i'm so lazy.

hi all.  sorry there haven't been any new pictures of the house lately, but in all honesty we haven't done a lick of work around here.  it's been kind of nice, actually.  like i said last weekend, the 4th of july holiday was really all about enjoying the house and not working on it - and we have still been in that 'enjoyment' mode.  and, if i'm being honest, i don't really know what we would work on next.  there's always yard work to do, but with the crazy colorado weather bringing us monsoon-like rainstorms every evening there hasn't been much chance of that.

but if i want to be even MORE honest... i'm enjoying not doing any work.  all i want to do lately is lay around and watch some of my favorite movies with my favorite husband.  maybe it's the stormy weather every night, maybe it's the fact that we are trying to save all the $$ we possibly can, or maybe, just maybe, it's the fact that in just over a month i start school in addition to my full-time job, and there won't be much time for anything but schoolwork anymore.  and i mean that now moreso than ever.  see, last week i went to go visit my new political science advisor.  i was excited as hell to meet her, get some good advice and get this ball rolling!  she gave me some really good news: quite a few of the required public policy classes i need to take are offered in a weekend format.  these classes only run three weekends throughout the entire semester, all day saturday and all day sunday.  not too shabby for three credits, right?  so after some debating with philip, i signed up for two, bringing my total credit tally for fall semester to 15.  and i'm kind of freaking out about it.  i mean, i want to do this right and i want to get through it as quickly as i can - but i don't know if i can do 15 credits.  when i come home from working til 6 on a friday night (so i don't even walk in the door til at east 7) and i see piles of laundry, breakfast dishes that need washing, dinner to be cooked... and i just don't know how i will deal with homework on top of it.  i'm starting to get nervous.



but i am committed to doing this - and like i said before, when i start to get stressed out and anxiety-ridden i will turn here to keep me going.  i can do this.  i just have to remind myself of the light at the end of the tunnel... things like this.  i know it sounds crazy - but when i think of the people of the republic of south sudan, and what they have ahead of them, i think of the things i could be doing with a non-profit.  that i could be one of those people providing help and hope to people who haven't had much of either before.  i'm ready for that, to make a difference in other people's lives.  but in order to that i need to make some changes in my own first.

well friends, there really isn't much else to report!  i'm headed off to another lovely evening at city park jazz before it's back to work tomorrow morning.  hope you are all having a relaxing weekend...

xoxo