I have my second written exam coming up later this week, so what I need right now is a little escapism. Play along, will ya?
Things I am looking forward to in the upcoming weeks and months, because nothing is better than dreaming of trivial but fun things that are weeks away when I have an exam coming up in five days.
A few weeks ago, the third season of Army Wives started, and I find myself looking forward to it every week. I actually only just started watching the show back in March, when I was looking for a good excuse not to study for my English exam. Stefanie had mentioned the show on Twitter before so I decided to give it a try. That is when I realized I had seen the first episode before (chances are that was also because Stef mentioned it, what can I say, I am scatterbrained sometimes). While my life is is being so stressful and uneventful (except for exams), I love me some good drama on TV.
The new Sookie Stackhouse novel is being released tomorrow! I pre-ordered my copy a while ago, so let’s see when it gets here. What with this being the release date in the US, it is possible that it will take a week or two for the book to get to the bookstore here. The last book a year ago left us pretty much hanging as far as Eric & Sookie go, and it has been a long wait. I cannot wait to read book #10 and I hope it will not disappoint.
Dear John. I loved the book. Like pretty much everything Nicholas Sparks. That man really knows how to write sappy love stories, makes me cry every time. The movie is finally coming out here on Thursday and I can’t wait to see it. I love Amanda Seyfried, and Channing Tatum is pretty easy on the eyes as well. Not to mention I have been listening to Little House, the song by Amanda Seyfried off the soundtrack, for weeks, and I heart it!
Photo by Deiru.
I have a can of pureed pumpkin in my closet that expired at the end of April. The idea was to make a pumpkin pie from it before it expired, but now I’ll just have to make it after it expired. Originally I wanted to make it on Sunday (the day after my exam), but my friend J., who promised she’d help me eat it (I know, how selfless of her!), is flying home to California for a couple of weeks on Thursday, so it’ll have to wait till after my next exam. Which is okay. I doubt the pumpkin is going to perish that quickly just because they have printed April 2010 on it, right? Right.
Not only are we getting a new Sookie Stackhouse book very soon, the third season of True Blood is also coming out on June 13th. And girls? I can’t wait. I have been suffering from serious Eric withdrawal for way too long. Granted, the book may fix some of that. I have high hopes that Sookie and Eric will finally … have another shower-scene-like scene, if you know what I mean. Which, speaking of, I cannot wait to see that on the show.
I already made plans with my afore-mentioned friend J. to go to the German-American Fest again this year for July 4th, for some good food, sunshine (I hope!), and the fireworks. I loved it last year and this year is likely my last chance to go (you know, unless I move somewhere else with a US military post in town, but they tend to be in the middle of nowhere, so that’s not that likely). I will likely not be done with exams yet on the 4th but as my professor is on vacation until the 11th, I will be at least a week away from my last exam, so I can totally take the day off and have some fun.
The day I will likely/hopefully have my last exam. As I mentioned, my professor is on a trip until the 11th, and officially I have until the 12th to take all my exams. My professor did say they don’t take the deadline that seriously if she can justify why the exam has to be taken later, but I would rather be done within the official deadline, not to mention that by mid-July I really just want to be done with exams. Assuming I don’t fail any of my exams I will be done with school in exactly 10 weeks. 70 days. I cannot wait.
I am so very much looking forward to summer. Not just summer but the part of summer after exams. It’ll be my last summer here and summer in Heidelberg is beautiful. I will be working, but I have every plan to make the most of my last few weeks here, spend time with friends, eat ice cream, bask in the sunshine, read a book on the Neckarwiese, sleep with my balcony door wide open (one of the perks of living on the 12th floor, you do not have to worry about burglars coming in through the balcony or a window), and just enjoy having graduated from Heidelberg University after eight long but beautiful years.
What are you looking forward to in the coming weeks and months?
I think it’s awesome to always have things to look forward to! And I hadn’t heard Dear John was a book – I’m going to have to add that one to my list. I’m looking forward to summer, too – I have a friend coming up from LA to stay with us for a few weeks for the Fringe Festival, which will be awesome as this year it’s Star Trek themed (cue nerd alert)! And of course our trip to England :)
.-= Emily Jane’s last blog post: PUBLISHED! =-.
Yeah, it’s great. It’s a typical Nicholas Sparks novel, so a bit formulaic, but I don’t mind that at all. And I still find the novels to be refreshing and different even though they have their similarities (and the cheesiness sometimes makes me roll my eyes at the book).
Must admit I’d never heard of the Fringe Festival before and had to google it, but it sounds awesome!
I really really wish I was caught up on Army Wives but with all this stress right now, I haven’t even finished Season 3 yet. No spoilers please!!! ;)
I miss the German-American Volksfest. There were so many in Bavaria: Hohenfels, Graf, and Vilseck. I think we went to all three of them last year.
I am looking forward towards moving to Texas (I am getting more and more excited… DC is just too much city for my taste) and starting another exciting chapter of our lives!
.-= Stefanie’s last blog post: A calling. =-.
Okay, you won’t hear any Army Wives spoilers from me. I must admit that I have managed to keep up with all my TV shows despite exams. It would have probably been better not to, and study more instead, but even the days that I spent holed up at the library I would watch one or two episodes of my TV shows after coming home at night just to unwind.
I am so happy you are looking forward to living in Texas now. I would be too. I hope you end up enjoying it. I loved living in Oklahoma and I reckon it’s not too different a few hours further south.