So I'm taking a forced break from homework tonight; over the last four days, I wrote 2 essays, 2 papers, and read about 400 pages between my various texts. I'm tired.

That being said, I am loving school. Being back in the swing of things, having a set routine, and adjusting to a full course load after so many years, it's been a rough 2 months... I'm finally settling down though, and for four courses, I'm currently averaging all A's.

I have three literature courses this semester, and a history course. I have "United States Women's History", "Literature and Society", "US Lit to 1865", and "Women, Commodification and the Rise of the Novel". Interesting, no?? Two of the classes are independent studies, and two are online, which is a completely new experience for me.

The online classes are lots of fun... I do the work all at my own pace, at 2 in the morning, if I feel like it, but almost surely while relaxed in pjs with a nice cup of coffee or tea... The online discussions are interesting, though I find myself being an elitist snob and wondering why people cannot write functional sentences sometimes... not everyone, just some of them! I mean, the boxes have a spell-check button, for goodness' sake!

Anyway, that's about where my head has been... I'm hoping to free up some more time to write here...