Katie's 99 in 999 (currently 55 in 555!)

So, Lent.  I gave up something-or-another in high school once for Lent (soda? chocolate?), but I remember not being serious enough about it to sacrifice anything on which I placed a high value, which probably defeated the purpose.  This time, I wanted to do it "right," so I picked the habit hardest to abandon: Facebook. Have I ever mentioned my Facebook addiction?  Ok, stop laughing, it's a real thing.  When you're states away from most of your pals and your husband studies a lot, Facebook and blog creeping are your pseudo-social way of keeping tabs on all the cool people you know.  You can also the non-cool people you know, but that's probably why you keep your Myspace around, right? I had a few people tease me about participating in Lent (don't worry, Robin, I'm not pointing any fingers or anything) because I'm not Catholic, but I personally think Lent is an incredible idea.  What better way to prepare for Easter than to remember Christ'...

As you can see from my lack of blogging lately, having a full-time job and going to graduate school has definitely been taking its toll!  I don't want anyone thinking I actually do homework everyday--I have a reputation to keep, after all--but when I'm not doing my homework, blogging makes me feel guilty about not doing my homework, and that just won't do when I'm trying to watch Modern Family at the same time.  I could make a bunch of empty promises about how I'll post more now that classes are over (and very few times in my life have I ever been more relieved to see them end), but I already made a few empty promises about working out this summer, so I think I'm maxed out on those. All my homework procrastination and lack of blogging aside, look what I did! Granted, it's only two (not very challenging) classes, but it still totally counts for my 4.0 goal.  I have yet to take a literature-based course in my program (weird, right?), so my two read-thi...