life.

I haven't posted in a while because life has been extremely hectic, with packing up my stuff from my old place, moving to my friend's house for 2 weeks, transit, packing/unpacking....it is exhausting. And time sucking. But now hopefully things will calm down and fall into a sort of routine.

Work is going really well, I love my job. The bookstore has regular customers who come in several times a week, and even the people who've only met me once, remember my name. These are usually the older people who live in the village the store is in. It's a great community. I love recommending books to people, to know the perfect book for what they're looking for....to talk with them about books and writers and stories, is wonderful. I am being exposed to so many new authors and books, it's great.

I am trying to get back into reading a lot, since come September, I will be expected to read 2-3 books A WEEK. Plus write papers on them. And submit writing regularly. It kind of overwhelms me, how much will be expected of me. But I knew it was a demanding program when I applied. It still doesn't seem quite real that I really AM going.

I am very sad to think that I will be leaving Carolina in a few months. I literally cannot imagine packing my Jeep up and driving up North and not returning for a while. If I think about it too long, it breaks my heart.