Planning Classes and Vacation

I slept awfully last night. I feel like I woke up about six times during the night (Neal confirms that I was tossing and turning pretty frequently), and I got out of bed under the hazy impression that the cat had done something horrendous to the floor and that Neal was injured. Neither was true, and Neal tried to put me back to bed for another hour or so to no avail. It was 5:00 A.M., and there was no way I was getting back to sleep. To consolidate an entire morning of giddy loopiness, I'll just say that I was singing this on and off all morning: 

Which is, you know, a little embarrassing.

But BYU also posted the Fall 2011 class schedule! I've been waiting for this with more anticipation than you would think possible. I've been checking daily for at least the past two weeks. Picked out my next set of English classes, structured them around my editing class, and called it a morning. Forecast: Myth, Legend, and Folklore; Shakespeare; American Literary History; British Literature from 1900-1950; fiction editing; and some career figuring-out class for humanities majors. Registration on March 29. Cool. But I'll be even happier when I have most of my major requirements out of the way and can just take fun electives.

Something I've been telling my coworkers a lot about is how I'm beating BYU's academic calendar and giving myself a spring break this year. I will be taking all my finals on Saturday, April 16th, the first day of finals. For those who are wondering if I'm crazy, I reply that BYU had three out of four of my exams scheduled for that day. I might as well just take grammar in the testing center that morning until I have finals from 11-2, 2:30-5:30, and 8-11.

But in effect, I get a vacation! Neal and I have been talking about it, and I'm leaning toward Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon. I haven't been on much of a vacation for over five years, so I'm really looking forward to it. I told Neal in my stupor that I "wanted to ride the mules," but maybe he'll take my planning more seriously now that I'm a bit more cogent. Fingers crossed.