Busy Beaver

Hello all of my blogger readers... :) I know there are so many. A number of things have been brought to my attention during my long absence from meaningful (or meaningless) relatively longer blogs. I'm sure you all love when I write two lines that just happen to rhyme... but I thought I'd give you a bit more today. I have been so incredibly busy. And the cool thing is that I don't feel totally nuts about it. Plenty of things have been challenging.

One: the death of my computer. It was a hard time.

Two: the slow death of my car. Okay so it's more the buildup of bills... check engine light that needs an overdue look, possible oil change, inspection fees, and consequently new registration. This is the hardest thing to deal with. I have to trade in my Pennsylvania plates.

Which to me is death of my car's soul. You're probably thinking I'm being a bit dramatic. However, when you're living in a state that turns your skin into that of a crocodile's, you can see the whole valley with no tree obstruction, spring may be warmer but still deadly brown, and it's impossible to drive five minutes and be completely surrounded in remote hiking grounds, one sort of clings to any identification of one's roots. I no longer have anything more than my PA license to claim my east coast heritage. (I mean just look at how cheery those plates are!) It's a sad month. March always is.

Three: My inability to wake up before 8. This has proved disastrous to my nine o'clock class and my resolution to exercise every day. I don't even seem to hear my alarms on my phone and clock anymore. I'm a bit concerned.

However... in spite of all the interesting and nonthreatening complications over the past few weeks, I have had several things to get me through the month of March.

One: Coaching dialects. I LOVE it! I mean seriously.

Two: Listening to this troubled woman...

Three: But the most exciting thing I did for the month of March was create an elaborate easter egg hunt for the kids of a professor. I went to Scotland with Dean Duncan and his son Spence. One of my best friends (Jen) and me invented this crazy scavenger clue hunt about birds with fangs. We had loads of fun stringing clues together and stuffing eggs with mysteries and peeps. We even drew fangs on the peeps. An example is included below.



So here's to the month of April! May it be sunny and warm and a little bit easier. :)