Twilight Friday

Back to Friday bullets!

• It was Tuesday and I was thinking, “What should I write about on Friday?” Sometimes I think a week ahead about blog posts, and sometimes I’m finishing a post at 1 am that I’ll post the next morning. I like to schedule posts to be published in the morning, because waking up to comments is the best thing ever. Anyway, I was tossing Friday ideas around when I realized, “Duh. This is Twilight Friday. I’ll post about Twilight!” Except, oh yeah, I haven’t seen the movie yet. So, all I can tell you now is that I’m really excited to see the movie this afternoon.

• I’ve been looking forward to Twilight all week, not just because I was excited for the movie, but because I was excited for Friday. I need a break, and I think I’m finally going to get one. Next week is Thanksgiving week, so I have no class.  And, I just learned that I not only get Thursday off, but also Wednesday! (I always have Friday off.)

• I had a scary moment of realization the other day.  I realized it’s almost the end of November, and most of my applications for doctoral programs are due January 1.  I meant to be better prepared this time.  I don’t know what happened.  The months just got away from me.  Thankfully, the Ashley of last week had the wisdom to schedule an appointment with the  professor who has become something of a mentor to me.  It’s really unlike me, but I just admitted that I felt behind in this whole process.  He assured me that unless I’m applying to Oxford, I’m okay.  I just need to devote a large portion of my Thanksgiving Break to getting everything in order.  The time sensitive part is getting my all-important recommendation letters.  I’ll be honest, the most exciting part about this is thinking that (if all goes well) I’ll never have to apply to another college again!  Well, except when I apply for teaching positions.

• Awesome news!!  My friend Elyse is coming to visit me in January!  Things like this never happen, because almost everyone I know is a broke grad student.  January is the mid-point between my 25th birthday and hers, so we’re going to celebrate big.

• Speaking of turning 25, Lisa does it next week, so we’re celebrating this weekend.  Plans include a wine bar (oooh, fancy) and dinner.  I have the next month to make fun of her for being old, and then I’ll have to make the move myself.

• I want to thank everyone for your supportive comments on my post about Adorable Boy.  You all are really too nice to me. I’m going to make you proud one of these days.

Have a great weekend!