day three hundred six.

a trip to exotic indiana!
not pictured: 1 snowstormy drive in the dark.
and though i was already cold, i was still pleased upon our arrival friday night when my sister katie put this beauty into my hand:

 (and what a nice complement to my room key)

 the wedding was saturday morning at notre dame's basilica:

someone must have really needed to sit down:

now that my travels across time zones and the end of daylight savings are done, it is back to business. the business of non-time travel. but next time, more huey lewis.

day two hundred sixty-eight.

back to the land of the living today.
it was nice resuming working, classing, and general non-hermiting behavior.
one bottle of diet coke and i was back in action. i'm like popeye in that way, except instead of defeating hooligans, i am overcome with the strength required to catalog books about kittens.


you would think i stored up enough sleep in the past few days, but alas, i am now exhausted once more (but...happy).
much to accomplish this weekend, much discipline to be mustered, better dreams to be summoned.
gonna ride that thursday night high as long as i can. maybe even beyond that.

day two hundred twenty-nine.

yesterday was my sister katie's engagement party, complete with 97% of my extended family and a stanley cup cake:

(i kept calling it a cup cake and i don't think anyone thought that was funny except me)
(i still think it is)
(it is)

one little boy couldn't believe that it was actually a cake, until...

oops.

(or was it ALIENS?)



and look, a cooler just for me

my 2 year old niece enjoyed playing with my camera and eating cookies

classes and my return to cataloging children's literature starts tomorrow.
for now, i'm listening to jenny lewis at the library and pretending i'm not hearing the person at the table next to me talk to her study buddy about what happened at a house party last night (but oh boy, things happened).

day two hundred twenty-seven.

happy dance friday from the bowels of the GSLIS building.

thus far, i recruited new students at orientation to be volunteers at the library and drank free diet coca-cola.
it was refreshing to see everyone so excited about the start of the semester.
friends, pridefest, and more free wi-fi to come...

day two hundred twenty-one.

the last few weeks culminated without delay: two large suitcases, a seamless flight, a warm reception at baggage claim, a trip to trader joes, and seven hours of daytime slumber. my head is too fuzzy to digest, and my laptop still thinks it's in the eastern time zone.

more pictures tomorrow of what is now my former neighborhood.
(summer always ends too soon)

day seventy-six.

spring break: part three.

hello, fellow commuters.


a diet coke. with my name on it. literally.

(so very tired.)

day seventy-two.

my sunglasses are broken.
but, my week of hellish levels of schoolwork is now over!
moving forward, to drink diet coke and enjoy not having my heat on.

day fifty-two.

my sister is here visiting today.

we made homemade pizzas with squash and tomatoes and now my kitchen is stocked with diet coca-cola.
nothing else to report, going to bed early, sleeping in late.

day twenty-eight.

my pencil cup got a makeover.
it helps that said cup is made from a diet coke can.