So – I have been away – or quiet – for a while. What can I say? Things have been busy. I had no idea (although I should have) that full-time school in addition of full-time work would so severely, to put it frankly, kick my ass. Now I know. And again I singed up for the same next year – actually letting my school schedule penetrate into my weekends this time. I shall only have Sunday for rest, or laundry, or writing, or whatever else it may be. Luckily, albeit finding me in a rather unprepared state, this next week is my final week for the semester. This day, Wednesday of next week, shall be my last class for the semester. Things I have to have completed in this next week:
-History: Final on Tuesday, plus three readings and three essays from a history book.
-Psychology: Final, and last class, tomorrow night. I loved this class the most of them all but is glad it’s over!
-Digital Photography: Friday night I am spending my evening with a naked Puerto Rican woman. What’s this have to do with photography, you may ask? She is asking me to take some artistic, nude black and whites for her boyfriend for Christmas. I need something interesting for my final photo project. I was going to take my camera up to Justin’s parent’s house in Payson last weekend and take pictures of the tree decorating and storms, but I forgot it. My mind was racing for what I could do for my final project (I just have to drop it off next Thursday), but alas, I was approached by a beautiful woman who wanted to be naked for my camera. Problem solved.
-Gourmet Cooking: Final cooking assignment tonight.
I was having a near-mental breakdown with the work I had to do, plus my day job, plus an ever-growing list of writing and editing commitments, when Justin had the good grace and foresight the day after Thanksgiving to come over and keep me company for the rest of the weekend, followed by an invitation to go up north and get away from everything. I’ve been needing this for awhile, and times were good as he and I spent time together in the rain and just relaxing. I also enjoyed late-night, slightly drunken hunting for a pack of javalinas that had chased us a mere hour before, and forging a flooded creek in a pickup truck. Good times in the country!
Whilst we were up north, we also took advantage of the time together to make some final preparations for our upcoming San Francisco trip, February 2-7th. We already had an airline credit on Southwest for a trip that we ended up not taking to Orange County earlier in the year, and decided to use it to go someplace we both really wanted to go. We booked the flight, booked the beautiful boutique hotel overlooking Union Square, and made our Alcatraz reservations. We also looked into the possibility of taking a ferry from the San Francisco to Vallejo Terminals, and a bus ride, up to a train station where we can take a sunset dinner wine-tasting trip about a train through Napa Valley. We didn’t book it, but I think I’ll surprise him with it during the trip.
Now I’m just waiting out this next week, waiting out Christmas, and going to try to de-stress as much as I can during the few weeks without school. My main happy place right now is looking toward San Francisco! Soon.
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