6.8.14 - Early June - time to myself

The quarter isn't technically over yet, and I still have some papers to grade, but I've graded all the most important ones. I have enough planned for next week that I'm (still) not ready to start research, so in the mean time I've had time the last 2-3 days to work on non-work non-school projects, and it's been very enjoyable.

I've been really into Supernatural lately (Jack finally got me hooked), but I can't bring myself to watch TV without getting other things done. So I've actually gotten a lot done as I watch episode after episode. I've cleaned most of my apartment, cooked a few meals, and finally almost caught up on my scrapbooking. That last part is especially time-consuming, but now I've scrapbooked everything up until last Thanksgiving. I also took about half of the paper sunflowers from my wedding centerpieces and strung them up in the apartment:

So cheerful! I love it.

It's also been great being able to stay in my own town for a stretch of time. We've been about a week and a half since the wedding, and that's the longest time in a row that I've been home in months. It's good to regain some stability. The apartment is relatively clean, we're caught up on laundry, there's plenty of food in the kitchen, and it's great to sleep in my own bed and wake up to relative quiet. So that's been nice too.

Some days I go up to Starbucks to grade papers, just to get a change of scenery. One of our wedding gifts was a Starbucks gift card, so I don't even have to feel guilty about it, haha. When I was walking up to Starbucks yesterday, I thought how nice it is to have lived here long enough that the area feels familiar and comfortable. I also thought, again, about how much I like the weather here, pretty much year around .It gets a little hot in the summer days, but the summer nights are so lovely. Last night Jack and I drove home from a dinner party (also fun, by the way) with the windows down and it was about 75 out. Gorgeous. I wish I could find even more pictures to show how I feel about summer nights! This photo depiction will do this time:

Ahhhh.