After weeks and weeks of endless studying I feel as though I can finally take a deep breath and sit back and relax.

Not that it's over...not by far, but the amount of work I have to do between now and the end of the semester is so tiny compared to what I've finished...yesterday I turned in a term paper draft (for my summer school term paper), presented an oral report and turned in a short story. Now I just have to revise the term paper if necessary, write another term paper and read a few short stories to critique.

It's cake I tell you, cake...

Because of the holidays there's no class next week, thus this weekend has been declared a homework-free zone. Also, because a work project I thought I had to do has been temporarily shelved it means that I really have no responsibilities, no obligations. I intend to do all sorts of wild and crazy things such as go shopping, watch a King's game at some friends' house, have Sunday brunch with a friend and clean out my closet.

I also intend to sleep without waking every two hours in a state of panic. I intend to NOT be short-tempered and impatient with my husband. I intend to read a trashy magazine. I intend to watch junky TV. I intend to let the muscles in my body unknot and relax. I intend to feel as if I have a life that exists outside the school/work continuum.

Bliss bliss bliss...