I love New York in the springtime.

I think spring has officially sprung in NYC. The trees are blooming and people actually look like human beings instead of walking pillars of down and wool. Unfortunately, on this particularly lovely spring day, I am stuck inside working on all my final papers. I have three more weeks in the semester, with at least one major project or paper due during each one. It is nice that they're a little spread out and that I don't have any actual exams. Besides, once it's over, I have almost four full months of summer to enjoy. I intend to spend every possible minute lounging in Central Park, taking Tanner to the dog run, reading (for pleasure!) on our sun deck and drinking white-wine sangria outside. Granted, I still haven't found a summer job, but that's a concern for another day.

So, to catch up. . . .

Mexico was FANTASTIC. Between the beach, the weather, the food and getting to catch up with Richard, I never wanted to leave. Tulum is a wonderful little town, completely free of the awful Spring-Breakness of Cancun. I was able to completely separate myself from school and New York and totally relax. I saw the ruins at Chichen Itza (which are the most famous in Mesoamerica) and Tulum and swam in two cenotes- Dos Ojos and El Gran Cenote. I would go back in less than a second.

The beach at Akiin. There are literally hundreds more pictures where this came from- let me know if you want to see them.

Since getting back to New York, I've been caught in a whirlwind of schoolwork, mostly due to the fact that I didn't really do anything over Spring Break- though, can you blame me? My mom was here for a week while my aunt started her recovery from spinal surgery. She's doing really well, but still has several weeks of inpatient PT at Rusk. Between all the work and family time, it's been kind of crazy since I got back. The semester is over in about 5 weeks and I have a lot to do between now and then. However, it will help me fill the time waiting to hear where my field placement will be next year.

I want to take a second to plug my fabulous roommate, Jessie, who just launched her first blog-

Check her out!