After a long week...(Day 25)

You sometimes just need a frozen pizza and a movie night to cheer you up. 

Move Out Day (Day 24)

This time last year was move out day. I left the dorm life behind and embarked on the journey of real life apartment hunting. Looking back at pictures, I now remember it to be muggy and a bit chilly, cloudy and a bit wet. We moved all my stuff (7 boxes and some suitcases) into LJ and LM's apartment for storage and went on the east coast tour. It's weird that it's been a year now. Huh. 

Make Your Own Happiness (Day 22 and 23)

Today, I was given a reminder to live every day to the fullest, to make your own happiness. The world moves at a blistering pace and hours slip by at a time. Before you know it, deadlines rear up and there's no more time to find apartments or make PowerPoint slides or exercise or eat or think. Days pass where my only interaction with anyone really is a mumbled hello as I'm coming in and out of the TC room or a sleepy goodnight as I collapse in my bed. This is not always, but it is sometimes, and I think I'd literally like to stop and smell the flowers by the side of the road, to pause just a little bit and revel in the happy energy that surrounds me (yeah I've also been listening to The Enchanted Forest Chronicles on audiobook under the picking hood, which I haven't read since middle school and have become slightly inspired by the web of magic that surrounds the enchanted forest).

Here are some flowers that I noticed growing in our back yard yesterday. They bloomed rather surprisingly, pushed up like weeds and blossomed. 

And here's a cat LJ and I made friends with today. To be fair, she and this cat were already friends. I just tagged along for the cuddles. 

Rainbow on a cloudy day (Day 21)

Some days are just crappy. Things slip and fall, media goes everywhere, literally slipping from your grasp. Things then have to thaw more and warm more and all of a sudden, hours go by.

Had lunch at Catalyst today with JM, BM, and SW. Was delicious but sometimes, conversation can get somewhat mundane. 

Parked my bike outside and it started sprinkling. Not good but got it under shelter on the way home in time for the more constant rainfall. 

My wrist hurts from picking colonies. My brace is not yet here. My ankle hurts cause I tripped over myself yesterday. My hormones are major tripping. And my eyes started itching after I ate some blackberries. Body. 

AS came to visit and collected his birthday torte today. The hazelnut concoction that LJ made was delicious. And, at sunset, there was a sunset on one side of house and a rainbow on the other. I guess there is a silver lining. 

Bright and Green (Days 18, 19, 20)

Day 18: May Day party! Shenanigans ensue. 

Day 19: The world is green again! Listened to NK and CB debut their band on AC's porch. Then had an impromptu BBQ on BM+SL's rooftop. Yum burgers. And a hammock!

Day 20: Downton Abbey and brunch with SF and VM! And, the world is green. 

Oh those 12 hour days (Day 17)

Oh picking hood, you do vex me. But then again, science!

The Green Stuff (Day 16)

Sometimes, it's just the yums.