Blogging hiatus

I am writing this to avoid writing about the differences between Charlotte and Emily Bronte's writing styles. Wuthering Heights was an entertaining and intriguing read but Jane Eyre has my heart. Either way, I'm tired and want to go to bed. Yet this paper is so close to being finished and Great Expectations sits in the wings.

While I can capitalize on my procrastinating tendencies to get far more school work done right now than usual, clearly this school work is detracting from my quality of life. I'm stressed out about it and longing for the simplicity of my days without this constant hounding in my brain about the many British novels I have yet to read, essays to write, and tests to take. It's wearying.

I am taking to heart this recent post about fear and seeing clearly how I have all sorts of fear wrapped up in these stinkin' classes. Fear I will waste $1000. Fear I will not finish and will have lost all this time for nothing. That kind of thing. At the end of the day, all this is meaningless. I decided to drag out school an extra semester to finish a degree. It will feel GREAT to finish but in the meantime, it sucks. End of story.

That being the case, I don't have time to blog right now. I am taking a break until I finish my three classes. Thereafter, I hope to return to this, one of my favorite pasttimes. Please subscribe to my blog in a reader if you haven't already so you can check back in when I come back. Thank you, dear readers. I appreciate you and can't wait to be back in this very spot writing new posts in the near future.

My lovely birthday celebration!

We spent the day at the Eagle River campgrounds roasting franks and making s'mores! What gorgeous weather we've been having. Summer started in April~~normally at my birthday, it is ugly and brown. We have been blessed with sunshine and green all around. Here are some pictures.