It has been one of those days. I pretty much bombed my German 302 exam. I really should have taken 301. (In happier news: I have finally declared German as my minor!)

Thankfully, B. came over to make dinner and mope with me. We ended up making enchiladas and kale chips. It was delicious. 

After he took off, I managed to file my tax return with the help of Dasha. I feel like an adult and I have mixed feelings about it.

Two hours later and I have finally finished editing over 100 pictures I took at the Naramore show at the SAM. Blah. Now to caption them for my slideshow…

I am now realizing I have about a thousand other things I need to be doing. To remind myself/have a written reminder of my procrastination, here goes:

• Make a final selection of photos, caption them, and finally put together my slide show
• Write a thank you letter to the family that is providing my scholarship
• Write my mini-bio for the awards ceremony
• Study for my midterm in Ethics
• Schedule a meeting/actually meet with an editor for class
• Find/pitch a few stories. I am so behind!
• Practice my German
• Somehow not go insane

I am putting my multi-tasking skills to the test.

Good things that have happened in the last few days:

• I went shopping at the Asian market with my parents and Lola.
• My family finally bought our Christmas tree.
• I finally worked up the nerve to chop off my hair. Now I need only a drop and a half of shampoo and conditioner. Woo!
• I had a lovely reunion dinner with my friends.
• I am working at my brother’s office and babysitting for the next few days (and getting paid). I might get my bike after all!
• I will begin all my Christmas baking very soon.
• Grades were finally posted today and I apparently walked out of easily the most stressful quarter thus far with A’s. Fuck yes.

Annoying things that have happened in the last few days:

• Parental guilt
• Blargblargblarg
• Traffic on the 10 and 405 at TEN THIRTY in the evening. FOOKERY.

My current grade report of all A’s (aside from Mass Media Law, which has yet to be posted) is kind of making up for the complete shit storm that is going through my head right now.

Guess who has their Law final in five hours…

Guess who still has a fookload of work to do for German…

-__________-

• Study and kick ass on my second Law midterm
• Start reading Supreme Conflict for Law
• Stop being such a whining, blubbering mess
• Stop dwelling on the whole “what the hell am I going to do with my life?” thing.
• Cook more and bake cookies, simply for my own sanity
• Avoid time-suck that is the internet and spend more of my free time writing, drawing, or playing music

Aaaaaaand GO!

Despite how stressed I am (have been and will be), the pile of work I always have to do, and the knowledge that the work is going to become more difficult as the quarter (and the remainder of university, for that matter) goes on, I am realizing just how happy I am and have been here.

The time management gods need to come down and bless me / smack me upside the head so I can get through this crazy stressful schoolweek what I have created for myself. They also need to get the idea of the supposed “working better under pressure” bullshit out of my head. It may have worked during high school, but it sure as hell is not cutting it now.

NOW BACK TO WORK.

Guess who is sick again! -_______-

Today was one of those Mondays on which you are already desperately pining for the weekend. I have my first German exam and case briefing paper for Mass Media Law both on/due Thursday, which is fantastic.

However, I plan to end this on a more pleasant note, so here are two nice things:

1. I am seeing St. Vincent on Thursday at The Neptune with my housemate. While I am not very familiar with her music, I am still quite excited.
2. I have plans to do an awesome photo series and interview of the buskers in Pike Place this weekend with my partner in my newswriting section.

Can it be Thursday now?

• Sit down and actually do my reading for my classes while there is light outside. Having to stay up to finish work blows.
• Walking to the corner art supply store and picking up a sketch book, a Micron-type pen, and some conte crayons. I have not drawn since the end of last quarter…as in May. It has been far too long.
• Do some in-home yoga. I really do not want to lose the flexibility I gained over this summer.
• Cook something interesting.
• Leisurely reading, perhaps? (By the way, I picked up Everything is Illuminated instead of Anna Karenina. Russian literature seems a bit intense for me right now.)

Not going to lie, I am freaking out a little.

• I still have not heard back from the two places that said they would call me for a job interview. Trader Joe’s just gave me an outright “no.”
• I am waiting on hearing back from Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. UO said they would contact me by this Friday, which is good to know.
• Grocery shopping is slowly killing my soul, as is the inevitable bank account dwindling.
• I am having a mildly hard time getting back into doing school work again. I have been doing a bit better as of today, which is good.
• My first paper for my Mass Media Law class is going to be assigned tomorrow.
• And all of my stress is leading me to miss people, over-think most things, and want to hole up in my room forever. Peaches.

Good things about today:

• I went to the IMA and did some cardio, legs, and abs work.
• I currently have veggie enchiladas in the oven.

Like everyone else, I get to look forward to studying for finals for the next week.

My agenda:

• Victorian Literature portfolio
• Global Warming readings and extra credit
• Art History readings and memorization if I am not dead from the other two

See you next Wednesday.

I will get the big news out of the way first: I am officially a journalism major! I received my acceptance e-mail yesterday afternoon. I wish it was a physical letter, but hey, I will take what I can get. I cannot quite explain how excited I am. The past couple of months I have been seriously questioning what I want to do here in Seattle. This acceptance into my department—I can actually say my department now—was honestly the self-confidence renewal I needed.

Aside from this, life is still going well.

A few friends and I will be signing our lease sometime this week for our townhouse for next year. I am so stoked to not be living on campus next year. Having an actual house means having a kitchen to cook in! Though it does not sound like it, being able to cook my own food was a huge contributor in finally convincing my mother to let me move out from the dorms. I will have my own room (thank goodness), live with close friends, have a ten minute walk to campus, and a five minute walk to Trader Joe’s. Excited is a bit of an understatement.

In other news, the weather in Seattle is finally warming up. The sun has been out pretty much all week, condoning spring cardigan-wearing again. The funny part of sunny days here is that people do not take it for granted. Coming from southern California where the sun is ever-present, a blue sky day is not really a big deal. Here though, when the sun comes out, the quad is filled with students playing Frisbee, picnicking, and laying out to enjoy the moment of sunlight.

Seattle spring is absolutely gorgeous—the nickname of “Emerald City” is no misnomer. I will have to post some pictures at some point.

That is all, really. I am content.

In the lounge, whenever someone is bitching a little too much, one of the members of the lounge crowd will say “now say five nice things.”

Here are mine because I have been complaining a lot today:

1. It was sunny for more than an hour today.
2. There was an interesting class discussion in Victorian Literature today.
3. I will probably be watching Firefly tonight.
4. Cuddles.
5. After Friday, I will not have to worry about my journalism department application essay ever again (hopefully).