The calendar on the side of my blog homepage flipped to December today. If I had made a post yesterday I think it would have flipped then. But with no post it was willing to continue to show off my impressive array of November posts. This calendar function is a significant reason behind why I sometimes backdate my posts. I sometimes can only find the time to make several posts all at once. If I can spread them around I will look more prolific than if I post them all under just a few dates. I do frequently begin posts on many days, but it is sometimes only all at once that I am able to finish them properly.
But there was something very striking about seeing a blank calendar for December, having nothing to do with blogging. What a month it's going to be. Classes are wrapping up this week. 3 exams will need to be taken (2 in-class and 1 takehome). Study sessions need to take place. A paper needs to be written. Jobs need to be searched for. Rooms need to be cleaned. A note topic needs to be drafted. Everything previously neglected for the past several months needs to be attended to. Family needs to be visited.
But maybe most striking is that by the time the month is out, nearly everything I've done this semester will be behind me. Come January I'll be off to learn new things. Seems a little weird though – having put so much effort into everything this semester to suddenly have it fade into the background. In just a mere few weeks.