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I turned in a twenty-three page English paper today for my Shakespeare class (oh it was something about Turks and the Tempest, I read Nabil Matar, Jonathan Burton, Jerry Brotton, Daniel Vitkus).

Now I am really done and the rest of my life begins. I celebrated with my family by going out to Fountain Garden Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood (where I ordered a Tsing Tao). There will be graduation events later in the week. Tonight I began reading Juan Rulfo's book Pedro Paramo. Now I can read again, with no guilt or fear of unfinished classwork hanging over me.

Insomnia however. That's why I'm online. I really want to go to bed earlier and quit surfing the internet late at night. Tonight I did everything - in bed, lights out, no computer beforehand. When i couldn't sleep, i drank a glass of milk. Nope. Took two Benadryl. Nope.

It's just too exciting and nerve-racking. I have a novel in the works and it's time to turn back to it after the frenzy of the last weeks of school. Is this what's keeping me awake?

Good night...

Comments

[Maloof]

Congrats! That's quite an achievement. Looking forward to someday reading your novel.

[Stephen Frug]

Congratulations, Leila!

[Leila A.]

Thank you, Maloof and Stephen...