a good day.

i don't have class on fridays, which is one of the greatest pleasures in the world. it gives me a whole day to lounge around and do things i adore. this morning i spent a few hours at mochas and javas {currently my favorite coffee shop because it is the only coffee shop that's air conditioned} i read romeo and juliet for my shakespeare class, basically a throwback to ninth grade english. i also managed to start my most recent book endeavor: the world according to garp by john irving. i'm not sure what made me pick this book up in the library but i'm really looking forward to it. i'm also reading a collection of horror stories--american gothic tales edited by joyce carol oates, whom i love. it's definitely getting me in the fall spirit. {and whoa, is this boring or is this boring?} i wrapped up my afternoon at goodwill. who doesn't love buying clothes for less than five bucks? or the cheapest, coolest dishes ever for pennies? i snagged some perfectly printed shirts and an alabama record. ok, i'm kind of embarrassed about the alabama record because i used to make fun of their hairstyles...but i actually am gaining a slow obsession with them. dixieland delight is currently on repeat in my head. hopefully the rest of my weekend will be just as sweet as today.

week one down.

i completed my first week of school two hours ago. whew! while that seems like quite the menial task, i've actually found myself to be very, very exhausted. i think this tired feeling mainly has to do with the new walking to school business. yikes. i'm loving the idea of being a little less lazy, but dang. you have not seen this gal sweat until you've seen me after my walk home from school. it ain't pretty. other than that, i have a feeling the semester will shape up rather nicely. i'm particularly excited about my magazine writing class, not because the professor is a stud or anything...;) on the other hand, i underestimated my anthropology classes. my mexican american culture class is completely interesting and i want to look up everything we talked about today. oh, and i want to go to mexico. like, tomorrow.

august to august.

this morning i took a picture of myself. because people still do that on the first day of school when they're twenty-three, it's normal. anyway, after taking it, i wondered if i performed this picture ritual last year. i so did. the photo on the left was taken exactly a year and a day ago! ah. i'm swimming in all of the differences over here and it's making me sentimental. i can't believe the first picture was taken in the room i recently moved out of. or that the girl on the left did not have a clue how stressful a class on jack kerouac could be...amongst many other things. a part of me wants to go back and change a few things about the past year, but then there's the tiniest part of me that knows i wouldn't be where or who i am right now if i did. and that simply wouldn't do. i should mention, i'm happy i haven't lost my love for sporting wacky floral prints to school.;)

i said "excited" a lot.

tomorrow is the end of the beginning. not really, but i feel like that's dramatic enough to capture what tomorrow really is--which is the last first day of my collegiate career! hooray. i'm so, so excited. while i'm grateful to have had the opportunity to pursue a higher education, i've had my share of tough times with the whole college thing and kinda can't wait to be done. personally, i don't think i should've even started school until tomorrow. i feel like i'm finally getting to know myself in ways that my eighteen year-old self never could. and i feel like i'm much hungrier for learning now than i was five years ago. emo in-depth reflections aside, i'm still excited. i'm a completely different person than i was last august and i cannot wait to see how i interpret and handle school and life this semester. eek! also, i just went on a late-night school supplies buying spree and am counting down the minutes until i get to use my new highlighter.

p.s.-i'm less excited about my actual class schedule...a course dedicated entirely to shakespeare is involved. oh. my. gosh.

a country weekend.

i've been a fan of wandering this summer. over the weekend, i headed down to south texas with my friend bethany to visit her family. {i kind of want to go back already.} there was something so peaceful and sweet about being in the country, surrounded by land and animals. the animals were undoubtedly one of my favorite things about the weekend. i even got to feed a baby goat! and play with rabbits. and pet a horse. and have just about the coolest, most special weekend ever. did i mention homemade ice cream was involved? because it was. and it is oh so hard for me to take blue bell ice cream seriously anymore.

a post.

so yeah, i blog now. though i should mention...i have this terrible habit of quitting things, so we'll see how long this goes for...