[The way Loki lays on the chair, with his paws tucked underneath him.]

[The way Eris curls up, so tiny, when she's sleepy.]

[My sister's baby bump at 13 weeks, 2 days. (She'll be 14 weeks on Saturday.)]

[Florida skies and roadtrips.]

[Being with my husband & enjoying the world.]

What are you loving right now?

My classes start on Saturday. MY CLASSES START ON SATURDAY. Obviously, I’m a bit excited, but I’m also anxious. I have a knot in my stomach, and I just want to get started so that I know what to expect. Right now, I have no idea what to expect for each class, and that makes me nervous. I’m taking Astronomy with a lab (all online), and though I’m really excited to learn a bit more about our universe, I’m still very nervous because I haven’t taken a science since my junior year of high school.

I’m also excited & nervous about my Religions of the World class. Though I live in the Bible belt where the majority are Christian, I’ve become very open-minded about religion. (And I have my own thoughts on religion and what I believe in, but that’s probably for another post–I just don’t want to step on toes!) I’m beyond thrilled that I will be learning about different religions around the world; I just hope I can grasp the concept of each.

I’m mostly on the fence when it comes to my U.S. History II class. I’ve already taken U.S. History I online, and it went well (after dropping out of the class in the spring of 2008, back when I dropped out of school completely). I’m not a huge history fan, but I can do the work, so I’m not extremely excited about the class … But I’m hoping that I can be excited about learning about the past.

Lastly, I’m taking Intro to Abnormal Psychology, so it goes along with my major. I’m obviously excited about it because I’m looking forward to learning more about the human brain and moving toward my end goal–becoming a psychologist/counselor. I’ve only taken Psychology 101, Human Growth & Development, and Child Growth & Development when it comes to psychology classes, so I’m glad to be moving forward with more classes toward my major.

I’m mostly excited about school starting because that means I’m one step closer to the end.

*Thanks so much to Aly for sending me the picture from my flickr account, since flickr is blocked at work!