I am taking a week off starting on Wednesday. I have to scrub my house and write two scholarship essays. Then, after my week of relaxation, I start my summer in the archives doing research for my summer grant. Yep, another summer of being the Pastey-White Historian!