i have a lot of homework to do, as usual. im just feeling extra unenthusiastic this time. im not inspired by the essay prompt at all. i think it's because in this class we have been reading and talking about slavery for weeks and weeks that i just don't feel the need to write this essay on the role of gender and family during the lives of slaves because i know we've already discussed it in class. all of the prompts she gave us we've already discussed. and she expects three to five pages which is crazy. in my composition class, three to five pages is a lot of even too much. thank god she wants it double spaced though. i picked the easiest prompt. maybe i can make it work. i also have to read sixty pages in the age of innocence. she may have given us an entire weekend to read all of those pages, but that's on top of this essay. she's crazy and inconsiderate. if i can't finish the reading, then whatever. i've been through this before. i'll suffer on another quiz and then pick myself up for the next reading assignment, reading twice as much as what is called for. i usually enjoy school and don't take childhood for granted enough to want to go through the rest of the year and not skip to the end, but, with all of this work, i just can't wait for my junior year to be over and done with. i just want it to be summer. even vacation just wasn't long enough. speaking of vacation, during spring break my family and i are all going to connecticut to see chicago perform. kind of a big deal. im excited for that. i love my mommy and my sisters more than anything.