for everything there is a season

it's that time of year again in new orleans where the flowers have been blooming since february, the air is getting a little stickier but not too hot just yet. it's the time where crawfish boils are a plenty and festival season is in full swing. it's one of the most wonderful times of the year here, if you want someone to move to new orleans, get them to visit you in the spring.

there is one catch though to all of this springtime glory, being a forever student. finals and projects and presentations are always due right when the fun starts. this is only compounded when you work full time which results in days spent inside at the computer instead of by the river listening to music with friends. you would think i would be used to it by now, you know having been a student now for the past 25 years of my life, the past 6 of those years being in new orleans, but somehow it still makes me mad. yes, mad.

all this to say i constantly have to remind myself that i'm almost there, it's almost the end, the home stretch (barring a little thing called a dissertation but whose counting) and try to remind myself to study a little harder so that after june i can write, blog, take pictures, decorate my house, cook, and stay up late on week nights (not for school work) and not be stuck inside on beautiful days.

i'm thankful for the reminders of sweet jasmine, that remind me that seasons come and go.

i'm also thankful for seersucker and the man that comes with it that supports me so graciously each day.

so for now i will live out this season as best as i can, and be thankful that it is in fact only a season. then maybe all of my 4 readers left will be able to read posts more frequently about more interesting things! just typing things out makes me feel better already...