It seems like every journal entry I have is talking about how I've been all space-cadet like for the past while. Well, this one is no different! I'm officially finished my first year of my Masters and I'm working away getting a head start on my second year. Things are very busy, but going very well.

The weather is starting to get nice and toasty (well it was, until the cool fall like weather today), but I'm just putting up photos from Scotland when I was visiting this past December/January.

Abrazo!

Wow! It's been forever since I've come here on a regular basis! I need to change that.

2009 has started off wonderfully, as I was in Scotland over my winter break with my best friend. My Masters program is going very well. It's exhausting but I love every bit of it to bits.

Happy New Year, all!

So it's been a long time since I've been on DA. I'm not sure what kept me away, but I just didn't feel any pull to really come online for the past while. I'm happy to be back though, and I must say that I do like Version 6, mostly, the preview of the deviations. For someone like me with 500+ deviations to look at, this is a great way to look at all of them quickly, instead of just skipping them all (which I totally wouldn't be able to do).

So I'm back from Italy, my second trip of the year. I travelled on my own with a tour company and had such a wonderful time. My favourites were Pompeii, Rome and Florence. I would love to go back to Lake Garda and to Venice. I will be posting pictures from that trip that I took with my new compact Canon. I loved the SD400, but the lack of IS was driving me nuts, so I just made the simple upgrade to the SD1100. It's serving me well, but I'm having a problem with washed out skies when I focus on certain things. I'm not sure if it's just a glitch with my camera, since it wasn't an issue with my last one, or maybe I just have to play around with settings.

Hmmm...

I just got back from Barbados a few weeks ago and I'm really itching to put up those pictures. So, since I've finally finished putting up some Europe pictures, I'm skipping the rest of last year and going straight to my recent Barbados pictures!

3 months until I go back to Italy! I'm incredibly excited about it.

I'm a little anxious to find out about whether or not I've gotten into a Teacher Education program this year, but only a couple weeks til I get the results! I'll most definitely be biting my nails until then.

As I mentioned a few entries ago, I was in Europe (Italy, France and Spain) a few months ago, thanks to being a lucky winner from a local radio station. I've just started uploading pictures from that trip, and other since my return.

I've been catching up on all the deviations that have been posted by those artists who I'm watching. I was at just under 1,000, and now I'm at 160, so I'm doing pretty good! I refuse to leave any unseen.

I've been gravitating to many spiritual things lately, which is a bit odd for me, since I'm not a follower of any particular religion. Maybe it's just that time of year.