Hi Friends

I apologize for my sparceness as of late. I am still getting used to my new schedule at work and with shows starting this Saturday, I have been running ragged getting ready. I have taken to falling alseep the minute I get home from work, sleeping till 11ish, waking up for an hour or two and then sleeping until it is time to go to work again. It is probably not the healthiest thing for my circadian rythym and it definitely not shrinking my list things to do. I will try to be better and am determined to sew some new garb tomorrow after work. Sleep is just such a simple pleasure and I do believe I am addicted to it. I recognize that everything is best in moderation... but it feels so good to indulge!

So life is wonderful right now with a few sorrows and stresses set on the back burner. I love my job and my co-workers. Anywhere that I can work with people I consider close friends is a good place to work. We work hard but we enjoy ourselves and I have not laughed as hard in a year as I have these past few days at work. I also have an amazing boyfriend whom I still cannot believe is as wonderful as he is. I did not think there existed such a sweet, caring, and fun person as him.

I am dealing with the death of a close friend... Our barn owl that I have worked with since I started at the zoo passed away and it casts a shadow over the opening of our show this year. I will always miss pretty little Sioux. I am also perplexing over where I am going to get a grand to pay for my summer classes while still managing to make payments on my Africa trip and afford gas to get to work, research, and see Brandon. On top of not knowing whether I am even in the honors college anymore due to a slight GPA droppage this last semester. Sigh, I really wish I had done just a little better... I am fairly positive I have lost my scholarship for next year and will have to take out loans, which I know is not such a terrible thing except that I do not know in the least how to go about doing it. It is close to overwhelming when I think about it all at once but I will swallow it and keep moving. What happens, happens, I guess.

So that is my life right now. Love work, love sleep, love Brandon, love life. Hate not having money but deal with it. Love sunshine and warmth which I hear are on the horizon. Well I will go ge more sinfully delicious sleep before I ramble further.

Huggles
~me!