Older and Wiser?

It's almost a week since my birthday, and I should report that I'm acting my age. I do my homework (mostly). I make my bed. I do the dishes. I eat my vegetables. Aren't I a good girl? :)

All those things are perfectly true, of course. However, for a more accurate picture: the research paper gets started the night before it's due -- at eleven pm. I swore the following day that I would be good from here on in; I began my reading for my doctoral level class last night at 10:45! Both days, of course, I'm in class non-stop with analyses due (and Brahms ain't basic!). The good news? My prof told me (quietly, outside of class) that my paper was a model of what it should be! I have a recording of Brahms, and assimilated it rather well, if I do say so. I participated in discussion and mostly made sense. And I learned a new phrase in Italian yesterday: "la rugiada della montagno." A fine beverage that has thus far aided me incredibly in my pursuit of knowledge. Ah, the good ol' rugiada della montagno! :)