if it weren't for the snow, I'd probably still be skipping

So I gave my English colloquium on Wednesday. I was horribly nervous for the hour before hand, but once I actually began speaking, I was okay. It seemed to go really fast, too. And it helped that so many friendly faces showed up to support me. Thanks, guys! Even the question time didn't freak me out, and it was what I had been most worried about. I'm not always very good at expressing myself when put on the spot, but most of the questions people asked were things I have already thought a great deal about, such as the relation of Christianity and the fantasy literature that I read and write so much of. Dr. Bangsund is pretty much my hero for letting me explain that more, because I really wanted to. But more than anything, I was just glad to be done with it.

To celebrate being done, I spent the afternoon with Sherwin, climbing a tree. It was a gorgeous day, and I guess it's a good thing we took advantage of it, since now it's snowing again.

Anyway, yesterday I got my grade. You know I'm not one to brag, but I will say that when I read Cole's comments I was too excited not to share them with the next several people I saw. Ask me sometime if you'd like to read them for yourself. We'll just say that I'm feeling pretty darn edified right now.

And more good news. Simmons College has room for me in their on-campus housing! It certainly isn't the cheapest place in town to live, but it will be simple and make the transition to graduate school much smoother. I can move to a cheaper place in the spring if it seems like a good idea, but for now I'm thinking this is the best idea. It's much easier to think about going out there as really happening now that I know I'll have a place to live. I still need to find a way to pay for it, but, one step at a time, right?

Then it decided to snow today, which rather puts a damper on my happy dance. Seriously, we're almost done with April, and it's snowing. I can't help but think there is something very wrong about this. At least the snow has squashed my urge to play outside, which was rather getting in the way of my writing a paper that needs to get done.

And now I need to head to Fame rehearsal. We open in less than a week, and we just might be ready by then.

-Kim