Oh Academia, How I Love Thee.

I love school!!

I really do.

I love the structure, learning new things every day, being surrounded by others who thrive in the academia, all of it. Ok, maybe not all. I could do without having to write papers, or staying up late at night to study, or having to take incredibly hard tests (alright, maybe I love these things too... What of it?).

After the holidays, I realized it was time to go back to school when I spent my monday doing the following:

-Cleaning the apartment

-Running errands around town

-Straightening my hair (which takes like 1+ hour)

-Reading for fun (!!)

-Finding more things to clean

-Playing videogames

-Playing boardgames

-Anything to keep boredom as far away as possible...

And still I got bored. Go figure.

So I was very much relieved to have school start again. I did well in my classes last quarter, so I've been all psyched up for this quarter. I have super interesting classes, which are also quite challenging, as well as a less interesting class, which creates the challenge to stay focused during lecture and actually pay attention. Hopefully I'll do as well this quarter as last, maybe even better! And I know if I apply myself and stay focused, that shouldn't be a problem.

In other news, I've been quite knitty lately. I managed to pick it up pretty fast! I started like a year ago doing the basics, nothing fancy, and then dropped it after a few months and forgot about it. But then last quarter I decided to pick it up as a distraction from school, and realized I'm not half bad. So far I've finished a long scarf for Mia (started over a year ago), two headband/ear warmers (both failed, too big), a pair of mittens for Stoo (success!!!), and now I've started a pair of arm warmers for my roommate Ariel (complete with fancy cables (the twisty looking awesomeness)). This summer I tried sewing a skirt, and failed. I'm no seamstress, turns out. So I was excited to find that I actually can be crafty! Moral of the story: be expecting knit gifts from me for a while :)

That's it for now folks.

Mittens!