in the morning I shall sit in my hammock

And I haven't yet decided if I will wear purple when I am old.

I had one of the best weeks I've had in a long time. You see, when you are a waitress not much is fun. You always work weekends, and when you want to go somewhere you have to get your shifts covered and then you come back and are still a waitress. I am not bashing the food industry at all, I have definitely paid my dues and enjoyed myself the past oh 16 years or so, but just the mere fact of knowing I will never come home smelling of food again brings the swing to my hammock.
So the last week what made it so great? Well I finished my first semester of graduate school and am about to embark on my second today! I enjoyed myself thoroughly and am happy to say that I did not get all of the organizing done that I had planned but rather laid in a creek for hours feeling like a fish!We went camping near Ojai, only 2 hours away from LA and had such an amazing time that we both decided camping trips are mandatory monthly. We're going to have all of the gear in an easy container to go and throw it in the car and take off! That same container will come with us through the Apocalypse I'm sure.
I also took an amazing hike in the park where I am to be wed and can not wait to show the trail to Bahram. 2.9 miles of different floras and faunas which resemble the great state of Utah and other lands I am sure. I am so happy that we chose the park for our wedding because it already has a lot of meaning to us.

And as for the purple? It's one of our wedding colors since it is a Persian wonder color, so perhaps I shall wear it in when I am old. On the trail in the park.

listening to the birds while I revel in near completion

My first semester of graduate school is almost done! I would have been finished by now, but my flash drive got a virus and my entire portfolio I created got jacked up. What else could I do but laugh? Luckily the teacher/IT guy recreated some of it and put it on a cd so I don't have to begin at square one, more like three or four :)
I'm very proud of myself that I stayed in the program, up until week seven I thought of dropping out daily, as I am sure some of these posts have told. But I know I would have been very upset with that choice, half the battle is getting into the program-I'm really on the home stretch now.
Honestly I don't know what I've learned and am anxious for summer to start fieldwork and get hands on experience. School to me seems like it's a total bureaucratic mess of just seeing who can go through the hoops. Well guess what? If the first summer session doesn't loose me, then I for sure am staying. It'll just be another paper that our lovely governor (hopefully will still be Jerry Brown) will have to sign. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed my first,even more proof of the BS one goes through in higher education.
I know I'm pretty hard on myself but do think it would be more beneficial for both my upcoming career and my erudite being if I applied myself better in school. I barely read any texts this semester and have sort of made a decision not to buy the books for the upcoming semester until I see how needed they will be. How's that for starting the semester off on the right foot?
On other aspects of my livelihood, wedding planning is awesome when you have a planner who is German and divine. I couldn't do it if I were to do it alone, I don't see how anyone does! Our location is amazing and a pretty special place for us, as it is at a park right down the street from our home. It's gonna be pretty spectacular and the fun stuff is just beginning! I still need to find my dress, I just can't fork out 5 G on the one I loved, surely there are others out there just as entrancing..