Spring(ish)!

Our last break being in December, Spring Break is right around the corner, beginning Friday afternoon. THANK GOD. I cannot put into words how badly I've needed this break, way more than before any other break. My motivational level is 0, which probably isn't a good thing considering college apps are also right around the corner. But honestly, I think a break will put me right back on top. (After the 16 days anyway)

Classes have been okay, knock on wood, but I do know they are gradually getting better, which I am always happy to see. I took a math test last Thursday and it was the FIRST one I had actually fully completed all year. Which, sufficed to say is not uncommon in the course. Bio has been super busy, and never ending. We had to do a take home last week, which sounded great, until we got it and realized that it was able to be a take home because we had never learned or seen any of the material before. Ever. So that time (6.5 hours...) was all sorts of fun. We have a lab due this week and I have barely looked at it with every other assessment happening.

I've been doing Zumba classes lately, which honestly have been a ton of fun. Everyone is in such great energy the entire time and love dancing over the pump up music after stressful classes. Otherwise, still working out like I usually do, and much more committed to Veganism. I've decided that in order to be fair to myself, I'll do the vegan thing while I'm in school, so that's 9 months of the year, and 3 months (with some breaks) of animal-freedom foods (steak). That way, I can enjoy my "missed" foods for a few months, but feel so great and be super healthy the majority of the year. I do love being a vegan though, the benefits are unbelievable if you do it correctly and be really healthy and smart about it. Also, Alicia Silverstone has been my savior through the whole thing with the Kind Diet and thekindlife.com .

I did some Spring Cleaning this weekend, and still have to work on the winter/throw-out clothes, but it felt great, and I've never seen everything look so clean and relaxing! Speaking of Spring, we got 2 fresh feet of snow on Friday. Oh and ice this morning. Sooo I'm not buying this whole arrival of Spring/Summer, because it's totally not proving that way.

I gave my ring back for them so fix, which is heartbreaking! Everyone is playing with their rings and they are so beautiful. They said that I'll have it back before I leave campus for Summer, so sad! But not much I can do, and at least it will be fixed and shiny and new.

I talked to my art teacher and we set up a meeting so that we could work together individually while I'm not taking a class, and I'm so excited. Once I got it into my life, it felt great and it fit, and taking it away was really hard! So I'm excited in incorporate that back in, and I know it will be a great jumpstart for my year long course next year. Speaking of next year, I got my course numbers and have to start filing for classes this week! It is so weird how fast it is all going, and how the classes I take next year really start to matter. But again, It's such an exciting thing even through all of the nerves.

That's really all to report, otherwise I'm just going to try and survive the next 4 days, so hopefully I can actually do that. I doubt I'll write again before that, or until after break, but they won't be that exciting anyway!

Ciao for now