the countdown begins

i have officially begun the countdown until i go home for the summer. i wanted to wait until i was a month out, but i needed the motivation of knowing how many DAYS i have until the summer to get me through these next couple of weeks.............6 to be exact. with so much distraction these last 3 weeks, i do not think i will end the year where i had initially planned to, but i have made some VERY important strides and hope things will pick up smoothly where i left off when i get back next year.

i do want to apologize to my faithful readers as i have not had many interesting posts as of late. i am aware of the problem and am diligently trying to rectify this (however, funny and entertaining thoughts/ideas have been successfully eluding me). please bear with me.