the sun!

That's right, the sun came out today and was seen for almost the whole day! And now I have a beautiful view of the waxing gibbous moon from my window. To celebrate the sun I went out and bought a plant for my window. I think I'm going to name it Lena, though I know that Rachael will be much better at taking care of her Lena than I will likely be of mine. Good news is that I got a Kalanchoe, which seems to be similar to a cactus. Aka it will hopefully be semi hard to kill. Small steps to making this room feel like home.

I've also decided that this semester I'm going to learn to cook. So beware. I mean, so far I haven't even been able to find Parmesan cheese in the grocery store, so this might be a slow process, but I have hope/faith.

I also went running today to celebrate the sun and realized that my tendinitis has returned to my knee. oh joy. but I remember the exercises, so with luck I can beat this again and then stay in shape enough to keep it away. At least this time I'm not trying to heal in time for club regionals, so I have plenty of time. It's just frustrated that it keeps coming back. I'd like to be rid of it forever!

I also successfully did laundry, and realized that there is a tumble dryer in the laundry room, and I much prefer that to the "hot air closet" type thing that is the other drying option. My pants and socks were still wet when I had to take them away. :-(

I have gotten a lot better at looking less clumsy when I mount my slightly-too-big bike, which is a plus. Good things.