It's fun and keeps me pleasantly distracted from parts of real life. Practicing the Uke-uh-lay-lay, hooray! Take a gander at these two original pieces. LOLOL
Semester 1 Fall 2013
Semester 2 Winter 2014
In other notes, I'm keeping afloat, studying for French proficiency, and taking beaucoup de naps.
My birthday is coming up this month, just in time for the end of the semester crunch (let's get ready to ruuuuummmmbbbblleeee)! Here's a list of my somewhat unattainable birthday wishes:
Hiking boots
Kayak (craigslist, anyone?)
Screen (for screen prints) / carving tools
ENO hammock
Cello (This one probably won't happen for several, several years)
I'd be happy with just some hiking booties though! Keep swimming, friends. Spring is definitely here!
March, right? Is that the sun shining on me? Is that dirt... and dare I say it... grass?? Are those... little birdies that want me to wake up? Slowly but surely, we are making it out of our hibernation and jumping into spring! Glorious spring: trees sprouting baby leaves, co-eds shedding their layers, and the sun staying with us for a bit longer each day.
Take it away, Thumbelina:
(According to my family, I would waltz around the house, nearly every day of April, and sprinkle these majestic lyrics to the world)
But we mustn't be fooled. That wind can chill a brother to the bone! Maybe we should think of spring as a reward to all of our hard work that we have done this semester! Time to crank this winter-term out, and breathe in some fresh O2. Spring is among us... I can smell it!
P.S.
This is my life now. I'm addicted. I am no longer a person, but a composition of Leonardo DiCaprio characters, various sandwiches, cute little piglets, cupcakes, and bitchin' 90's pop divas. Good bye, Jill -- and heeeelllo miscellaneous-ity.
Winter is lovely, it is... but I am ready for some life in the world again! Missin'Spring2k14
My beautiful momma springing life into the world,
one fiddle at a time
As midterm week drags on, I am doing my very best to stay alive & well! Taking my One-A-Day Women Multi-Vitamin Gummies, rising with the sun (jk sun has already risen) to get my body moving with a dreadful morning run, picking up extra shifts at work to make the mula, staying on top of my studying so by the end of the semester it doesn't consume me, whole! You know, the works.
Oh, spring break plans? Let me just double check.
Yes, I did just google what time Disney World closes on Fridays. BECAUSE I'M HEADED TO ORLANDOOOOOO! (announce in Oprah Winfrey gift voice) Like I have a flight booked and all.
My dawg and I chillin' on the sunny beaches of FL
Here's me two weeks in the future meeting Mr. & Mrs. Mouse
Pure Joy
Alrighty, I'm getting so excited, so I'm going to hop back into the real world and begin my day!
'Tis a new year, full of fresh beginnings and opportunities to reinvent ourselves! How endearing, right?
I PLEDGE TO (feel good and) DO GOOD
After all, it is a new year, so why not focus on a new project? A project that starts with the self, and then ripples outward onto every person that you happen to cross paths with. This journey will take time and dedication, but by next year we will see how we have grown and what we have accomplished. Bon chance!
Feelin' Good In The New Year
Listen to your body! It is a temple, after all. Our bodies know how to communicate with us, and it wants us to feel good. Once we get beyond our sugar addictions, our bodies will crave the nutrients it needs (eat good feel good, right?). I don't like waking up in the morning feeling greasy and bloated from the pizza I ate half of last night. I know that I am happiest when I feel good-healthy-strong, and having a healthy diet (filled with fresh, nutritious foods) I am able to take the first steps to being a do-good-er. "One must help themselves before the help others." Feel good, do good!
Listen and communicate. We need communication and interaction; we are social beings and need each other to survive. Communication makes us feel heard, which makes us feel happy. Communicate more, and let people communicate with you. Listen. Take time! There's no reason to rush communication. So take a chill pill-- everyone is perfectly grateful to have your attention, and they will be just as open to listen to you. There you have it: communication.
Find your soul song. Metaphorically, or literally! Like the penguins in Happy Feet! As that light-hearted movie teaches us, it's okay to be different. In fact, your differences will set you apart from others, and open more doors for you. They make you unique! The first step to finding your soul song requires some self-actualizing confidence (wavering between your true self and your expected self will create an internal insecurity, leaving you stuck in a limbo state of mind. Being anything but yourself is exhausting.)
I'm saying goodbye to my favorite roommate tomorrow afternoon. And although I am so sad to see her go, I must see this new chapter (in both of our lives) as an adventure! We've shared the best times together, and I will always love this part of my life because I have been so lucky to get to know and become best friends with such a wonderful young lady!
As sad as it is to see my best friend leave, I will always be so grateful that our paths have crossed for as long as they have. I have learned so much and experienced such happiness! Our paths are bound to cross again, and until they do, we will be living our own adventures. Livin' life; breathin' air.
Went to Chicago this weekend and had my eyes opened to the world! I'm still trying to figure out when I closed myself off to the beautiful things around me. Every day is an adventure, and there is so much out there, waiting for us to take in! I'm not quite sure what made me realize that I needed a change- perhaps finishing The Giver gave me the courage to seize the day, and make things right in the world; perhaps it was being immersed into a new, and potentially dangerous city, given no other option but to figure it out. Perhaps it was the people I was around, the things we were doing, and the stories that were shared, that encouraged me to let my barricade down. Either way, I've realized that we all must live with adventure in mind, otherwise we will regret what we did not do, because we were too scared to do it. Life is not something to miss out on, it's something we must participate in!
Now look at me, up to see the sunrise, bloggin and stuffs.
