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A recent “blog prompt” asked for best vacation and I have to say, I miss Victora.

Seems funny to miss a place you’ve only been once. About a year ago Aron and I were in Victoria. Fernando and Don greeted us each morning with coffee. We wandered through gardens and museums, visited bookstores and coffee shops. We had a mixture of drizzle and sunshine. The ride across the sound, the cheap booze from duty free. All in all, i think this was the best vacation ever. My student budget means I can’t afford to go back, not this year,  but maybe I’ll have to budget to do it again next year.

School:  Another month, another quarter started. I’m down to 3 classes from four,  but am now busing to campus four mornings a week. It’s a challenge, I’m going to have to think about different ways to arrange my schedule in the future. I’d rather take three classes in a row, i think.  I’ve pretty much decided to pursue the senior seminar option instead of completing the UW-REN capstone. I like the options for the Senior Seminar and writing a 25 page paper will be good practice.

I’m still working on the peer mentoring project, and am watching what the IAS council has going on. I’ve got some thoughts about my classes, but they boil down to: Two of my professors blow off emails. One professor gives lame excuses and for all three classes the work feels like upper division work. I’ve yet to get any solid grades so far, but am ok with that. Perhaps my 300 class in the fall set my expectations properly.

Home: We’ve done some organizing. After a very expensive trip to ikea we ended up with more shelving for the living room, and things are looking better. Once I’m able to spend time  finishing my organization it will be even easier to find the things we need. 

Work:  The weird school schedule has made my work schedule weird too, I’m only working 10 hours a week and occasionally I have weeks where I’m under that even. It’s a combination of  the hours there were available, being responsible for Miss Bitt, and my class schedule. Otherwise the job is ok, I really like my coworkers, and I feel justified stretching my tech skills. I’m working on installing MySQL on my school web space, and learning how to administer wordpress as well.  

One of the things I’ve realized with school is that I’m going to need to brush up on my practical skills and pick up some new ones. I’d like to get some experience with Access and InDesign,  and learning XML wouldn’t kill me. 

Crafting: Nada. Really. I did rubber stamp some cute folders for school, but thats about it. Time on the bus has been used for reading, and only Wednesday did i pick up the sock I had been working on.