• frozen custard
• farmers’ market
• the isthmus
• the lakes
• the people
• the co-ops
• the coffee and tea shops

This list could go on and on.  Tonight, as I sat in my room, I just felt so homesick for no real reason.   I’m sure it will pass but it’s made me quite reflective for tonight anyway.

Over the summer, I had a routine.  I worked out at least five times a week.  I rarely ate out.  I rarely ate candy and nearly cut out all soda.  I felt pretty good.

Then I moved.

I lost my routine.  I stopped working out.  I eat in the dining hall and my diet is shot.  I just feel really unsettled.  I am so so so happy that I moved and I know it was a good decision.  I just need to put more effort into getting back on track.

Today was officially Day 1.  I’m not doing anything drastic but I am going to put more effort towards being healthier and living better.  That was my pep talk for the day.

[I missed a day already]

I don’t know why I am having such a hard time posting every day.  Out of practice I suppose…

Today, I got to go on two field trips, which made for a pretty awesome day.  It was so nice to get a break for the long lectures in the classrooms and to get to see people working and real world applications of the skills we’re learning.  I feel like more like myself today too, which is something I haven’t felt for a while.  I think I just needed a few signs of reassurance that I belong here and that the people who act smarter than me, don’t really know everything.  It’s hard to fit in and deal with all of the catty situations that come along with not only being in a school environment but also being back in the dorms.  A lot of my hallmates are several years younger than me and quite cocky.  It’s an adjustment, that’s for sure, but I like a lot of what I’m doing and getting to know the city.  Being involved helps and I’m trying to find activities outside of school so that I get breaks here and there when the people are really driving me insane.

Well, I found out I got a scholarship today, which was quite exciting and tomorrow I’m going on two (count ‘em) field trips.  The whole day is going to be quite the whirlwind.  We’ll see if I can pull it off…

posting every day for a month?  we’ll see…

open.

close.

open again.

close again.

write. delete.writewritedeletewritedelete.

start over.

begin again.

join tumblr.

join twitter.

observe tumblr.

listen on twitter.

refuse to take action.

refuse to put in much effort.

refuse to sleep.

refuse to wake.

become horribly ill.

sleep all the time.

get well enough to stop sleeping.

drink more coffee.

drink more tea.

watch more TV.

decide this has to stop.

decide you need a new outlet.

decide on an old outlet.

type whatever comes to mind.

type without deleting.

type without making sense.

feel relieved.

curl up in bed.

fall asleep.

Well, I’ve survived my first month of grad school and it has been quite the experience already.  As far as the blog goes, I’ve stumbled upon a problem that I didn’t have before.  Because of the program I’m in, if I say what city I’m in and the program, you’ll be able to find out a lot about me and perhaps I don’t want my future employers to put all of the puzzle pieces together.  I miss blogging though and really have missed the outlet and the feedback.  I’ve been reading although I haven’t been commenting much.  I just had to take some time off I guess.  Now that my routine is getting more settled and my reader is finally at zero, I think it’s time to start writing again.  For the purposes of the blog from here on out, I will refer to things with various abbreviations or nicknames and we’ll see how it goes.

The header is from a trip I took right after I moved and while a few of you will recognize the skyline, it is not where I’m living.

I moved.  I’m completely overwhelmed.  I’m trying to get caught up.