i almost forgot what it feels like

to be literally consumed by school.

it's quite easy to slip away into a dream-like state in which all the world is cotton candy and sugarplums when your summer time at home looks a little like this:

wooo

take note that the primary concern on my to-do list involved hours spent watching my favorite childhood tv show. and somehow i found ample time to do something active every day. at this point i was even making myself 2-3 balanced healthy meals per day. i was on top of the world, living the dream.

then, before i knew what hit me, this happened:

and it's only monday!!! who knows what sneaky little obligations will decide to burrow themselves into the few free hours i have left. just in case all the spanish nonsense is distracting, i will provide a brief summary of what this glorious week entails: 3 oral presentations/exams, 1 test, and 3 quizzes. and what's laughable is that as the semester progresses i'll look back at that and long to have such a light load again. lucky for me, i'm in classes that i highly enjoy for the most part. and i very recently officially declared myself a humanities major, english emphasis. and soon i'll get started on an editing minor that becomes exponentially more thrilling the more i learn about it. i like learning. i even like being busy. i like taking the bus to and from campus every day. even when i take the wrong bus and end up walking home from farther away than i began. i like it because it's so beautiful in provo in september. we live right at the foot of a pretty little mountain that i can see from my bedroom window. i love spontaneous hikes and picnics with the friends i missed over the summer. i love how we try real hard to be domestic and get so proud of ourselves for cooking dinner at least once a week. i love catching up with dear friends who have real exciting news. and later getting pressured into saying hello to the cute boy in our ward that i see on the bus and don't know at all but have a mini secret crush on. and having to pretend like i don't know his name when we introduce ourselves. are all girls quite this absurd? i love the bustle of campus, the comfort of the library, and even the two hours i spend every single day hearing nothing but español. i love day dreaming of studying in spain next semester. i cross my fingers every day that i'll be accepted. i'll miss my roommates, who i really couldn't love more, and of course my family, but i wouldn't be myself if i wasn't on the edge of my seat awaiting an adventure. i love/hate having a box of frosted flakes stashed under my desk. and i love relying on my lovely red planner like my life depends on it. and let's be honest, it does.

i could go on, but as i said, school consumes me, and i have an online workbook that is calling my name.

hasta luego amigos.

....work it kels.