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August 23, 2007
I'm ready...
I am finally done with all my remaining projects! Of course, I am ecstatic. Now I get to concentrate on my research, and I have to say that makes me unbelievably happy. It has been a very long journey for me. I have lost loved ones, gotten divorced, dealt with single motherhood, and watched my girls grow up to be amazing young women. I have learned so many wonderful things, and I guess the best part is the realization that in many ways, the learning is also just beginning. I have joked before on here about the enormous responsibility of reading for exams, and how I am generally a terrible test taker, but there is something about acquiring immense amounts of knowledge that makes me feel peaceful about it. Oh, don't get me wrong- I know I will probably want to throw-up the day of the exam(s), but I can't help but wonder if the test anxiety I always feel will be somewhat different this time around. There has got to be comfort in knowing that you have digested 150 or so books prior to that fateful day. And, I get to defend anything that might have been misunderstood or not clearly expressed. I don't know. But I am eager to find out!
The only thing that I do find really daunting is the creation of a monster works cited list! I have purchased Endnote X, and I am hoping that it is all that is promises to be. If not, maybe they'll just lend me a typist.
Oh, yeah, like I said in the title...I'M READY!
Posted by dvaldesd at 08:29 PM | Comments (1)
August 18, 2007
A Dedication...
T, I was hard at work cleaning my house today and listening to my i-pod, when this song played and made me think of you...Girl, she is preachin! All I can say is uh-huh...
And in the words of Ms. Vanessa Williams-"get the message? nuf said".
Posted by dvaldesd at 05:42 PM | Comments (0)
bulletproof backpacks?
Yep. They have arrived. I don't know whether to be sad or outraged.
How do we explain this to our children? personally, I'd rather have the sex talk than the death talk.
Posted by dvaldesd at 12:39 AM | Comments (0)
August 06, 2007
Still?
yeah, still.
Posted by dvaldesd at 11:07 PM | Comments (0)