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incredibly roug…

notable mention — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:06:56 +0000

incredibly rough day.

haven’t posted in forever.

feeling beige.

Lost Summer

notable mention — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:06:16 +0000

Blueberry picking at home

Well well. It’s sometime mid-September and I’m just getting around to some posting. Geesh. Where does time go? It’s my goal to make this more routine and also work on a few other parts of life that have been irking me lately. So here’s to scratching one of the list. Sharing summer.

My mother and I did some early morning blueberry picking off of US-2. We were all alone in the big field and got enough berries for muffins, jarring, and pie. Yum!

Father hard at work doing some restoration

Some time in early August I visited my dad at work. He was restoring a boat from 1917 for the Antique Wooden Boat Show in Hessel, MI the following weekend. He doesn’t look like it’s a tough job…I could definitely be satisfied working on old boats alongside the pretty blue water all day. Hmmm.

Lake Huron on the big green monster

Speaking of boats, we went for a ride in our green monster through the channel. It was a lovely day with dad at the helm.

Summer bounty

This might have been dinner following the boat ride. Not quite sure. Irregardlessly, it was delicious. And huge. And delicious…

Half and Half

And to sum up my random collection of pics, here is a pizza that Matthew and I made from scratch – even the dough! My half is on the right and has more veggies and good stuff. His is more standard-boy of course. Delicious.

school again? wow.

notable mention — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:39:45 +0000

so it’s back. the school year. where in the world did summer go?

i’m sitting at my new desk trying to decipher my new schedule and keep up with homework (already!). still need to iron out a few kinks with my classes and see what tomorrow holds. has been ok so far and will more than likely be another challenging semester. i’m hoping to practice some better stress-management techniques this semester. no more flying off the handle and losing my mind. everything will be ok!

no other news really. trying to figure out plans for the coming weekends while school is still slightly tame and the weather is still beautiful. hopefully something fun is in the works.

should get back to reading. only 2 chapters to go, but a class awaits me at 6. lovely stuff.

notable mention — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:19:59 +0000

school is almost done. studying my brains out in order to pass stats. feeling sick and overwhelmed. super combo.

too much caffeine. too little sleep. will be happy when the stress is over.

crying in the cafeteria

notable mention — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:37:03 +0000

had an awful past 12 hours. wish i could run away from it all.

yearning

notable mention — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:33:50 +0000

Today is Tuesday. I was up at 6am, have loaded and started the dishwasher, gathered my bag of study stuff, and am now perched on the couch with coffee and homework. This week is my second to last week of school. Pretty terrifying. I’ll be ridiculously busy with final projects and exams this week and next, but I cannot wait for it to be done.

In the midst of all my studying and group meetings and crunching stats homework, all I can think about is shopping. It’s dreadful and vain and ridiculous, but true. I desperately want a new bag for school. It’s harder than you might think to be a trendy broke design student. I also want a few new items for the wardrobe. If only the government understood my additional student loan requirements….

Until I hit the lotto, I will just swoon over wish-lists and try to decide if I should go sporty or classy with a new backpack…. Decisions, decisions.

thursday is the new friday

notable mention — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:16:10 +0000

what a week. it’s been long and painful and filled with so much homework that i’ve been getting up at 5 or 6 am everyday and not going to bed until midnight. it’s nuts. more nuts than my previous semester. more nuts than i thought i could handle. classes are half over now, so that’s a relief. my only worry is my statistics class…let’s just say the probability of me even being able to pull of a b will be difficult.

this weekend marks independence day. sadly, i will not be able to occupy the usual street-side parade spot with my family in cedarville, but i do hope to explore chicago. i’m hoping matthew will want to go to navy pier or maybe even do some shopping on michigan ave. i’ll still have a boatload of homework to do, but i need to get some chicago bucket list items taken care of! also need a tan and to start working out…

no new revelations. i’m just staring at the clock willing statistics to be over. still and hour and a half to go. pain. utter pain. and there’s a midterm this coming tuesday. woo.

oh june, where have you gone

notable mention — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:18:15 +0000

i’m sitting in bed trying to write a paper. i have no will left in me to be thoughtful and smart right now.

had a lovely weekend home but feel sort of emptyish or something. i don’t know. feel like i’m just staring at my life as it passes me by. hate this feeling of loneliness and doubt.

Another year older

notable mention — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:08:52 +0000

I have a headache and it’s a dreary day. Wish Monday were a little happier. I got a bad grade on a paper and just had to present two projects to the same stodgy professor. I don’t want to go home. I don’t want to be here. Don’t want to do more homework. Don’t want to think. Blah.

Happy Hump

notable mention — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:21:06 +0000

I have not left the house yet today, but have had a great day so far. Did a bit of cleaning, put things away, got a bedskirt, hung curtains in the living room, got some new euro pillow shams, and had a sweet potato for lunch.

I’m thinking I should do some exercise and see what else is on my list before calling it a day. Besides, it is only 5pm – need to be a little more productive.

Tomorrow is the big trek to Milwaukee to car pool to the great north with Sara and Cody. Pretty excited. Seems like a lot of people will be going home. Will be great to see the pretty faces that I miss so much (talking about you Miss Lisa Jane!)

Ok, putting away the computer and getting the running shoes on. A good post-rain-storm jog sounds like a fresh idea.