Happy Birthday, Mom

A quick but sincere happy birthday to my mother—today deserves at least that acknowledgment. It also happens to mark my last final exam of the year, though I find it difficult to summon much feeling about it either way, given that I’ll be repeating the year regardless. Apparently I’m not alone in that situation this year, which is a small consolation. In any case: vacation, at last. Now if only whatever is making that noise outside my window would stop.