craziness

Hello world !
 I have not dropped off the face of the earth; I have just been sucked into life moving 4293847 mph.

I went to Baltimore over the weekend (first time since Halloween, crazy!) and it was an incredible escape from reality.

so warm there it felt like spring

We made chocolate chocolate chip cookies, I watched almost an entire Ravens game (personal football record!), went for sunny walks with chai lattes, had a delicious sushi and cocktail date, people and dog watched, and pretty much loved life.

I seriously fall harder for this guy every. single. time. we are together :)

Oh, and we saw Avatar.

I think I will save my review for another day....

...and the game is kicking my butt

aaaaaa I am only three days into the semester and I already feel SO BEHIND!!!

The next few months are going to be insanely crazy. For instance, I have to read 3 books by next week, and they haven't even been delivered yet!

But I think I will really like all my seminars. I just have to figure out what I am doing for my thesis...

by hopefully the beginning of next week...

Sometimes grad school makes me feel very very young, inexperienced, overwhelmed, and it all goes shooting way over my head. I am the second to youngest in my entire program! But I will make it!

Regardless of the craziness I am TRYING REALLY HARD to keep sanity and appreciate random nice things that happen every day like

-tonight I watched the most beautiful sunset out the window in my seminar, one that lights up the clouds from below in fluorescent technicolor

-talking to a random friendly mature sophomore at the bus stop last night

-finally impulse-buying a crockpot!!!

-and finding the most amazing crock pot cookbook at the library!

(still haven't had a chance to figure it out and use it...)

source

-discovering the elusive Celestial Seasonings Holiday Tea still at my grocery store! (on sale!)

-and most exciting: seeing Ben in 2 days

(also p.s. I have started getting my Better Homes and Gardens, Mama!)

back in the game

I hope everyone had a good Saturday!

I spent mine drivvvving...sunrise to sunset and then zooming up and down mountains under the stars in the DENSE DARKNESS of rural PA.  Kind of scary when you can't see anything 50 yards ahead of your car!

The trip included an unwelcome but scenic detour through creepy Beauty and the Beast-esque woods, over a river, and past a cute little mountain village still all lit up for the holidays and covered in snow.

I am SO RELIEVED to be back in my apartment with the drive behind me, although I have tons and tons to unpack and cleannn tomorrow!

It is 8:46 pm and I am going to crash.