*firehazard

Ahhh, the blank page of the text editor for my blog is very daunting at the moment. Since my last real post, a lot has happened to me on all levels. For starters, my second year of graduate school has come to a close. While this might be happy and exciting news for most people, the only thing I can think of is the fact that I still have two or three more years left. At this point, most of you are probably thinking, “It’ll fly by! You’ll be done in no time!” While that might be true, the only thing I keep seeing is the list of requirements I need to have finished within the next year before starting my dissertation. We’ll see how long it really takes though, I feel extra motivated this summer.

As a matter of fact, getting some of my grad school requirements finished isn’t my only goal this summer. A couple months ago I was introduced to an awesome, remind-me-of-blacksburg-type bar where they have a list that names all the beers they serve. This list doubles as a checklist so that you can keep track of the beers you’ve had to drink while being there. To make things interesting, once you finish the list, the bar gives you a mug and a 10% discount on all future tabs. Now enter my second summer goal: Finish the beer list and earn my 10% discount for life! I’ll go so far as to say that I’ll finish the list by mid July; I don’t even need all summer…I’m that good.

Instead of running on and on about all the things that have happened over the last 2+ months, I’ll just start writing regularly again from this point on…at least through the summer.