Everything comes to an end

Well, looks like my summer break is coming to a close next Monday. All in all it was a fairly nice summer to be stuck in Tucson. We had a good, long monsoon season this year, and received far more than double the average rainfall. Things were really tough money wise, but we managed to squeak by. The bus, which sat in the driveway all summer, has finally been repaired thanks to a couple of books I was able to sell. I don't know about all of you, but the recession has been pretty tough on us. Actually, Tucson in general has been really suffering. I went to the thrift store (my usual one) to get a few clothes a few days ago, and I couldn't believe how packed it was. Usually only a handful of people will be scattered around the department sized store, but apparently that is not the case anymore. While I was standing in the 20 cart deep checkout line I chatted with a few fellow shoppers. Many of which had never been to a thrift store, but simply can't afford to buy clothes from a department store any longer. Many were elderly and living on fixed incomes, while others were my age (or younger) trying to offset the rise in gas and food prices. Hopefully, now that the college kids are back for school, we'll see a little boost here.

Not much going on otherwise. My lineup for school this semester is:

Intaglio Printmaking
Independent Study - Sculpture
Intro. to Fiction Writing
Literary Analysis
Intro. to Costume Design (this is part of the English Education Degree believe it or not)

Should make for an interesting semester :o).

Well, I guess that's it. Hope all of you are well, and take care!