me, today:

frowning because i don't want to write a spanish paper, my kitten is losing lots of fur & smells of sulfur, and a few tiny blood vessels under my left eye burst today while i was swimming/wearing goggles.

but! all's not so bad. today i had a thai lunch date and received a letter from my madre española (on handmade paper, covered in flower and ladybug stickers), and tomorrow i leave for a long weekend in denton!

time:

i have so much free time. i spend it doing absolutely nothing. i can honestly say that i don't know to where my monday has gone. wastey waste waste.

in addition, i am getting extremely anxious for the upcoming change in season/weather. i just bought this new/vintage coat, which i can't really imagine wearing until it cools off at least 100 degrees... or 40. but really. it's so hot out right now.

i need to get out of austin for a while. i'm bored.

rainy run:

i just got back from a thirty-minute run in the heavy rain with carmen. afterwards, my fingers were prune-y and my running shoes soaked, but during the run i felt so great and refreshed in a way that i can't explain.

i'm out of groceries, so for dinner i'm having an amy's kitchen mattar paneer which is, surprisingly, really delicious for a frozen dinner.

my suspicions were confirmed today when i found out that i contracted ringworm from the kitten. hopefully she and i will both be treated and well and ringworm-free by the end of the week.

cutie:

omg, seriously.
lots of rain lately. nice book/nap/tea weather. lazy lazy.

school isn't so bad if i just remind myself often that: 1) i have four-day weekends, every weekend, and 2) i finish in may (hopefully!).

could september be any more packed with shows that i want to see? acl, of course, but then: john vanderslice, yo la tengo, amiina, the sea and cake, the animal collective, do make say think, maria taylor, etc. etc. ugh.

kitty kitty:

i've been getting accustomed to having a new kitten in my little house for the past few days. she's pretty adorable. she loves to chase pens and to type on my computer and to purr and to curl up with me to take naps. also, she has the bluest eyes that i've ever seen and her fur is as soft as a rabbit's. i'm in love.

revamp:

this morning i painted my bedroom!

before:
and after:
i'm pretty happy with the results. see more new apartment photos here!

in other news, i have been incredibly lazy for the past few weeks. just reading books and watching 'the office' and laying out by the swimming pool and making quick trips around the state. school starts in a week and a half. plenty more relax-time between now and then.

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.