Day 25, A Pause

Unfortunately, I'm on the last skein I can afford for the moment. My parents informed me that they can't afford to put much more into my bank account. So I'm going home as often as possible and I'm making two savings funds:

1) Grocery money for next year
2) General spending / savings money.

Mags found us two seniors to pull us up into the Landings apartment above the bookstore (convenient? I think so). So now I'll be within walking distance to campus, have my own double sized bed and own room, have a KITCHEN!!, and I'll be able to save a shitton of money by cooking fresh food and living off the leftovers. I'm super excited.

I'm on a health kick right now. I went to the gym yesterday and have decided that I'm going to try to go Monday / Wednesday evenings after my 530PM class and T / R mornings before my 11AM. I'm actually considering about doing a class that they offer at the Health and Wellness Center, but I'll have to check it out first because I may not be able to consistently go to that class if homework gets in the way. I also went to Wally World and spent a little money on some fresh fruit for snacks. I didn't bother buying bananas or apples because I can just take some of those from the Dining Hall, but I did get a delicious, ripe mango as well as some soft plums. I haven't tried the plums yet, but the banana (that I took from Dhall) and the mango tasted so good together.

Well I have to get into the shower, scrub up, dress, and then eat breakfast / study for my Latin vocabulary quiz. Wish me luck and signing out!

Day 14

I'm as caught up as I can be. I added Paula's blog-- she has adorable little stuffed animals that I want to try out. I might even buy her book. The teddy bear on her page is something Nick wants me to make him. Hehe. That shall be an interesting project: learning my first pattern! I've never followed a pattern before.

I'm using Red Heart yarn and on my third "ball." Its going to be so warm! I can't wait to use it when I get sick!

This weekend Nick came down to visit. He drove me crazy and I absolutely loved every minute of it. We had a few conversations on the subjects of tattoos, houses, jobs, and the like. He's looking for a new job and I'm hoping he'll keep his mind open to what he classifies as "lower" jobs. I don't particularly make a shitton of money with my minimum wage hourly + tips job, either, but hey.. its a job during a rough time and I do not plan on getting fired anytime soon! We made several trips to wally world, one with his friend Zach who is interesting and smiles often, one by ourselves for new underwear, and one with mags because we were bored.

I bought two packets of eyeshadow and new underwear. I bought the underwear because I'm trying to go 2 weeks without doing laundry (if I can help it) to reduce laundry fees. Its $3.00 a load here! Wayyy expensive when I could just go home every once in awhile and do laundry there for free.

Well I'm going to go back and see if I can complete another row tonight! Goodnight and sweet dreams, all.

Day 10

So my roommate, Mags, told me I had to do a positive countdown list. Here we go:

1 Day until I see my boyfriend, Nick.
Only 40 more Latin classes until I'm done with my foreign language requirement.
Approximately 5 months until my 21st birthday.
Less than 3 months until Nick and I celebrate our one year anniversary.
About 7 months until I travel to West Virginia with Nick and Alan for our second annual vacation together.

If I think of any more, I'll add them later. I need to study Latin and take random breaks with crocheting! (By the way, I'm pretty sure I'm 2 lines behind, now).

Day 6

I'm on my 7th row (I think, I'm not even sure how to count the stitches anymore...) and I'm back at Longwood now. I have office hours today and then my first class tonight at 5:30-- Brit Lit! I'm kind of excited about Brit Lit, I'm hoping it will be as interesting as Children Lit is sounding.

I'm worried about my analytical piece for my panel presentation. Its starting to sound more and more scary. Not the presentation part, you know, getting up in front of people part, but just writing what I'm going to say and taking up a full ten minutes... THAT part is scary. Because I talk fast. And I get a tad bit nervous. And I'll probably talk in circles. But I'll have my amazing support system of a panel and my fellow interns and of course the grad students and Mary to keep my head on straight and keep me from embarassing myself before I go up there.

On a lighter note, Nick is coming down on Friday afternoon and staying until Sunday. Then Mags and I are going to Rue 21 in Mechanicsville on Monday over Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which we blissfully have off.

Well, I'm going to shower and work on my stitches. This is me signing out-- and hopefully staying on my goal: a row a day (assuming I have the yarn to do so).

Day 1

Hey there, I'm Cassie and I love to read, read, read. But you know what? Enough about how many books I've bought (and haven't had the time to go through and read just yet), and more about my new passion: crocheting. Its fun, relaxing, and, although time consuming, I'm improving. I started my first project, the scarf for my boyfriend, Nick, but that didn't happen because the single stitch was so tight and so tiny that I felt like it was taking too long, so I decided to start a new project...Crochet My Blanket! This is going to go on for quite some time, I'm afraid, since I rarely have time to actually crochet. I managed a row and a half with triple stitch. I don't know if I'm going to continue with the triple stitch or switch it up or not.

When I'm done with my blanket, I hope to tackle doilies and little creatures. They are sooo cute. :) Zombie dolls are on the top of my list-- after watching my roommate Mags do them, I seriously wanted a set of my own. Alas, I have run out of time -- must get ready for Nick's and test out this new game, Sonic the Hedgehog on PS3. Did I mention that I love video games? Woooooooo graphics and free internet!