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Saturday, 28 May 05 :: *sigh*

i just went on a quick trip to the library to return some books, before the midnight deadline for another day late, and thought of all this great stuff to write in this space.. but as usual, it was gone the minute i got out of my car.

*sigh*

what were some of the things i thought about?

that i actually have a lot of friends in this community. so many people that i want to connect with and i simply don't have the time too see them all. that feels nice. although it would be nice to have someone i felt comfortable to call about hiking, or camping, i have people i enjoy spending time with and people i want to have dinner with. next step are those that i'll go camping with. i already have quite a few that want to go kayaking, so that rocks. i've made serious progress from my friendless days just a year or so ago. i'm working hard at it. what will happen when i leave? i'll cross that friendless bridge when i come to it.. but i know what i've got here.
that mom being gone has proven to me that i can handle a crisis without her. that i've got friends that, while they can't take her place, can definetly kick in to the many areas that she helps me with. its nice to know that the support i get from her is not necessary for me to live.
maybe i don't want a lover or boyfriend right now. really, i do not have the time. i have too much to do.
i'm doing well with everything i have to do. its a whole lot, but i'm managing not to melt down. i just need to take each thing and each day methodically, taking each task and doing the best i can. i hope i can continue with this pace, and that i can improve my output.
i'm not good with minutae-- i can get way too caught up in it, but i am good with big picture and visionary roles.

okay, i've got to go make a big list of things i gotta do.

> on the agenda for tommorrow:: laundry with friend a, gotta help ps with an email problem, work on the campaign plan outline, study for the gre, go to the library, and hopefully get on my bike.

posted by brooke at May 28, 2005 10:48 PM

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i'm brooke, born in '73. i am currently a phd student in instructional technology. this is the blog where i capture all the neurotic, and the few non-neurotic, moments that seem to come with being a phd student (if you want to read less neuroses and more professionalism go to: oer's, dl's, reuse and culture: it's about a phd student researching digital resources in a multicultural world). i have been from eugene, oregon for a long time.. 8 years specifically (its my home now, but i grew up in southwestern virginia), but now i'm here in logan, utah at utah state university. after finding my roots in eugene i never could have expected that i would leave that liberal oasis and head to utah. but i did and there are days when its a blessing and days when i'm tempted to go back to oregon and beg the folks at lost valley educational center to let me move in. but i won't leave because there are days when this process is better than any kind of high i could ever imagine. what else? i collect things, i have 2 cats, 2 kayaks, 2 laptops (i'm a geek - one mac, one pc). i can be emailed at brookesblog@rivervision.com.