Working on my course. :o) One single solitary course, and I'm finished with my degree.
I'm excited and worried and proud and ashamed, all at once.
But I'm working on it.
The last "deferred" that's clear-able has finally been cleared on my transcript. I talked with the person I need to, and got instructions about what I need to do to graduate... *one* half-credit course in anything, not a first-year. That's it. :o)
I've been trying to call my parents. I thought I was having the worst luck - they never answered. I know they aren't out *that* much. Turns out a phone jack (installed by the phone company) shorted out and so their landline couldn't receive incoming calls. For a month or so.
It turned out that I missed some very significant news from home.
This has made me realise something which I'm not going to put down here... but any good thinks that you can send my way would be appreciated. This is not little, but is probably not what you think. Regardless of what you might be thinking it is. Sorry.
"I am listening. What are your principles?"
"To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity. To preserve the honor of my name and House, and to cherish the memory of the Empire. To always care for my horse, my lackey, and my equipage as if they were part of my own body. To hold myself to higher standards of conduct than I hold another. To never strike without cause, and, when there is cause, to strike for the heart. To respect, love, and obey those whom the gods have made my masters, for their sake when deserved, for my sake should my masters be unworthy, and for the sake of duty at all times. To be loyal to my House, my family, my name, and the principle of the Empire."
_The Paths of the Dead_, Steven Brust.
What is one of *your* favourite book quotes? Please share!