nearly there!

i am almost done with my semester from hell.

i knew i was getting myself into a lot of trouble taking 20 credits in grad school. true, it's 'professional' school - and not nearly as taxing as medical or law school, and actually more labor intensive (or so i hear) than ph.d. programs (wait, someone's bound to shoot me after that comment)...but, seriously, what was i thinking? the group work seriously sucked up a lot of time. i somehow squeezed in 20, with not exactly stellar performance in any class. this does not bode well for future graduate school applications...

now, i'm almost done - i took my one in-class exam on tuesday, and have turned in 2 take home finals, 2 final projects, and made 3 presentations. i have one take-home left to turn in on friday...and that will be done by thursday morning.

this does not mean i have only been working. maybe that's the problem. i've had some sleep issues this semester, along with some family and personal stuff, but this does not account for the huge blocks of time i've wasted because of lack of motivation. i think it maybe because i don't care for research. i think it's fun to carry out research, but this program is just making me realize how much i hate actually designing studies. here's to a career outside of academia.

speaking of not working, here are some pictures.

25th birthday with the gang. we're so multicultural.

nights of 1000 dinners: grilling at debra's.

nights of 1000 dinners: nearly bringing down pearl's porch.

spring prom! after BRae's birthday.

pretty orchids. i think deb took this one.
not a gratuitous boobie shot. rather, it's sam's flower pin! yes, on my pretty dress!

jazz hands! and sam's hat.

the chicken dance, part one: cock-a-cock-a-cock-co!

the chicken dance, part two: a coodle-oodle-oo! a coodle-oodle-oo!

tres amigas. or trois amis. whichever is grammatically correct.