I'm finding myself mired in clean-up and maintenance from last quarter. On top of that, I still have to figure out something to do with my taxes.

Some break. How could I not complain about it being to short? (I see a joke coming there.) Vail kicked ass. We had an awesome condo for a couple of days and enough friends to fill it and make it really cheap for each of us. That mountain seems bigger and bigger every time I am there.

So what's up? I go to NYC this weekend.... hell yeah! I should be in a better mood, Copper rocked today while I was there this morning. Your Local Forecast F-ed up again. Last night it was reported as 39 degree high, mostly cloudy. This morning it was changed to a high of 29, windy and 60 percent chance of snow. So instead, it was really about 40-45, mostly sunny, 5-10 mph winds. Sooooooo nice. I guess I'm mostly happy. I have a little something dragging me down. They call it "classes" and they start tomorrow. yuck.

Every 5 minutes that goes by turns up a new appreciation that I have for all of my professors in the past. This is enough work to kill someone.

Grading finals... that's what I'm all about.

no really, I love this. I think I will stay up until 6:30 more often. Hey -- time for speed.

I just love to grade student projects. Everyone I know has finished their quarter and is moving onto new things. I want to get on with my own, but I still have a lot of work this weekend.

I feel really out of it right now. I have a lot of things I want to get to this week, but I have a feeling I probably won't do any of them. I head out to Vail on Monday, so that's definitely a good thing. And in two weeks, NYC for $160. Can't beat it.

OK -- back to work. I'll keep me posted.

Aching aching aching...

So wrapped up in my own life right now I think I light be neglecting some people these days. This quarter is nearly over and it will be nice when it is. Then perhaps I can set up us the bomb.

We're going to Vail.

And soon after that, NYC.

Once again, I have myself worked over a project that shouldn't be that difficult. I'm just making my life harder than necessary -- which is funny because I would much rather ignore the whole thing and enjoy myself for the next 3 days. Even after the quarter is over, I still get to hang around and grade assignments and project from my class. Maybe I'll just give everyone an A and save myself the effort....

.......naaahhhh.

Friends of mine threw a surprise birthday party for me last night. They thought the Titanic was "A Night to Remember" -- but they didn't suffer the 300 lbs. of Big Bad Momma.