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I haven't said much since the holidays either, have I? I really did enjoy the vacation. Going back to work in January is always tough, and this year's no exception. But things are going okay.

Weather & Social Life: On Saturday we had ridiculously gorgeous 60 degree weather here. Sunny, too. I'm a bit disappointed with myself, though:

purple_cow_0206 and I had talked about doing something outside, but instead I was bit with the cleaning bug and did not take advantage of the weather... other than opening the windows, and going for a walk with

azure_armand. That was nice. Sunday was much nastier weather-wise but we did get to see D & MC so that was good.

Work: This week is busy at work but mostly for the office I used to work in. Now, I'm only peripherally involved. It's a relief, although I kind of miss the hustle and bustle and satisfaction of putting on a really good event. I've mostly caught up with my work, although I still need to clean off my desk. Yesterday I had two grad fellows in to help out, which made a huge difference.

School: I went to see my prof the other day, the one grading my final paper. He said, "I haven't had a chance to read it thoroughly yet, but I read enough to know it's A work, so I'll be submitting your grade soon." I'm mostly happy - hooray! it's done, and I got an A, and that means I somehow managed to finish grad school with a 4.0 GPA. On the other hand, I'm a bit bemused - he didn't even read the whole thing before submitting a grade? I guess he knew he liked my writing. Or he just didn't want to bother. I told him I would like a copy of it back when he'd had a chance to read and comment, since I do think it might be publishable in some form and his feedback would help.

School, cont'd: I don't know if I want to take a course or not this semester. My options:
(a) take nothing. Enjoy a semester of no homework, and be social, sew, cook, be de-stressed, etc. Downside: not taking advantage of free tuition.
(b) take something that relates to my field. Grow professionally and take advantage of that free tuition. Downside: stress, homework.
(c) take something totally off the wall, like ceramics or something. Have fun, take advantage of free tuition. Downside: time-consuming. Also, I am likely to be the oldest student by 8+ years; I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Right now I'm leaning toward (a). I dunno, though. Opinions?

Random: 5 police officers required to arrest historian for jaywalking. A colleague was at the conference where this happened; she received a stern lecture for jaywalking but was not arrested. Apparently the Atlanta police were all hanging out right in that area, working hard to beat the surge in jaywalking crime.

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Since your asking for opinions I say C. You deserve a break to learn something fun. Since it's free ya know... :)

Someone mentioned I could audit classes for basically free ($35.00 admin fee) and then I wouldn't have to worry about papers and tests if I didn't want to. I would suggest that for you if you want to take something to further your carrer but don't want to stress too much about it. Otherwise, something fun sounds like the way to go. Elective classes can be enriching in many ways but are usually much less stressful.

So you'd like to be the oldest student by 9+ years next time around? Tsk. Go for the elective.

I too would go with option C, unless there are classes in your field you are dying to take (I assume you would have already taken those though)

Don't worry about the age thing, I'm in that boat right now, its weird...but relieving, I get to see how much I've grown since I was 23.

If it makes you feel any better, I didn't do much of anything either. Well, except for going to the gym. Yes, I joined a gym and have been good about going (not that I've been a member for that long or anything). Maybe we could shoot for this weekend. I have nothing planned at this time.

lollardfish was at that conference, and told the story over dinner earlier this week.

It sounds horrible. And, of course, with a litle bit more misunderstanding it can get someone killed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_de_Menezes).

B