Oops, my bad.

I have not been posting regularly like I should. I think I promised at least twice a week and in the last few weeks I have failed quite miserably at that. I could tell you that I was super busy with final projects, research papers and studying for finals - but that really isn't a good excuse since I like to write instead of doing all those things. I should have taken a little bit of time to write something up during the end of the semester but I didn't. 

Anyways, finals week went pretty good. Even though not all of my grades are up online, I'm pretty sure that I did pretty well in all of my classes. Didn't make the Dean's List but I'm not on academic probation either. I really enjoyed this past semester, I'm going to miss it. I LOVED going to Writing Fiction, it always got me motivated to write something whether it turned out to be a few pages long or just a few paragraphs. 

I am working on August. It's going slow but I am working on it. I have a few scenes written up and some other things but none of it is really strung together yet. I'll post some snip-its as I see fit. If I don't get much up from that story, I'll work on some other things to keep my readers entertained. Well, hopefully. 

The past few weeks have been a little crazy.

My wiper motor went out a few weeks ago so I had been driving with out wipers for a few weeks in the snow. It was only troublesome every now and then. My wonderfully amazing boyfriend and his dad replaced my wiper motor for me so now I have working wipers. It is a Christmas "miracle." The greatest part was that it only cost me $30.47. I almost broke down and got it fixed in Duluth for four times as much because I am a sissy. Good thing my boyfriend talked me out of it. 

I have been getting more hours at the bookstore lately - kind of stressful with classwork and trying to have a life other than school and work. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy work (as well as the paychecks) but I'd like to have some ME time. ME time usually involves my roommates too since I don't have many single-person hobbies. I should work on that. I like to knit but I am not very good at it - I can only finish scarves. 

I've taken some pictures in the past few weeks that I'll share once I find my camera cord.

Tootles!

Another misused Sunday.

You think I'd learn to do my homework during the week so I don't have to do it all on Sunday. I'd like to spend my Sundays napping, watching movies and leisurely reading. I do NOT like spending Sunday reading for my research paper and working on a fiction portfolio. Although, the fiction portfolio is more fun it's still work.

I've been procrastinating hard core on my English Lit before the 1800s research paper. I'm so bored of researching and am no good at putting together research papers. I could develop an argument and talk to my professor about it for a few hours but writing a research paper is no fun. After a while, my research papers turn into rants that don't cite much of my research. 

I need to get this paper done by Tuesday night because I don't want to be that student who works on something up until the last possible minute and it shows. I'd like it to be perfect on Tuesday night before I go to bed. It probably won't happen but it will be close. I'm at the point where as long as it's done and is about 8 pages long, I'll be happy with myself.

Hopefully I'll be able to relax a little next Sunday. After this coming Thursday, I don't have much to worry about except work and final exams. I've never studied during finals week before and managed to pass all my classes, so I'm not going to do it this time either.

Come on, I just need a Sunday to relax and take as many naps as I want. 

While I'm thinking about it...

...I should post some fiction. If I don't do it now I'll probably forget it for tomorrow. I took some time today during my break to write this. With that being said, it is just a rough draft beginning. So, there are a few things that need to be changed or added.

It was August, the leaves were just starting to turn and the nights were getting shorter. Soon, Ryan would be headed to (college) and Renee would be headed to (college). They’d spent the better part of two years together every day. Soon they’d be hours apart and only together every few weekends.

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“Let’s go for a drive.” Renee was sitting on the couch watching some reality television show and working on her latest knitting project.

“Where to?” Ryan was in the kitchen, hurriedly trying to finish washing the dishes from dinner.

“Anywhere.”

“Anywhere?” He looked over to the bird clock on the wall to see the time. 10:23, he thought, not too late.

“Yea, I’m bored.”

Ryan pulled the stopper out of the drain and watched the soapy water vacate the sink. He walked past the living room and down the hall to his room. He put a sweatshirt on and grabbed his keys. He walked back to the living room and stood, watching Renee as she finished knitting a row on her project. He liked the way she would bite her lip when she was focusing intently on something.  “What are you waiting for?” he asked.

Renee looked up from the project and smiled, her cheeks were a little red. She knew he was just watching her. “Give me a minute.”

“Okay,” he said, ‘I’m going to go start the car.”

Renee put her project in her knitting bag, she hadn’t decided if they were going to be socks or mittens yet. She stuffed her knitting bag between the couch and the end table. Then put her shoes on and grabbed her purse on her way out the door.

Ryan was standing in the middle of the driveway, hands stuck in his pocket and looking up at the stars. He liked living in the country so that the light from town wouldn’t pollute the view of the stars. He liked gazing at the stars. Some nights he would lay in the driveway for hours just looking at the stars.

“What are you doing?” Renee set her purse on the roof of the car and walked to where Ryan was standing in the middle of the driveway.

“Thinking.” He took his left hand out of the pocket and put it around Renee. He pulled her closer to him, squeezing her just a little.

“About what?” She leaned her head back on his shoulder and looked up at the stars. The Big Dipper was just overhead.

“Just stuff.” He leaned his head on hers, but just for a moment. Then he let go of Renee and started towards the car.

“Stuff?” She looked at the stars for a few seconds longer and let out long sigh. She turned and started towards the car.

Sunday's should be for sleeping...

Lesson of the day: don't leave your homework for Sunday. I could have easily been working on my homework all week and left the weekend mostly for fun and sleeping but I've decided to torture myself.

I have two papers that are due this coming week, one is a rough draft and the other is a final draft. The rough draft is just a bit more stressful though. I could have been working on it a little by little all week, so doing a little bit of work on it everyday instead of a whole bunch on one day.

So here I am writing a rough draft for my English Lit before the 1800s class and I'm literally pulling my hair out. I suck at coming up with thesis statements. I mean, I know what I want to say in my paper but I don't know how to write a well-thought, compelling thesis statement. Also, I hate citing my sources. It's just so much work that I'd rather not do. If I could just rant for eight pages, I would.

I needed a break from the paper stress so I'm posting on the blog, something I haven't done in over a week. I'm so sorry. I owe you guys another fiction posting too. Sheesh, just adding the stress for myself. I need to quite procrastinating, but that will never happen. At least I don't have to cite my sources on this blog post.

Well, I'm off to continue writing my research papers..and watching the Harry Potter weekend on ABC Family.