ahh.

I think I've chilled out a little bit.

so after I accepted the fact that my leisure time is disappearing, I picked up the needles again. I'm working on these socks during my microbiology class


and lordy do they please me. I adore blue moon fiber arts socks that rock mediumweight. and my US 2's (of the 2.75 mm variety). they're thick enough that they're sturdy in bamboo, and make short work of such a consistent and pleasantly dense yarn.

I've decided that I'm not going to start any new projects until I finish the ones on my needles currently (the lowdown for ravelry users). and I want them all done by the time I start school in the fall. more on that in a moment. big goal, but I want to start school with a really fresh feeling, prepared for new things. and I don't think I'm the only one who knows that my knitting projects affect my experience of time.

I've also done some reading, which has led me to the local co-op for my weekly grocery purchase. as a result, I discovered the laptop lunchbox:

brown rice, veggie stir fry with black beans, caprese salad (fresh mozz, tomatoes, basil, olive oil, salt, pepper),
hard-boiled egg, cucumber, celery and carrots with peanut butter

and have swiftly developed an obsession with bento lunches. it was just a matter of time. look how delightful! I'm eating better for it, too. more veggies, if that was even possible for me to begin with. nawm nawm nawm fiber fiber fiber. when what cost $35 at rainbow becomes $60 at the co-op, one is more likely to use that money for the fresh stuff rather than packaged crackers or soups. I'm buying and cooking with fewer value-added products, and more of what came right out of the ground/animal.

but I'm still eating the mini baby ruths in the candy drawer at work. ;)

anyway, I got into my nursing master's program. !!!! this fall begins a new round of school for me, unlike any I've before experienced... can't wait. and yet there's a lot to do between now and then--keep moving in with my man, keep working, finish my prerequisites, visit families, knit for my cousin's baby-on-the-way. if I finish my other projects, of course.

little by little.