Carolyn

Seventeen days until Long Way Home is finally out, whee!! Yes of course I am counting down the days. Sillies.

This was a quiet weekend. Lots of reading to do, went shopping for a couple of recipes - the baba ganoush sucked and got thrown out, but the 'pasta-less total-vegan lasagna' is cooking happily in the crockpot. For the first time, we finally had that lovely 'hint of fall' in the air so the back door has been open and the pups have been in and out, though have been in when I think they should be out. LOL. Dorky dogs. I honestly am so very grateful it is October. Yay for summer being over! Although, July's trip to the UK definitely was the big bright time, making this summer awesome.

Merlin - yes, I loved it! Watched it twice, am absolutely enamoured of the 35mm. It truly makes a huge difference. It is kinda funny though, seeing places where Nick and I tromped around ourselves - especially the woodsy scenes which for us were filled with the sounds of kids kids and more kids. Bradley James has, I gotta admit, completely stolen me with this episode. Thought he did a fabulous job with all the little moments, both serious and tender, the scary scenes (WHEE! SCARY!) and the funny scenes. I loved the buddy moments between him and Merlin, also, and he and the knights. I like how this character finally is acting like a King-to-be. :) Looking forward to next week!

Supernatural - yes, I loved it! But I am keeping my mouth shut about everything because it doesn't matter anyway. LOL. Next week should be interesting.

Writing - talked with the editor about horror in m/m fiction and she likes my idea I have so am going forward with planning that, to be my project for Nano. ZOMBIES!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. This should be fun!

Here's the lasagna as it starts to cook. I think we'll be eating this for a few days. LOL.

Thanks everyone who commented on my last post. I finally woke this morning not being boiling angry, but looking forward to the day.

Yesterday was fun! I accomplished two things. First and foremost, I changed out the door knob and deadbolt to my house. Had to--we could not get out! I managed to get the door off by removing the pins so I could shift the door enough to get a stiff knife between the latch, and push it back. Go me! It wasn't hard to replace the parts either.

I also managed to get my resume draft written and sent off to tx_cronopio to hack and slash to bits. We met in REAL LIFE WHOA on Thursday at Riscky's BBQ to enjoy big bowls of awesome brisket stew, and beer. I treated myself to a frosty mug of Shiners. Nothing beats Shiner Bock. durayan agrees with me on that one!

ALSO! I have heard back from my actual editor! She hopes to get to my ms fast. She'd better. I shall cry. Now that I have turned something in finally, I want an answer like yesterday. I feel too good about this ms...I am 99% positive they will take it. One never knows though, but I am hoping. FINGERS CROSSED AND TOES TOO.

ALSO TOO! Yesterday, I went to Arlington to visit my old university to see what condition I left my past in. Both good and bad...I left with 164 good credits, but in a whole messy slew of areas, and way too many F's. OMG I WAS SO BAD WTH! Fortunately, I am still in good academic standing. I was told over and over yesterday that 'returning students make the best students!' Pressure is on! No more F's for me! I must get all A's or I will disappoint all those people who insisted I will do awesome!

So, after finding out I am good to go when ready, and with a copy of my transcript at hand, I headed back home. Now I am making a spreadsheet to decipher what the heck I have finished and in what area, and what I need to get a degree. I have several routes I can take:

1. Finish out the Sociology major/Poli Sci minor,
2. Sign up for the Online Degree program in which I would get a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies (which is perfect for someone like me with a gazillion hours in too many things)
3. Stick with the Sociology major and take on getting a History minor, or
4. Go crazy and change my major to History, in which case all I'd need is a bunch of history classes and one math class.

With what I need for a major in Soc w/minor in Hist it is about as many hours as going all out with the History major.

Getting a history degree would, given what I think I ultimately want to do, be the most sensible, though not the fastest. Second most sensible for future plans would be the Soc/Hist major/minor.

I *could* just get the hell done any which way I can, and go straight to the Masters in Library Science, but the concern there to me is I want to do archiving, am pretty positive, and research and history knowledge is kinda really important. ARGH. Daughter suggested I do the fastest option, and take some history classes after I get the degree in a few areas just for the fun of it. Two of the classes she is taking this semester are like that--she doesn't need them to graduate, but she wants to take them as she feels like they will be good for her to do. So there is that option!

AAAHHH!!!

I have to say though, compared to Yesteryear, universities offer so many ways to finish one's degree that not doing so is just plain silly.

Decisions decisions, and I need to decide fast if I am going to pick up a class this spring like I really want to, though I don't have the money. At all. Hello being unemployed! I don't get my Esop money until February, and barely have enough in savings right now to get me to that the first week or so of Feb! ARGH. 'HEY DAD, CAN YOU LOAN ME FOUR HUNDRED BUCKS? PLEASE?' He will probably faint at my going back to school, considering he paid for it all out of his pocket. Meep. I was a bad bad daughter. :*(

In other news, I am going to do Merlin big bang. No I don't know why, I really don't. And I will probably end up dropping out and finishing the whole shebang as original fiction, because it will be AU anyway. But, I want something fun and light to play with while I tackle the Project For 2011, my fantasy, so why not?

Naptime now. Will finish going through credits later... LOL.