Hope Still Flies

...until I'm thrown back into college.

I'm not sure how this summer has flown by so fast, especially because I haven't really been doing much except enjoying not doing anything. There's been a lot of P90X, hitting the pool with Sarah (I'm almost tan again...), hanging out with friends, working and hanging out with Michael. 

I talked in my last blog post about being ready to get it over with, and that still holds true. I'm excited to see what the semester will bring. 

I'm still working my way through lots of books. I'm on Mockingjay from The Hunger Games trilogy reread. I'm trying to read slower and really internalize everything. It's only sort of working. I didn't like Gale in my first read through, and I like him less now, I think. For reasons that probably deserve its own blog post. (In other news, I'm loving the stills coming out from the movie! I really hope it doesn't suck...) I've got a few more books I'd like to read before school starts, but we'll see...

Week 9 of P90X is almost complete. (For me. Mike's been sick, so he's a few days behind.) I'm still seeing progress, and I love feel stronger and more agile. I'm getting tired of some of the workouts, but I push through. I've recently started listening to my music and just following the cues on the DVDs. It's helping. Being able to focus on my music instead of, "Am I almost doooone? Didn't we just do thiiiis?". 

I whine just like that, too.

In sad news, the So You Think You Can Dance tour isn't coming through KC this year. Sad face. Especially because there's so much talent on this season. It's probably God's way of telling me I need to save my money.

Anybody interested in a Spotify account? I just got started today, and I love it. Another music listening thingy. It seems to have every song imaginable, plus it can import your playlists from iTunes and Windows Media Player. Hooray! They even have music to listen to the week it comes out.

Tonight, I'll leave you with a picture of my baby-boyfriend, Eli. He's 2 months old and just plain adorable.

I'm back... mainly to write a post of thoughts floating around in my head that I need to get out.

Plenty of thoughts about the trial today... but I can't get into that without getting upset at people. So I won't.

Mainly.. school starts in a month and a half. Which is all freaky by itself.. but it's going to be the start of my last two semesters. I know they're going to fly by, especially because I'll be starting the look for "big people" jobs, Michael will be applying for grad schools and doing auditions... just a lot going on.

I've gotten very comfortable with our schedules here. We've spent our whole married lives in this groove. We go to school, we go to work, we hang out at the apartment. This semester, that's going to start changing. Slowly, which is good. I'm not so great with change.

At the same time, I'm ready for next summer to happen. I'm ready to start the next chapter of our lives. Me working, him... well, still going to school, but doing grad work. Moving into a bigger place, getting a dog, saving money for a house, all that stuff. I'm ready to get started.

Moving also means... It's time for me to get rid of some crap. I'm not a hoarder by any means, but I definitely have too much stuff just sitting around. And I need to start going through it soon. I don't want May to come around next year and not have any packing done. Part of me wants to start packing up some stuff now, but that would just mean more clutter, and we need our second bedroom for a study this year.

Phew. Basically, it's crazy to me that this time next year I will probably be out of Manhattan, and onto other things. I'm ready to get that started.

This summer is more of the same boring. I'm working, hanging out with family and friends, travelling to Wichita and doing a lot of reading. Had a few photoshoots with babies, too. I love taking pictures of little ones. They're just so adorable.

And spending too much time on Pinterest.

Oh! And P90X is still going well. We're in to week 6, which means we're just about halfway done! That's pretty awesome. I can definitely tell a difference in my endurance, and I've gained some more muscle. Mike has lost weight (no matter what he says) and I'm feeling great. He still hates it pretty much all the time. I like it, though.

I'll leave you with a picture of me and Michael on our anniversary. I set a timer on the camera and ran out to smile. (I have since bought a remote for the camera, so the self-timer need is no more!)