Done, done, done! ...and a meme

[magnetic_pole]

In the past nine days, I've finished my last week of classes, attended final reviews, flown across the country, attended a wedding, finished grading, and closed the books on the semester. Whew! Too much going on. Haven't travelled home yet, so the excitement's not quite over, but things should be a lot more relaxed from here on out.

A tiny meme to keep up my weekly posting habit, courtesy of splix. Note that I'm staying in the playroom of an old high school friend's house about 3000 miles from home, which should spice things up a bit.

5 Things You’ll Find in My Bag: Swimsuit (overly optimistic; they haven't started cleaning the pool for the summer months yet), about sixty final essays from students (my bag weighs a ton), a mother's day card that need to be posted tomorrow if it has any chance of timeliness, a new book, and a light sweater (which hasn't been sufficient for the cool days in the Bay Area)

5 Things You’ll Find in My Room: An unused treadmill; NFL logo sheets; Star War plush toys, including a soft and squishy X-wing fighter; bunk beds; an unused big screen tv

5 of My Favorite Things [about California]: 99 Ranch Market, See's Candy, fake Spanish architecture, fresh and beautiful fruits and veggies, SUNSHINE!

5 Things I’m Currently Into: toy cars, board books, reading out loud (can you tell our friends have twin toddlers?), upscale strip malls, sitting around outside. ETA: Sandals! How could I forget about sandals?

5 Things On My To-Do List: Relax, relax, relax, relax, relax. And reply to last week's comments, posts, and e-mail.

How's your May been so far, flist? Want to play along? Text box below.

<b>5 Things You’ll Find in My Bag: </b> <b>5 Things You’ll Find in My Room: </b> <b>5 of My Favorite Things: </b> <b>5 Things I’m Currently Into: </b> <b>5 Things On My To-Do List:</b>

Comments

[splix]

Congratulations on closing out the semester!!! :D :D :D

Okay, I missed the note and saw the NFL sheets and I was like "...really?" Then I went back and re-read. Ha!!

I love See's. Every once in a while I go there and get two orange creams and two vanilla creams. SO good.

We have one of those swanky strip malls! It's always super crowded, but they have a Lush and a MAC store so I wind up there once in a while.

Love those sandals!!

[magnetic_pole]

Hee! Even without having ever met me, you know those sheets are not my cup of tea. (They're not my high school friend's thing either--I think one of the grandmas bought them for the twins.)

Isn't See's lovely? I love the chocolate butter creams.

Are these new malls interesting? I spent my mid-twenties working for an urban planning advocacy group that was pushing for exactly this type of thing in lieu of strip malls and regular, enclosed malls, so it's odd to see that this is now the industry standard in certain areas. Glad to hear yours is crowded. This one wasn't, but it was also Wednesday morning. It bet it's different over the weekend.

Those sandals are so comfy, S! Not the most stylish, but perfect for 1) sad feet with planters' and 2) serious city walking. M.