Easter Weekend

Unlike many of my friends, I stayed on campus for Easter break. Why, you might ask, would I want to be here in cold, rainy Portland, when I could be somewhere sunny? Unfortunately, this decision and nothing to do with what I wanted to do, but with the fact that I have 3 papers and a speech before finals week...which isn't that far away. Since I came back from spring break, my workload has not gotten lighter. Even though I didn't go home, my decision to stay worked out for the best, as I made progress on my work that I would have had a harder time accomplishing at home (or on vacation).

I mostly stayed on campus except for yesterday and today. Yesterday I went to the grocery store, which included a trip to Starbucks, courtesy of my Christmas gift card. Today I spent most of the day with my friend Kelly and her family. Kelly and I are going to London (and hopefully Paris!) this summer, and I really enjoyed spending time with her and her family. Her family is huge compared to mine--eight siblings plus her aunt's children and grandchildren. Still, we had fun!

Tomorrow I have the day off and I'm going to sleep and work on homework. This week I am blessed with not having to get up for my 8:10 class, thanks to my professor canceling class and instead having conferences with us about our research papers. I also don't have Brit Lit on Friday, but am meeting with my lit studies prof to talk about my research paper...so we'll see how that goes. Hopefully, it will be good. :)