Just thinking tonight.

Well, this sure isn't getting as much attention as it used to! I guess it can't be helped, though, since this semester has sort of redefined busy. Not just for me, though--many of my friends are finding it hard to make time to relax or do anything. A lot of it seems to be school-related, but I'm a bit perplexed that all of the teachers suddenly decided to make life hard for the students.

Another thing I'm worried about is graduation. Just looking at the numbers, I'm beginning to think that it's not possible to graduate in the fall. It would have to be the spring at the earliest. I'm not seeing this as being so bad--another semester in my nice software job could be a good thing from what I'm hearing about the job market--but I'm just getting so tired of school. A real job might be similar in time spent sitting at a desk, but at least you don't bring it home with you. Hopefully.

Tonight I went to a concert to relax a bit. I know I've got stuff to do, but I couldn't pass up seeing a couple of my friends sing, and it was good music, too. Only a couple of the songs weren't that great, but that was more the fault of the music choice, not the singers. Sometimes the "artsy" music is best left to the people who pretend to appreciate it. But the other songs were great! They did part of Beethoven's Requiem (I think that's it) and also one that I remember doing in high school choir competition: "Witness." Very strong soul music, and I love the bass part!

It's no secret to you guys that I want to become a published author. I'll be honest, though, I'm a little afraid to turn writing into work. It is already hard work, but if I wrote enough to live off of it, I don't know if that would take away some of the fun of writing for me. My writing group has kind of collectively set a goal to write every day, and I feel bad that I am not always reaching that goal (see paragraph #1). Maybe what I should do to reach the goal is to schedule into my calendar nonnegotiable writing time. But as far as the bigger question... I guess I have to get a book ready to send to a publisher before I find out.