Craft Night

So Emily, Kelsey and I decided to break up the doldrums of law school life with a craft night. In order to understand this craft night, first you must read this:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

So we went to JoAnn's and bought the softest fabric we could find, along with some stuffing and some googly eyes (I'm sure there's a scientific term for these eyes, but it escapes me...)

And then, long story short:

Mine is on the left, Kelsey's is in the middle, Emily's is on the right.

We have so much fabric and stuffing left over...we'll probably do it again. We talked about doing this once a month or so, but with other crafts. I hope we do.

Because I had Alot of fun.

An Enormous Bug

This is a picture of an enormous bug that I found outside of the building where I lived last year. I was walking with a friend, I think it was Steve, and there it was, huge and shiny on the sidewalk.

I don't know what kind of bug it is, but I do know that when I took that picture, I had time to stop and look at it and wonder what it was.

Contrarily, I feel like if today I saw a giant shiny bug on the ground, I would have to run past it in order to prevent being swallowed by the giant tsunami of casebooks that is avidly pursuing me. But it's nice to remember that at one point I had the chance to stop and look, and I did.

Am I A Grown-Up Now?

Today I made a salad without being told. I didn't make it because I thought it would be nice and help my parents with dinner.

I made it because I wanted a salad.

I know it's a small thing. But I've passed into the want-salad-enough-to-actually-make-it phase.

And the best part about making a salad for myself? No green peppers. Not even anywhere NEAR my salad.

And now I'll have salad for days!

Ok. I guess I'm not quite a grown-up yet.

A Fresh Start

Well world, here begins my second semester as a 1L. Actually, it started last week in what was inarguably one of the top 5 longest weeks of my life. As opposed to the semester prior, I'm at school at least 6 hours a day now, with the exception of Fridays when I'm only there for 3 hours. I know, it's not as much in-school time as high school. But unlike high school, I don't have any classes where I can sit and stare out the window and still get good grades. And anyway, these classes are longer than any classes I've ever had, and there are 5 of them (at my undergrad, taking 5 classes was right below the threshold where you'd need to get special permission to take more credits.) On top of that, the homework assignments are longer: the average assignment last semester was about 15 pages per class. This semester, it's more like 20-25 (with a 42-page civil procedure assignment coming up for next weekend, yikes.)

That being said, it's my resolution (not a New Year's resolution, because I'd like this to extend beyond March) to take better care of myself. Last semester, despite all the recipes I posted in this blog, my diet consisted mostly of V8 Splash, Ramen noodles, pirogies and coffee. Not great brain food. Last week, I lived off of mostly Ramen noodles and oatmeal. And then yesterday we finally went grocery shopping!! I had an orange after dinner last night and felt so, so much better. So I guess my goal for this semester is to eat more food that doesn't come in a package, or if it does come in a package, I know what all of its ingredients are, and there are less than 5 of them (unless, of course, it's some sort of frozen vegetable medley containing more than 5 vegetables.)

And you know, keep my room clean, sleep more, get more exercise...I don't think I'll be able to accomplish all of those things and still keep up with the one goal I have maintained (make a habit of practicing guitar), but I'll try.

I had a bagel with cream cheese, some blueberries, a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee for breakfast. I don't think this is a terrible start.

A la santé!

Unrelated

Something that always makes me worry is seeing a bag that is upside down and open, when I know that something is/was in the bag and is being contained between the bag and the ground, and that if I move the bag its contents will spill everywhere.

My computer bag was upside down on my floor just now, so I thought i would share that little tidbit with you.

This picture is only related because there is a bag in it: