1. I have become a grad school drop out. And I'm proud of it. Only, I haven't informed the department yet. I'll do that sometime soon. I have quit for many many reasons. This is the first major thing in my life that I have started and not finished. It took me months to come to this decision, but I think it's for the best. I can do what I feel needs to be done, I can spend more time with my fantastic Husband, and school can no longer interfere with my education. I even bought myself an "I'm a Quitter!" t-shirt to celebrate. However, it, much like myself, has decided to begin it's journey to Texas but not complete it. Very fitting. I wish it well wherever it has chosen to stay.

2. Yesterday I went to Wal-Mart and bought an axe (I prefer ax with an "e"...very Anne of Green Gables of me, I know). So, what do people say when a 115 lb pound woman is waltzing around Wal-Mart with an axe? Surprisingly, they all say the same thing: "Wow, that's an axe. What are you planning to do with it?" To my knowledge, axes only serve one purpose and can be used by both genders of all sizes. In any event, I took it home to Husband who used it [shockingly] to chop things, namely unwanted trees in our back yard. My childhood memories of Fern Gully came back to me, and now I feel like I have corpses strewn about my lawn. I also have more sunlight, which means more vegetables...

3. I have a job interview sometime this week. For a real job, but not a teaching job. The hiring needs were filled before I had my interview. Schade. But there are other ways into that field. This real job is in a field I am not interested in, but I am told that I am allowed to hang posters on the wall. If hired, I will hang this one.

4. I have a new puppy. Her name is Maggie. She spends all her time looking sweet and innocent, until my other puppy, Lenin, tries to bond with her. She loves to lick.

5. I produced my very first bottle of orange oil. Using that and grits, and I am warring against the ants in my yard. I am not alone. I have an ally. I was searching the web for organic ant killer when he crawled down one of my trees, ran over to my vegetable garden, and starting licking up the ants. Thank you Lord for quickly answering my prayers.

6. To all those not opposed to alcohol, go buy a bottle of vinho verde wine. It's summer.