It’s been a while now, huh? More than a month, actually, and this is the first post of the new year. Not much has changed. I’m back at uni, working on my psych degree and studio art minor. Classes are going well, professors are mostly stellar, the norm. I’m taking developmental psych, cognitive psych, ANOVA/experimental statistics, design 1, and logic. All in all, mostly major/minor specific.
It’s snowy here. And cold. But that shouldn’t come as any surprise to you (come on, it’s Kirksville; we wear shorts when it gets above freezing). My friends and family in Saint Charles recently got a foot of snow, which pretty much makes it the first time that Kirksville had less–even if we’re only talking by a few inches.
But enough about classes and weather and cold! There are marvellous things in which to be excited for! New albums coming out this year, the marriages of both of my sisters, the tentative backpacking trip to Chicago, visiting family in Florida, and working at what is quite possible the best place in the world for three months. It suddenly hit me today just how much is coming up within the next six or seven months.
Both of my older sisters are getting married: Joslyn in April and Jessica in August. Joslyn’s will just include going home for the weekend, but I will have to get myself to Colorado Springs, CO for Jessica’s. At first, my dad informed me that I would just fly there, but for the same price, I could give myself a multiple day vacation in Chicago and just take the train. Sure, that’s an extra two days of travelling, hostel costs, food, et cetera. But you know what? I’m totally up for it. My room mate and I started scouring the internet last night for train prices and hostels in the Chicago area and how to backpack your way across the country. Now, I just need to present the idea to my mother. That will be interesting.
Meanwhile, lots of new albums come out this year that I’m pretty darn excited about. Florence + the Machine (whom I was gushing over a year ago), Kerli Koiv, Coldplay (about damn time), et cetera. Loreena McKennitt and Robyn both just released new albums that I would love to get my hands on and might save as a special present to me for my birthday (or for getting through the semester, either one).
It’s strange to think that this semester will be done and over with in only three and a half months. Come 6 May, and I’ll be back home in Saint Charles. And on the 15th, my lease will start on the house that Jess, Noah, and I have up here in Kirksville. I won’t be staying there for the summer, which leaves a bit of a waste in the rent that I will still be paying, but it will be fun to come up over weekends and start fixing the place up. We’re pretty excited to get furniture and paint and mix-matched dishes into there.
Anyway, I hope that this was a sufficient update. I’ve been working on another blog post for some time, but it really hasn’t been coming along well. So this is my much more friendly alternate.
Keep it classy.
Missi
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