my apartment complex's wild kingdom

After coming back from the movies last night, Justin and I saw what we have since determined was probably a great-horned owl perched on a lamppost by my apartment. It was huge! To me it just looked like a big greyish lump; I could barely make out a rotating head after staring at it for a minute, holding my thumb up to block the light. Justin thought he got a good look at its facial coloration though, and that, combined with stats on owls in the county (I heart the Internet) and the fact that it definitely was a large owl, led us to the conclusion that it was most likely a great-horned. It was probably there to eat some of the rabbits, although apparently they will eat almost anything, including armadillos and baby alligators.

In other news, I am writing a final exam for the first time tonight. It's harder than I expected, but it's coming together now. The real test (no pun intended, oops) will be seeing a) if it seems to fill up 2 hours well and b) what kind of answers I get for the questions I ask. I just might have to be a more lenient grader this time, depending on how things go.

Tomorrow will be a marathon writing day, I'm afraid. But the end of the quarter is in sight!