And I'm totally excited for it. I'm not saying that I hate working or anything like that... I LOVE work. Honest. But I'm also finding that I really enjoy this whole 4 day work week, 3 day weekend thing I have going on. I love being more relaxed, not stressed out (although there is still stress at times, but not nearly the same caliber as junior ( Read more... )

 So, in a fit of creativity/craftiness, I headed out to the fabric store to get some patterns for fabric I had bought a few summers ago to make skirts. I wound up coming home with three patterns, and enough fabric for three new skirts. (How can you say no to $1.50/yd fabric? Honestly. Even if I did find it at the last minute.) Add that to the two ( Read more... )

 Things that make a crummy day better:
* Finding "missing" projectors and seeing friendly professors who greet me in the morning at work.
* Walking the Mile with Janelle (and another one by myself after that!) in the gorgeous weather.
* Taking a mid-afternoon nap.
* Finding cups with built-in straws at Michael's. Along with bright orange bath poofs, ( Read more... )

Definitely my favorite quote of the day. Delightful day altogether. :)
Church was wonderful. Good hymns, excellent sermon about how our God's not too small to take care of us and provide for us. And I got to sit next to my dear friend Judy in Bible Class... and talk to my good friend Debbie about senior pictures (oh, how those seem so long ago!). ( Read more... )

Well, my friends. It's been an interesting couple of weeks, nay months. Difficult times with peers, friends, and myself. I haven't been very happy with who I am-- much less really known who I am. I've been very lost, feeling without an identity, and not knowing where to turn or what to do. I've cried more this semester than I ever remember crying ( Read more... )