dare i say it?

there's a chance (a pretty big one, but i won't say 100% yet)...

that i've finished my work (the big stuff) for classes this summer.

i just put the finishing touches on an 8 page research proposal and just have to tie up some loose ends (add publishers to my annotated bibliography) on my 11 page collection development project that i "finished" yesterday.

joy. that's an understatement.

there's also a chance (again, a pretty big one) that last week's foolishness and bad moodiness and over-all crankiness in this household are gone!

right now it looks like this upstairs:

we went to the res beach this morning and let the girls watch a movie upstairs with some conditions: they were to stay on the couch, with quiet mouths and hands, no fooling around. if they broke those rules, either one of them, they would have to go to their room and be quiet in their beds, where they've spent the last 4 "rest times" this week (though they've been louder than thunder and more obnoxious than...something that's stupidly obnoxious...when they've been banished to "nap"time.)

so this sight? with nola sound asleep and avery cuddled up and QUIET so that her sister can sleep? 

priceless.

we're going to get ice cream to celebrate the victories for everyone. 

ps, ha! you can tell when it's the end of a semester i guess. april i only had 5 posts all month. july, so far, only has 2 :)