Accountant In Training

I had made up my mind to embrace my summer, throw caution to the wind, be in school forever, and drop my classes for the summer. I had decided that coming home at 5:00 and sitting outside and reading and relaxing and spending time with friends sounded much better than hurrying to school and studying all the time. So, I was all geared up to have a three month break. It's been a while since I've had a break that long. So I called UTA today to drop my classes, and come to find out, yesterday was the last day to drop classes and get a full refund. (Who would have thought...yesterday was a holiday). If I dropped today, I would loose 20%, which comes out to close to $400. So, as much as I wanted to have a break, I can't waste $400. School is expensive enough without unnecessarily spending more on it. So, at 5:30 today I was sitting in class. It was a big let down, and I was very unprepared for class, both physically and mentally. I didn't even take my bag with me to work this morning. So the books and relaxing will have to wait. I know, however, that this must be the Lord's will, and that he took the decision out of my hands because he knows better. So I am trusting that this summer and these classes will be fine. I definitely know that in a year and a half when I'm able to graduate a semester earlier because I took classes this summer, I'll be really glad and thankful.

I have to send out a big thank you to Chad. I came out of class tonight to a flat tire with a nail sticking out of it. Luckily it wasn't too flat for me to make it home, and Chad was so good to come change it for me and put on my spare. I don't know what I would have done without you, Chad. Some day I'll come see y'all when I don't need a favor. You may get tired of me if I keep coming and asking for favors. Michael's been gone a day and a half and something's already happened, but we can hope that this will be the worst.

Well he's gone. I know we'd been planning on this for quite a while, but it all seemed to happen so fast. Suddenly it was 9:30 this morning and time for him to leave. It was hard. There were tears shed, but only briefly. It was hard driving away knowing that he was about to get on a plane and head across the ocean. Luckily there were good friends at home to give me a hug when I got back from the airport. Michael had also left me a present on the counter. (He's so sneaky.) It was a beautiful James Avery cross. (There were more tears shed when I saw this.)

I have talked to him and he did make it through customs, and he should be in the air on his way to Orlando right now, so I guess he's really leaving (yes, I was still holding out hope). But despite that, it's still a good day. It's a wonderful holiday from work. I'm getting to sit here and listen to it thunder outside. And I noticed today that our pretty weeping willow tree in the back yard that I thought for sure the plumbers had killed when they knocked it over, is blooming. It's still kind of lying on its side, but it has beautiful orange flowers on it. So, I may be missing my husband like crazy right now, but I have flowers outside and thunder in the sky. (I'm doing my best to look on the bright side).

I am curious where along the way summer lost all meaning. My summer will be no different from the rest of the year. I will work and go to school during the week, and probably study all weekend. What happened to counting down the days until summer? What happened to spending the summer days lounging in front of the pool, getting a tan, reading lots of good books, and going on vacations? I lost all that when I got a job. Don't adults need breaks during the summer, too? The only benefit I can think of that I'll receive from the summer break is that I won't have to slow down in school zones. And while this will be very enjoyable and will make my drive to work each day much quicker, it doesn't really compare with sleeping in and doing whatever I want with my days.

The countdown has begun. Only two day and two hours until my last final is over. Yea! Then I have two and a half weeks of freedom before is all starts again. There is so much I want to get done in that two weeks, that it's not humanly possible. And the top thing on that list will hopefully take up the whole time. That is, spending time with Michael before he leaves. As the end of the semester is almost here, that means that his leaving is getting closer and closer also. It's like it's looming just over the hill of this semester that I'm almost to the top of. I try not to, but it's hard not to think about it.

Anyways, now I must clear my thoughts and study for a little while longer. I have been studying nonstop since 10:00 yesterday morning, and I'm not really sure that I can learn anything more at this point, but I better at least give it a try. One final tomorrow night, one Tuesday night, then I can set these books aside and pick up the next ones.