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The start of the semester's going pretty well. I'm getting stuff done, and it's nice. I've reorganized my room, and it's not astonishingly better, but it's got a lot more usable space than it did before. Right now I haven't got anywhere to store my clothes: my dresser was cracked along one side and after moving it it became a lot worse, so right now I've got my clothes in drawers and laundry baskets on the floor. Not very useful like that. A friend offered a cedar chest she's looking to get rid of though and that would be pretty useful; it has the distinct advantage that it would fit underneath the windows in my room, and therefore I have more options on where to place it.
I have a desk now, and I think I'll finally be getting a chair that my mom's been trying to get me to take for the last year and a half. I didn't really have space for it before.
Classes are going pretty well. Some of them are coming across as really frustratingly simple-I'm more frustrated at one class than I have been at any class since my final semester at LSC, but I guess I'll be learning some useful things and I don't know, I'm trying to have a positive attitude. Sometimes I just want to rant though. I'm really excited about first response training. I want the skills and I'm enjoying the classes so far, so it's all-around a good thing.
I sent off a membership application for a CSA farm for summer & fall shares, and I should be getting a confirmation within a week or so. I'm really excited about the prospect of fresh, locally grown produce, even if it won't be starting till June.
Some of the stressful things that were going on with my family last semester are starting to wind down, and that's a huge relief. I still worry and hope for the best, but I'm feeling less like it's my job to sort things out. Whether that's because the situation is improving or because I'm getting better at drawing the line of my own involvement, I'm not sure, but I know that I'm less stressed.
Ticket prices to Toronto went down a bit more, so they're back under $300. I'm not sure whether I want to get a ticket now and have it settled, or wait to see if it drops any further. When I first looked the tickets were only $260. On a vaguely related (i.e., not really, except that it deals with money) note, now that I've settled on a plan (or at least a rough budget estimate) on saving for the house, my savings account is growing a little faster. I've been in the habit of saving for years, so I always set aside at least 10% of each paycheck, but with a specific goal it's easier to set aside a few more dollars here and there and put gifts directly into savings rather than thinking about how I'd like to spend them.
And... I've spent enough time procrastinating: time to work on my paper and finish the reading for tomorrow's classes.
I have a desk now, and I think I'll finally be getting a chair that my mom's been trying to get me to take for the last year and a half. I didn't really have space for it before.
Classes are going pretty well. Some of them are coming across as really frustratingly simple-I'm more frustrated at one class than I have been at any class since my final semester at LSC, but I guess I'll be learning some useful things and I don't know, I'm trying to have a positive attitude. Sometimes I just want to rant though. I'm really excited about first response training. I want the skills and I'm enjoying the classes so far, so it's all-around a good thing.
I sent off a membership application for a CSA farm for summer & fall shares, and I should be getting a confirmation within a week or so. I'm really excited about the prospect of fresh, locally grown produce, even if it won't be starting till June.
Some of the stressful things that were going on with my family last semester are starting to wind down, and that's a huge relief. I still worry and hope for the best, but I'm feeling less like it's my job to sort things out. Whether that's because the situation is improving or because I'm getting better at drawing the line of my own involvement, I'm not sure, but I know that I'm less stressed.
Ticket prices to Toronto went down a bit more, so they're back under $300. I'm not sure whether I want to get a ticket now and have it settled, or wait to see if it drops any further. When I first looked the tickets were only $260. On a vaguely related (i.e., not really, except that it deals with money) note, now that I've settled on a plan (or at least a rough budget estimate) on saving for the house, my savings account is growing a little faster. I've been in the habit of saving for years, so I always set aside at least 10% of each paycheck, but with a specific goal it's easier to set aside a few more dollars here and there and put gifts directly into savings rather than thinking about how I'd like to spend them.
And... I've spent enough time procrastinating: time to work on my paper and finish the reading for tomorrow's classes.