Last week was my spring break. M came up and visited home with me, after she had some auditions in Boston for theater. Her auditions went well. She got into the bus station on Monday with me right behind the bus to pick her up. We spent Tuesday watching the snow and Lord of the Rings with one of the dogs.
M and Jazz
Me and Jazz
There was a flurry just about everyday that we were there. We got some work done and watched some movies. We are both officially caught up with Doctor Who, just in time for it to start up again. There was also some cooking as we made three dinners for my family.
On wednesday we went to Acadia and found out that it is not open.
Later in the week we went to Deer Isle, which was pretty and cold, the trip was so that M could see the ocean.
shells in snow
M with articulated clam shell
Lobster claw
In other news, I have started on Mom's xmas present, it is a shawl called Roxbury Pond. Mom picked out the yarn with me helping, the color choice was entirely up to her with the restriction that she could not have neon pink yarn.
In random youtube videos: we have the avengers as seen using Merlin characters:
It should be noted that I did not make this video and I do not want to hear anything about season 5 as I have not watched it yet.
It is pi day today and the SciFi/Fantasy club on campus is celebrating by having pie with their movie tonight. I celebrated by having some pie, also wishing people happy pi day.
Courtesy of my brother
I finished the hat I was making myself, most of the knitting time I had was during class time. Knitting during class helps me concentrate so that I learn better as well as being less distracting with all of my fidgeting.
Beyond that, the last horse show I was in I got to try reining, and it was fun. I had no idea how to do some of the stuff, other things I only knew the theory. It was fun, and I did ok, the class wasn't a serious class, so it was really fun to watch all of us go. The class that I actually competed in I did alright in, and the horse I was on was wonderful. This past weekend I went to regionals to watch and cheer on my teammates who qualified, it was fun, we had two people who qualified for semi-finals in California for there classes as individuals. The team will be sending a full team as well as we won the region. Once again I have no pictures.
Because it is my neighbor's birthday today, I leave you with this:
I have been busy with classes, western riding team, and some knitting. Classes have been going well with the occasional lack of sleep but that is life. Beowulf is interesting as I am slowly learning Old English.
My computer has decided that now is the time to start a slow slide to death. This makes doing some of my homework a little interesting as the speakers have decided that they don't always want to work.
The riding team is fun. I will post some pictures eventually.
The team, jumping off a wall.
Progress continues on the hat, I am on my second chart about half way through it. A friend let me borrow her hand cards so I am working on processing some of my raw alpaca fiber.
The hat
M was in a play called "Summer at Yasnaya Polyana" it was a student directed and created work. The play was about Tolstoy, his wife and a piano player. M was the piano player and she had a beard.
It was worth going to and seeing, I do not feel bad for skipping the other two plays as I had a free ticket due to being a student.
The weather has turned and now there is mud everywhere.
ON that note, the Doctor is coming and with him comes soufflé girl.
On a positive note Kilgharrah(my bike) now has lights, not just the reflectors. And yes that requires a dancing Ood.
