Glee

No, not the television show. I've actually never even seen it, though Jane Lynch is pretty awesome. I'm talking about the emotion - as in, I'm experiencing glee everytime I think about how I only have 4 more night classes ever to attend as a student. 

Doesn't that just sound fan-freaking-tabulous?! 

That's right, this Monday and Thursday and the Monday and Thursday after Thanksgiving and then my night-class student tenure is OFFICIALLY OVER. (You better believe I'm counting down.) Sure, I might have to teach night classes in the future, but that's different b/c, well, b/c it just is. (Haha.) 

It's truly hard for me to convey just how sick of coursework I am. I have spent 11.5 years in post secondary education at this point - all the while taking classes. ELEVEN AND A HALF YEARS! Next semester I will finish up my last 3 credits of coursework out of the classroom - doing an independent reading with my drama professor (this is studying plays, not performing them) - and I'll start writing my lists for my comprehensive exams. 

Will things get easier? Surely no. But I cannot wait to not be stuck on campus until 9 p.m. and then have to drive nearly an hour home! This is joyous! Smile with me! Glee, I tell you! Glee! 

Beefalo!

B/c I really do learn something new every day, I just want to spend a moment on the beefalo. Until 4 minutes ago, I had no idea such a thing existed; in fact, when Shannon texted the word (as part of the following phrase, it should be noted: "I'm coloring a beefalo, don't pressure me, sista!") I assumed it was either a typo or a make-up. 

But no. The beefalo is, indeed, a real, true-blue creature. 

Courtesy of Wikipedia, I have learned that the beefalo is a hybrid of a domestic cattle boy and a bison/buffalo girl. When they meet and fall in love, the two go back to the barn and . . . . 

The breed used to be called "cattalo," but for reasons too complex to enummerate here, it is no longer. But that's okay, b/c "beefalo" is so dang cute.

My amazement at all this is two-fold. First, I now know of a breed of animal that for me, had never existed. And, in the not-so-distant past (150-250 years), it didn't exist. 

Almost 29 years old and the world never ceases to amaze me.