Wednesday Letters: First Week of School

Dear New School Semester,

I was so excited for you to arrive. I ordered my books and marked due dates on my Google calendar much earlier than anticipated. I didn't want to miss a thing.

And then you arrived.

I miss my free time. I miss being able to read fun books. I'm already tired of you. I'm sick of reading about research methods and copyright laws. I'm seriously contemplating my desire to get a masters degree. But I will persevere. I will finish my degree.

Then I will try and figure out what I'm going to do since library funding is being cut and there's just not that many jobs out there. *sigh*

Regards,

Emery

Don't You Love New York in the fall?

Okay. I'm not in New York.

I've never been there in the fall.

But I watched You've Got Mail the other day and all I can think about are:

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Yes, all I can think about is a bouquet of sharpened pencils. 

School has begun again. I may be crazy by taking two classes while working a full-time job. But it's time to keep myself busy. As Grandma always used to tell me: keeping busy keeps me out of trouble.

Last week was gathering the necessary supplies:
1. Binders
2. Pens (clicky colorful pens)
3. Post-it notes in various sizes and colors
4. Highlighters

Here's to hoping I'm prepared. Unfortunately, I don't get to buy a back-to-school wardrobe anymore. Nor do I get a cool new backpack. Sad, really. Those things were wasted on my younger self who didn't know how to dress.

Happy back-to-school Monday!