self-imposed hermitude OR "is it december yet?"

did anyone ever watch rocky and bullwinkle. one of their cartoon segments always had two titles which was part of the inspiration for the title of this. another part of the inspiration is the fact that i plan to be holed up with books and binders and articles and file folders and such things for the next two weekends. it's really wacky to be this close to my prelims because i don't feel like i'm at all ready. i've been assured by many people that it will be okay...and most of the time i'm sure that it will be, but there is still a lot that is intimidating about this test. i want to pass, but i also want to do a good job while passing. this semester has been so busy that i don't feel like i've prepared enough and i know that there is more that i could have done. hopefully i will be as productive as i need to be the next two weekends and during the free time that i have during the week. what that means is that i'm probably going to be a terrible friend. i've found that it's really hard for me to make spontaneous plans lately. i actually had to schedule a time to have lunch with sara. how crazy is that?! i should be able to just say 'yes...let's go to lunch in 20 minutes,' but life isn't going to work that way until november 12th at the earliest and hopefully november 22nd at the latest.

luckily it hasn't been all work. had a fun time in abq last weekend for balloon fiesta (though we didn't see many balloons.) went to see blue october with jeff and sara on wednesday night and stayed up way too late, but it was a good time. my parents are coming here in a few weeks so that will be kick ass too. and every once in a while i get to chat with friends on the phone for a bit and just kick back. i can't help but feel like every time i watch tv for a half hour or whatever, i should have been spending that time studying.

so...that's my crazy life right now. can't wait for thanksgiving for many reasons. ;)

p.s.- kate = foozball champion. just ask mike. :) BOO-YA!