I was told if I have trouble sleeping to keep a notebook by my bed to write thoughts in….but if one really enjoys journalling this is not a quick way to fall asleep.

Graduate School  has become what I knew it would- a lot of reading, writing, and more reading.  I am excited about learning and thinking of possible careers. I am nervous in such a bad economy what the real possibilities for careers are.

This week was spring break. I spent most of it enjoying the quiet as the single occupant of the oldest residence hall on campus.  It is nice to leave my room and not see a single person- to walk to through the halls in my pajamas.  The one thing bad about co-ed dorms is that I am always mindful of who is around.  When I was the director of a women’s dorm, this didn’t seem to matter to me as much. 

I rearranged my furniture this week. I love spending time in newly arranged room. It offers new perspective, and hopefully new motivation for my work the remainder of this semester.

I am greiving the loss of my grandmother this month. I have tried to search the typical experiences one has with grieving. It helped a little to understand some of the issues I have been having with sleeping at least (right now is 4:11 am) I was surprised to see much of the grief websites dealt more with divorce issues than death.  I don’t know whether it is harder to greive the loss of someone who is still alive, or someone who has passed away.  I imagine knowing that someone is just out of reach is difficult. At least with death there can be some final closure, or knowledge of the finality of the separation. 

Today I cleaned my windows in the apartment- I finally figured out the trick to washing the outside of the windows.  Everything looks better when the windows are clear.