Updates

I feel like I owe you an update post. There's so much going on, and for whatever reason, whenever you ask me 'what's new?' my mind just blanks out. XP So here's a real quick run down of things in my life.

School goes on. It's a little chaotic, and I'm still working on finding a good rhythm, but it's improving all the time. I still hate my biostats class. I am still subjected to really poor writing in my lit class. And chatty 'type A' freshmen in my seminar class are still monopolizing the majority of class time. I am however enjoying discussing books with other people, I forgot exactly how badly I missed that. (I really need to join a book club.) I did find a good partner for my tandem debate paper, so I'm very pleased about that. I'm just humming along this semester.

I took up hula hooping/hoop dancing earlier this semester. I don't think I told you that? I haven't really said anything about it to anyone, except my other friends who hula hoop. Anyway, I did. It's lots of fun and it keeps my stress level way down. (And it's rapidly turning into one of those obsessive interests). Today I ordered my first 'official' weighted dance hoop, instead of the one I made myself, so I'm pretty dang excited about that one. It should be here at the end of next week.

My banjo playing is improving dramatically. I finally got finger picks, which made a massive difference (duh). Plus I have time alone now to work on it without someone watching/listening to me, which is also a huge help.

I filled my prescription for a weighted blanket this week and it is AMAZING. I am so mellow and relaxed and I sleep like a baby. (No more waking up at 3 am! Yay!) I wish I had known about them sooner. I got one that's weighted with super fine river rocks instead of poly fill so it's less...puffy? and it stays cooler. I just can't say enough good things about it.

Um, what else? Today is my sister's birthday, so family dinner tonight. Hopefully it will go smoother than the one last year, lol. But really, it couldn't possibly be worse. At any rate, I'm not worried. I'm really looking forward to it, actually.

This weekend I'm going to try out a new fossil site with some friends of mine. (I'm also applying for a permit to do some work on a vertebrate site this coming year, so with a little luck I'll be digging up pleistocene megafauna by summer. *squeeee*) I'm pretty psyched about the new site. It's inverts, since that's all I can collect without a permit here, but they're really pretty corals and sponges preserved in red chert. I'm such a sucker for red chert.

That's about it, I think. Or at least that's all I can think of. I miss your face terribly, but I love that I can talk to you more now. I'm super excited to see you this winter, and to get to work on the book. Plus, you know, you and I, we're hysterical together.

<3 Lots of love Dear Friend. Lots of love. <3