Things are tight right now. But they are good.

Finances are tight. Time is tight. My muscles are tight (lol). My stomach must even be tight because it's felt tied in knots all week. :/

That said, midterm grades are beginning to roll in and surprise me happily. And this morning, at the brink between the Quad and Red Square, on the earliest tree each year to bloom, i saw little pink buds all over!