I found this entry today (1/22/07), and since it’s sort of cute, here it is, posted with its original date. I have no idea what the title means.

oh, and yes, I earned a 4.0 for the fall quarter.

So, school is done until January. I had two courses downtown this quarter, which was both tremendous and tedious. While I loved being in the actual Loop campus, feeling all cosmopolitan and studious in Chicago itself, it was a difficult commute. Half of the time I commuted via Metra train from home, and the other half I drove from Indiana. The fact that I got to take an actual film course made all of the driving and late-night train rides worth it, though.

I know my grades will be good; I’m hoping they’ll be somewhat excellent. I’m feeling very proud that I could complete my courses despite all that went on this fall. I had decided during our first week of Wyn’s illness that no matter what, he would want me to keep on. He always wanted me to reach the potential he could so clearly see in me, and was so quietly happy about my school career. I just could not let him down by giving up on this quarter.
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A lot has happened. Lots of changes. Loss. Grief. Snow.

We lost Derek’s father on October 11. We are comforted in knowing that we loved him well; we cared for him in the most difficult hour; and we were given the gift of a few last words with him.

But change is terribly hard, loss is so painful, and we’re tired.

We’ll be changing webhosts, and with that change will come a new life for this blog. There have been problems with the old service, and this content management software is becoming obsolete, so it’s time to pack up and move out. I hope to have something I can better use and more importantly, enjoy using, up by the new year. Addresses will remain mostly the same.

That’s all I have for now. Even in such a pisser of a year as this, I have homework to finish.