Well, we are back at home after a mini vacation in Rolla. Tim's wonderful mom sprung for us to stay in a hotel here as an early birthday present for me.

This was the scene in the kitchen late last week. By Wednesday the thick layer of sawdust wafting through the air made it pretty difficult to breathe. By Thursday we were comfortably settled into the hotel and I tried to focus on the mess going on at home. Luckily, they were able to work through the weekend, and all the drywall is up and ready to be painted, and the new floor went down this morning. Hopefully we are a mere day or so from going back to normal.

Cleaning this mess up is going to be quite the feat. I have Wednesday off, so hopefully a majority of that can be done then. This all had to happen at the busiest time of the semester, didn't it? After a whole semester of doing a whole lot of nothing, I've got one more week to wrap it all up.

Next Monday I have my last test of the semester, a final paper due for one class, and a presentation for my independent study class. It sounds like a lot right now, but none of these things should take too much effort to wrap up. And quite honestly, I'm letting myself worry a little more about big picture stuff right now. I'm already accepted to grad school, and as long as I don't fail any of my classes I should be good to go.

It is hard to believe graduation is now less than three weeks. It still feels like we have forever left here, but the time is going much faster than I expected. We are still trying to work out our timetable for moving and finding an apartment, but it has been hard to focus on everything else going on. It is looking like we might be spending some transition time in San Diego with Tim's parents so we can find jobs and find somewhere to live. 

I'm just trying to go with the flow and not let all of this get to me. It'll all be over soon.