I'm hoping that by blogging about paper-writing, I'll feel more motivated to make this one final push and be done with it. Overall, I've been feeling really lazy and unproductive lately. Maybe it's the holiday season or the overall feeling of restlessness that's been pumping through my veins since November, but all I do lately is look at travel blogs and plan make-believe vacations to beautiful (and warm) hiking spots and far-off ...states.

But I really need to get going--get going on this final paper, get going on cleaning my apartment and doing laundry, get going on meeting new people, get going on figuring out when I'm going home.

I didn't realize how much I needed this break, but I can't wait to relax and not have to worry about classes and readings.

Have I mentioned that teaching is the only thing keeping me grounded? Well it is, and I'm thankful.