Spring Break!

As a student/mom I often feel like I get very little no time off.  Not to say that I want time off from certain responsibilities (I wish I had more time to give to Keely).  However, I don't really enjoy spending every second while Keely is sleeping and I am awake doing school work.  I feel like I miss out on doing some pretty awesome stuff when I'm stuck reading book...after book....after book... (you get the idea, I read many books) for school.  Of course I am gaining important knowledge and seeking enlightenment while reading.  This is not the point.  The point is that I really enjoy spending one on one time with Brandon.  I enjoy knitting.  I enjoy reading books that were written with only the purpose of entertainment in mind.  I enjoy going to movies and watching TV.  I enjoy playing outside with Keely.  I enjoy thrift store shopping in the city and eating cheese steaks.  And sometimes when I get so far into school that I feel like I'm drowning, I don't do the things that I enjoy which might actually help me feel like I can breathe again.  Thankfully, some genius person invented spring break.  One week to ease the perpetual headache.  One week to be stress free.  One week to spend time with my two favorites!  I'm so excited!  I spent yesterday with Keely, my nephew, and my mother-in-law.  I didn't ever think (not even once) about picking up a school book.  It was liberating!  In honor of spring-break, here's a list of things that I would like to do this week (or sometime in the not so distant future)!

I want to spend lots of time playing with this gorgeous little person.  She's my favorite.  :)

I plan to finish knitting a bow I've been working on.  I get a row in here and a row in there, but I really want to finish it this week!

 

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 It would be really awesome to make something/read something/see something relating to this movie.  It looks so gorgeous.

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We've wanted to take Keely to the zoo forever.  Hopefully it will stay nice outside all week and we can finally have our chance!  And a ridiculously cute photo op with a large cat wouldn't hurt either.  ;)

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We are also planning to see Alkaline Trio with our best friend and Keely's Godmommy Gab!  We're excited to have a night just to hang out with friends.  Hopefully I can relax knowing Keely is safe and sound with her grandparents.

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I could never spend too much time with the handsome man pictured here.  We can't wait to have a couple of days together that are not filled with him taking Keely out so that I can take a bunch of tests.

We may even get some shopping in and there have been whispers of a drive into Wildwood.  It's not open for season yet, but there's always some tasty restaurant open, and the Boardwalk is hauntingly beautiful when it's all deserted.  Needless to say, I am very excited at the prospect of my one week of freedom.