So...catching up

School has started, and while it does has the downs of having to do homework (and try to read stuff I can't understand very well), it's wonderful to actually be doing things again and things of that nature. I feel...almost useful again...if that makes any sense.

Also! Nil has returned for this semester! Yay! (The 24 hours before he arrived I basically had to repress the urge to dance everywhere singing, "He's coming back again! Yay!"

I got to meet him at the bus stop! I got there just as the bus was pulling up to the curb, so I got to do a little bit of the "running through the wheat fields" bit to tacklehug Nil. I did manage to not plow him over, which is fantastic. ^_^

Moving back home!

So...yeah, I'm moving back to campus tomorrow, which makes me very happy. As much as I love my family, I go slightly crazy during the breaks because I don't have anything to do. I'm just ready for the semester to start again. (Not to mention, but I'll get to see my dear Nil when he flies back on Monday. Yay!)

Resolutions and Promises to Myself

So...It's very much New Year Resolution time...or rather Belated New Year Resolution time since it's a few days past. Normally I don't like to make them, for the very common and reasonable excuse that I will never actually DO said resolutions. Why set myself up for disappointment? (I can hear lots of people saying, "Yeah, right with you. I know so many others who say the same thing!")

This year there are a few things that I would like to see changed about myself, though.

No, it's not my weight. Somehow I've been losing the poundage that has been with me since Jr. High rather steadily since the beginning of last summer, and as long as it continues at this rate I'll be happy (you know, as long as I don't become a coat hanger girl).

I do have the dream of being organized...of course, I don't think that will actually happen, but I'd like to be less of a mess than I have been this past year. At the very least I can have a sensible routine where I spend more hours in the daylight than in the darkness? Not to mention keep my room somewhat clean!

Then...I guess I want to write more. Try to make more ideas and such rather than just keeping boredom at bay with videogames (though I do love videogames). Maybe I could actually write the stories that keep beginning in my head.

Beyond that, there is one more thing I'd like to do.

This may sound kind of sappy or make you roll your eyes...but I'd like to study the Bible more. Read it, study it, write about it to share my thoughts with others, that kind of thing. That's what the idea was when I started my Clear Water Reflections blog...though that idea didn't really get anywhere. I think I posted once when I started it and then didn't post again...ever. It really saddens me, and I'd like to change that. I guess I'll try to start working on that a bit while I'm at home and away from college. We'll see how that goes, but I hope that I can actually start writing stuff there. It'd be nice to be able to do that! At the very least, if no one else reads that blog I can keep my thoughts straight...use it as a reminder for myself of where I've been, where I'm going, and who is really important in my life.