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Moving on

from all the books I had to read during the school year, to all the books I want to read this summer!

Study Break

It's a typical Saturday night during exams. I've been studying all day. Mr. Moggie and some of our friends want to go out. I want to go out, too, but must decline. I have to eat, though, so I make plans to have dinner with them before they head out for their night on the town.

We go out for sushi and when the waitress takes drink orders, I want a glass of wine or an Asahi like everyone else. Instead I order a Coke. We talk about how I've developed several wisps of gray hair in the last few months. Dinner ends and I go home to study, saying goodbye as everyone leaves for the nightlife downtown.

Once home, I sit in front of my computer and stare at the same notes and outline I've been poring over all day. Only it's just not sinking in anymore. My brain is saturated. I try and I try to make something stick, but I just start getting depressed about all my friends having a fun night, while I pull out my newly gray hair.

If none of this sounds like fun to you, don't go to law school. If any of this sounds like fun to you, no offense but you're crazy. And you shouldn't go to law school either - you'll mess up the grading curve for everyone else. 

Even though I wasn't getting any studying done, I knew I had to stay in and get some rest so that I could do the whole thing over on Sunday. So I grabbed the mini album that had been part of the March Cupcake Kit, and cropped, and pasted, and felt a whole lot better when I had this neat little book to show for my evening in. While Mr. Moggie just had Sunday's hangover :)

Thank you cards - without frills

Remember when I was trying to make a manly thank you card? And I had to go and add pink? And the cards were no longer as manly as I had originally imagined? Yeah.

Well, I tried again a few days ago. And I got some great feedback. Mr. Moggie reports that his labmate, the one who had originally requested more masculine cards around here at Grey Moggie, squealed when he saw the cards.

He squealed, guys! I couldn't be prouder! Now go on over to the Etsy shop and get one of these cards - make someone squeal!

The Real Grey Moggie - stealing the scene

Or stealing my breakfast.

Some mornings I like to get up early to do homework or catch up on reading before class. Often when I do this, I eat breakfast at my desk while Mr. Moggie gets ready for work and The Real Grey Moggie takes her first cat nap of the day at my feet. I'm doing homework, but sometimes there's a sweet little family moment squeezed in.

When I eat buttered toast at my desk, The Real Grey Moggie gets up out of her little cat bed under the desk and sniffs around trying to find that delicious smell. Sometimes she tries to sneak a little nibble...and a few months ago, I caught her doing this on camera.

On Wednesday night, she made her bravest food-stealing move yet. Mr. Moggie had plated a mache-asparagus-pistachio salad in order to take a photo for his blog. When he was done with the camera, and he had offered me the salad as a pre-dinner snack, The Real Grey Moggie moved in to claim the salad (or at least the cheese shavings) as her own. What a cute little sneak!

True Love

True love is Mr. Moggie coming home on Monday night and announcing, "I know you're really stressed about exams, and I think that if you can take a study break this will be good for you." And then he handed me this Hello Kitty coloring book.

True Love is also learning that "Hello Kitty is a beautiful mermaid."

Just in time for Mothers Day

After my exam on Tuesday night, I decided I would take the rest of the evening off since I had a week until the next exam. I made dinner plans with a friend and while I waited for her to show up, I played around with some new tools. Like my new vase paper punch. And those liquid pearls. I'd had to ignore these fun toys when I first got them because I've been spending most of my time studying.

When the card came together, I realized it would be perfect as a Mothers Day card. If you're still looking for a special card for that sweet lady who nurtured you as a child and still calls you every day, find these in my Etsy shop.