HOW did I MISS September

Ok. I don't get it. Why is time FLYING by right now? Is it going to fly by for this whole year? It's not right. I don't like it. How did I miss September? Why does it seem like I only saw five days during the month? Will the whole year seem like 60 days rather than 360?

I have to get to work. Yesterday, I made some progress, I think, on the javascript on my pages for my study. Today, I suppose I should work on the PHP. It seems like a waste, though, not knowing if I'll be able to even run the study this year.

I'm going to go ahead and send a manuscript in some time this week. Why? Because i can't think about it anymore. I don't have a lot of hope for it; it was a conference poster once upon a time and fine for that purpose. But, it is not the type of work I typically do, and as a result, I don't know how I feel about it really. But, getting it off of my two-do list (it's been there a few years) will be a happy thing.

The classes I'm taking take up more time than I expected, if only because I consider the drive there to be part of my "work." Two and a half hours is a long long time to be in a car for a course. I'm not sure how my grad school friends did this every week for three years! Some of them came from 3-4 hours away! Nutso.

I was thinking about brandied apple rings and apple pie jam today. I doubt I'll get to that, although really, that's what I'd rather be doing (hence, the reason the whole month of September passed me by I guess).

I think I'm going to make a trip to NY to see my nephews and niece the weekend after this coming one. They are all going on vacation, so I think I'm going to meet them. My nephew with the very broken arm will be there, and I need to see the little guy to put my mind at ease. He's my little buddy, my sunshine. Well, they all are. But, he's the one I'm worried about now. I heard, though, that he got a 100% on a math test and on a spelling test, so it appears he's doing okay PLUS learning how to write with his left hand, which seems like it might serve him well in the future.

Then, it's off to Portland to meet one of NoL's friends for a day (and hopefully find the tie-dye pjs I've been wanting ever since I saw them years ago). At some point, I suspect we'll have to make a trip back to NY - NoL's computer is ready - and I need software installed on mine - and I think there will be a meeting we have to attend at some point. But, when that will be, I cannot say.

I haven't heard from my friends lately. The blog reports have been sparse, which must mean that they are very busy with classes and exhausted. I hope all is well.