in:

settling, piddling, getting accustomed to living alone. my new apartment is very small, but also very wonderful.

move out, move on:

i'm in austin, getting ready to move from my old house to a new apartment. i'm really getting anxious and restless much too far in advance. i don't move out/in for another week. but today i packed up my bookcase, cleaned out my bathroom cabinets and drawers, sorted through movies, took what was mine from our storage closet. i was on a roll, so i decided to go through some storage bins and expandable file folders in my own closet that i have been neglecting for a long time. and i found every receipt from the past three years of my life.

apparently i have been holding onto them despite the fact that a receipt from a cup of coffee from march of 2005 or a tank of gas from a year and a half ago is completely useless. anyway, sifting through and throwing away those little slips of paper felt like reliving my life in a weird way. i remembered the fun and/or stupid things that i have done or spent money on and it made me a little sad to think that, now that i have disposed of the receipts, i will never be reminded of those trivial things again. but then i remembered how relieved i felt to be rid of a garbage bag full of receipts and unimportant documents.

svitska goes to spain:

i'm leaving for spain in a bit (eleven days) to do some studying of broads, and i want to chronicle my trip without spoiling this little blogspot. so here's my new, special spain-blog, for those who are interested: http://svitskagoestospain.blogspot.com.

i have quite a few loose ends to tie up in the next eleven days, a little school work, a lot of packing, "to do" & "to buy" lists as long as my arm. wish me buena suerte. & don't have too much fun without me.

baby boy:

hey you! look how cute my nephew is:
he just turned one. see more photos here.

mother may i:

why must may arrive with an anticipated ten days of stormy weather? yuck, i say.

i'm feeling very:
-excited about the end of school and the beginning of summer.
-anxious about finding new living arrangements for next year before i leave.
-lazy today, but i blame that on the weather.

chairs:

from the haunted meeting room at scholtz beer garten.

bird poop:

how do birds time their excretions so impeccably?

just a moment ago, on my bike-ride home from class, an enormous dollop of bird excrement landed, directly & cleanly, on my inner calf. instead of being grossed out, i am in awe of the precise simultaneity of this bird shitting from his branch & me pedaling beneath said branch. also, i am really happy that the huge dollop did not land in my hair.

happy four-twenty!

disparate:

i should know by now that drinking strong coffee at 5:00 p.m. is not such a good idea. i have very nasty bruises on both of my kneecaps. my neighbor-lady is an ogress. i registered for fall classes this morning. school is about to get crazy. i'm feeling inspired. things are looking up.

everything within this is absolutely unconnected, despite what you may think.

oooh:

mmm:

oh, life. busy busy. doing nothing. going crazy. i turn twenty-one soon. españa is soon, too. beware.