I'm Done!!!

I finally proofread my paper last night and made some corrections so I could submit it and be done!!!! I'm looking forward to being done with classes but it's also bittersweet. I have two more classes to take and they aren't offered until the summer 2008 semester. So this spring I won't have any classes. I'm looking forward to having more time to devote to unpacking and organizing the house, playing with Little man, and just overall more time for me; however I'm also going to lose total touch with the academic crowd. I know this may sound weird but though I never met any of the people in my online classes it still felt as though we were colleagues and the group work, readings, and assignments kept my mind intellectually challenged. I know there are other ways to intellectually challenge myself but it was nice to have the semester mapped out and be on the prof plan for learning and completing the work.

I've been helping a friend with his resume and cover letter and the process is sort of coming to an end. We revised the resume and I've given feedback. The cover letter has been a work in progress for many weeks now and finally it's near completed. I sort of got a little sad yesterday when I thought about the process coming to an end. He was sooooo thankful for my help and yet I was soooooo thankful for the opportunity. I feel as though I'm losing intellect staying at home just because I'm not in m y field of work everyday with colleagues and putting all my knowledge to practice. School filled this void for the past 6 months and now I am not going to have that. It's just bittersweet because yes I'm looking forward to some time off but what I'm not looking forward to is losing touch with the academic world.

Winter is pretty much here. This past weekend we got a bit of a storm on Saturday, snow changing to freezing rain. We tried to go buy groceries and get home before it got bad on Saturday night but that didn't work. The roads were pretty slippery on our way home. Luckily we only had a couple miles to drive. Sunday morning R, Little man, and I went out and cleared the sidewalks and driveway of all the snow. Man that is an awesome work out! It was in the 40's on Sunday so it rained all day and got really foggy. We had a full weekend planned but didn't do much of it because of the weather.

Little man is up so I must be going. I had 100 posts last time, it doesn't seem like I've written 100!!! Hope everyone is sending sunshine and warmth to MI :o)