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Monday, 19 December 05 :: gutless

i wish i had the guts to contact georgia to find out when they are going to make a decision about the ph.d. program. i kinda feel like i'm spending all my time holding my breath.

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in other news.. its the holidays. i'm holding my breath till they are over. i'm not that thrilled that they are upon us, and my goal is to simply get through them. i should probably put up some holiday decorations and stuff, but i'm really not that inspired to do so. :P i have a lot on my plate right now, and i need to follow that up as far as community, heart of now, work and friend committments. i simply can't believe i'm taking all that on. i'm actively involved in community now, and its a lot. i didn't ever imagine being in community would be this much, but it is, and i wish i could truly revel in it. maybe sometime.. after the holidays? *sigh*

i did though help a friend with gifts for her neices. so, i'm not creating much of a holiday season for myself, but i did help bring some joy to 3 little girls who i don't even know. while i was doing it it was simply nice to spend time with my friend, but in retrospect, its nice to also know that maybe i helped to bring smiles to the faces of 3 very adorable little girls.

i'm looking forward to friday at 3, because its at that time that i'm done for pretty much a week. during that time, though, i've got a lot of plans to spend time with friends. and i'm making a scarf for a friend.. my goal is to have it done by christmas day, which is going to take a lot of time this week.. but the scarf is beautiful, and i'm sure it'll bring a smile to her face.

anyhow, i should get to work. i've got data entry to work on.

of interesting note -- only to myself.. i'm tabulating petitions and who has gathered what and how many, and i just saw my former therapist's name and her partner's name on one of the petitions. i hope thats not telling me something about my future.

posted by brooke at December 19, 2005 02:19 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.