Winding Down & Gearing Up

For me, library school is winding down. This finds me all wound-up with lots of last semester work.

Homework has filled my life for the past 2+ years. Here are a few of the things I look forward to doing once my coursework ends:

1. Spend more time with my family. This will include camping, music-making, wii gaming, website building (they've been after me to help, and I keep saying, "let's wait until school ends"), and "just" enjoying the moment.
2. Having more time for my work at Douglas County Libraries.
   
3. Presenting more at library workshops, conferences and in my community.
4. Explore the vast reaches of the Interwebtubes.
   
5. Community volunteer work for the Douglas County History Research Center, as well as the Indian Park School House Association.
6. Learn how to cook a dependably good meal (it's hit or miss right now).
7. Wander around in the out-of-doors again, ogling nature and breathing deep. I am tired of spending nearly every waking moment staring at a screen or a book (though I do love books and screens).
8. Paint. Oils, acrylics, water colors, gouache...
9. Write. Stories, lyrics, articles...
10. Yoga (writing papers and studying has a way of leaching your limber flexibility).
11. Ride horses (my equine-full childhood is calling out to me. I need to smell horse sweat, feel the wind in my face as we break into a good canter, and walk quietly through the woods on the back of a good horse friend).
12. Make up words (like equine-full).