Calendars frighten me

So today I looked at the date on the calendar next to my desk, and the fact that it is already almost July really freaked me out. Where, I wonder, did all the time go to devote to all the things that I've been planning on doing this summer? I mean, good God, before I know it I'll be standing/sitting on the banks of the Rock River listening to the sweet guitar-ing of "Don't Fear the Reaper" and bidding farewell to friends who are only working in Beloit for the first part of the summer. Let's face it, once July 15th or so hits, it's all downhill after that. In my hometown we have a fair called Heritage Days (dodgy carnies and all!) which is always held the second weekend in July, and it always seemed to usher in the beginning of the end. Riverfest is like my Beloit summer version of Heritage Days. Ack. But with Steppenwolf and Blue öyster Cult instead of carnies.

In typical Laura fashion, I've taken on two extra projects this summer to exercise my academic brain (come November I'll be lamenting schoolwork--now I can't get enough! Go fig) and my weekly schedule is actually filling up. One of these projects is transcribing interviews from local Beloit citizens as part of a project which is actually going to expand into a course this fall. The really crazy thing is that there are two professors teaching it: Amy Sarno, who's a personal favorite of mine, and Darren Kelly, who's a Dublin-based professor who--THIS is the crazy part--was on the faculty of my study abroad program in Ireland. *head explodes* It is a small world, after all.

Well, that's all for now--everyone in the Midwest/other warm places, try to stay as cool as possible! ~ Laura DM