The Springiest of Springs!

A short winter and quickly ascending temperature find me back online at my blog. I was doing pretty well there, for a while, with three blog posts a week last summer, but a lot has happened since then. Namely: school.

I am officially a full-time student at the University of Cincinnati! It should come as no surprise that I am majoring in Creative Writing, and doing quite well, thank you. I currently have a 3.9 GPA after my first quarter, and spring quarter’s grades should be up soon.

This has meant an utter cease of blog posts because of the overwhelming amount of work required to be an “A” student. I don’t anticipate that my large workload will abate anytime soon, however, as next quarter is my most ambitious yet. I have a total of 18 credit hours plus an extra class for an RA position that I’ve applied for. Good thing one of those classes is Stress Management!

Many other changes have occurred since last year as well: I have a new bike, I live in a new neighborhood and have a new computer. More on all of that later...

Enough of the update and excuses! Forward with the blog! My goal is to reach at least one post a month from here onwards, which I believe to be reasonable. In the meantime, Happy Spring everyone!

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