1) one of my new favorites:







love her. cannot wait until she makes her way to Atlanta.



2) one of my least favorites of all time:

work. or, more specifically, my job...career...whatever.

so, in keeping with everyone else i know turning 30-something and making a major life change (read: going to law school), i am also seriously considering finally going to grad school myself--but for me, it's social work. my first step is going to be taking the GRE again...as it's been about 8.5 years since I took it last. wow. that's an eye-opener. so, i'm going to do that, see how well (or poorly) i do, and go from there. i have two local program options, only one of them having a part-time option...so i guess i really only have one local option. but it's a pretty decent one, i think. the deadline for application was February 1, but i could always submit it late and cross my fingers. or wait until next fall to start. all of this hinges upon securing some sort of financial aid (from g-ma's education fund or elsewhere), of course.

so. that's that. for now.