11:09p

back to the grind
came back from my short hiatus to find LOTS
of lovely case files waiting for me ALL OVER my desk area.
strangely enough, I was actually juiced to get started on them all.
my job...i swear, it's like riding on a rollercoaster.
one minute I'm hating EVERYthing about it,
and the next minute, I'm actually intrigued and challenged.
go figure?

'hitched a ride with my bf to work this morning
so that we could ride BART together.
'talked about our labor day weekend plans...
all i know is, I wanna take advantage of the long weekend
and get the HELL OUTTA here!!!
it's about time for another get-away.

looking forward to being outdoors
and exploring, seeing, feeling, hearing, touching,
tasting and smelling new things.
of course, I could easily find that whilst
cleaning out my filthy garage...but I think that can wait another weekend.

sometimes I forget why it's worth it
so our humble soiree this past saturday got my juices flowin'
for planning our annual x-mas party.

now, you gotta just give it up to the gods for blessin' you when
your friend calls and asks you when your x-mas party is gonna be
so that he can mark it as a day off
on his schedule for December.

Mind you, this man is a doctor with tons of patients to see,
yet he still has time to think of taking time out to
celebrate the holidays at our humble little annual get together.
how freakin' DOPE is that????

flippin through the pages
...of the San Francisco State Univ. College of Extended Learning catalog.
I've got a little less than 2 years to use up the $4,000
scholarship I earned while serving as an AmeriCorps member,
and since I haven't figured out what the HELL Masters degree I want to
pursue,
I figure I might as well "create my own major"...aka take all the classes
I WANT to take, no matter how random they are.

Here's some of the classes that is on my list to take:

1. A Brush with Creativity: Engaging Your Creative Process Through Painting
ooooh...I lost my breath for a second when this caught my eye in
the catalog. I've been wanting to get into another form of art,
something that will allow me to express myself on a different level
than writing. Besides that, I've ALWAYS wanted to learn how to
blend colors and do all kinds of creative stuff on canvas.
There's something about a blank white canvas that is so inviting.

2. Non-Profit Administration
I figure this would be a first step into pursuing one of the two
Masters programs I've been thinking about: Public Administration.
Not quite sure EXACTLY what I'd want to do with it except for the fact
that I'd like to have a more broad understanding of the non-profit world
so that I'd have more to go on when doing community/social work.

3. Strategic Public & Non-profit Management
see #2

4. HTML, Photoshop, and Web Design
it would be really nice to design my own website. I learned some basic HTML
about a year ago, but I'd definitely like to expand on it.

5.Youth and Human Services Nonprofit Agency Administration
Certificate: American Humanics Program
This is the next best thing to getting a Masters in Public Adminsitration,
but not as intimidating.

...more to list later. I'm getting caught up reading this catalog...