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May 01, 2006
Just an update
Categories: A Case of the Mondays
I haven't had a general "what's going on" update in some time, so this is one of those.
First, I am done with grading papers for the semester. One class stil has their final presentations, but those are graded immediately after they are finished. So, as of 5:30 PM today, I'll be completely done grading for the semester. I still have to figure out final averages and enter them all into the system, but not having any more papers to grade is a big weight off the shoulders.
Saturday, Sarah worked at the Pasta shop while I stayed home, graded, and did lots of laundry. Exciting! She got home at about 5:00, then we headed off to Columbia to visit John and Amelia. It was a belated birthday party for John, as well as an "end of the first year of law school" party. So there were other law students there (whom I didn't really talk to much), as well as Austin Hood -- a Furman grad and fraternity brother whom I had not seen in a long time. I ended up manning the grill and talking to Austin a lot. It was very cool to see him again and to meet his wife (also named Sarah).
After the law students left, John, Amelia, Sarah, and I went upstairs and played poker till 1:00 AM. There was a time when I could see myself getting into and getting good at poker. Not anymore. I suck. Sarah kicked my ass, took all my chips, and I stumbled off to bed.
Sunday we got up and John and Amelia cooked breakfast. John is going to England for a May term, so he booked a flight from London to Dublin and is now going to hang out with Sarah and I for a couple of days on our vacation. We're excited about that. John took us to the USC campus and we walked around the Horseshoe for a bit, then ate at the Mellow Mushroom (love the MM). Sarah and I headed back to Rock Hill.
Sarah's real estate exam is Tuesday, so she studied while I did a bit of shopping. I went to Best Buy and bought us a laptop backpack for our Ireland trip, then got some groceries to get us through the week. I crashed out way early on Sunday night, after beginning a new book. More on that later.
(Hopefully, this qualifies as an entry not remotely about Lost, so Winston will be happy).
Posted by Nakia at May 1, 2006 12:26 PM