Weekends at College

This is my first weekend back, and it's quite relaxing. I always like the freedom of getting up a little bit later, eating brunch with my friends (the dining hall has breakfast food until 2 pm), getting coffee, and spending the day in the library (sometimes doing work, other times talking/Facebook/hand-sewing/laughing/staring out the window). Then, I'll have a relaxing dinner with friends, maybe watch a movie, or just hang out. The cycle is usually the same on Sundays, but even more relaxing. Some weekends, Mike will come for the night and I'll get to spend time with him. Sometimes my friends and I will get takeout. Sometimes we'll go get Halo Farms ice cream and go out to On the Border (like this weekend), or we'll go on one of the school's free bus trips to Washington, D.C. or Philly or NYC or New Hope.

It's always a nice break from the crazy week, even if there is a lot of work to be done. This morning, for the third day in a row, I actually made it on the Loop (2 miles around campus), and I feel great! Now I'm sitting in the library cafe with Melissa, my Holocaust books, and my iced caramel macchiato, and life is good.

"It's Such a Perfect Day..."

(Lyrics from "Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay)

Have you ever had one of those days when all the traffic lights (and I literally mean all of them - and there were a lot) stay green just for you? When your favorite song comes on the radio as soon as you turn it on, or in my case, my car CD player spit out U2's "Beautiful Day," which so accurately described my feelings? Well, I had one of those days - knock on wood, it's not exactly over yet :) It's like the universe said, "Hey Jess, you know what? Here ya go, you get a free 24 hour pat on the back. No charge! Enjoy!"

First, around 2 am this morning, something told me I should just suck it up and write a blog post about "Lucky Charms," the crazy quilt I just finished. Usually I'm raring to write a post about an exciting finish but for some reason I haven't been feeling it the last two days. But I wrote the post, finished a little after 2:30 am, and went to get some serious sleep. This morning I woke up at 9:30 with three comments! Always so exciting! AND a comment about my skirt, telling me that I was being featured! It is my first feature EVER on a blog. That means I made something unique - and it's so cool to be talked about! You can see it here, at Sew Happy Geek.

Then, I got a really awesome hair cut that I LOVE, and two huge giveaway winnings came in the mail. Even though not everything went amazing when I was babysitting, I still had a job for the day and spent time with kids - always a good thing. And because it was my dad's birthday we had chocolate cake, and I even got some quilting in.

I also feel kind of like this video, although it has also been known for falling in love and getting laid... but I'm feeling the happy in a different way today, haha.

Cheers!

-Jess