New Year?

so, apparently it's the new year now. seeing as it's january 8th and all.

it doesn't feel like it to me.

because my fall semester was so insane (taking five classes plus auditing 1 1/2, trying to help homeschool my sister, making things to sell at the sacred well, doing doctoral applications and missing the last two weeks of class to go to Israel), I ended up taking a couple of incompletes.
which means i am now writing papers. which is LAME. i have two papers (one nearly done, one barely started) and a final project (half done) which need to be finished by early next week.

say it with me folks: LAME.

i'm not particularly dispirited about this- i actually feel somewhat more motivated than i did during the semester. but it does mean that i A) have to be really careful not to miss any deadlines, which is harder than you might think because i'm used to january being mental time off, and my brain is rebelling against me, and B) i need to really churn out some work quickly.

it also just means that it does not feel like a new year for me at all. i still have all of last years baggage.

i've always been one of those people who really likes the new year- i always make resolutions, which i keep for at least a while, and i usually clean, start new journals, etc. but none of that has really happened yet. it's odd.

so, i think i will just have to put my new year off. let's declare feb. 1 as the new year, at least in my world. i have another three weeks to finish up my old business and prepare to usher in the new. to clean and get my mind in order and order my school books and so on. that'll be good.

who's with me?