This weekend was less successful than I was hoping. At times, I lose hope, and then it's restored in places or by people I don't expect. Here's to hoping this weekend doesn't repeat itself this season.

On the bright side, I have completed most of my midterms, and so this week before spring break should be a pretty easy one. I have a few minor things to accomplish, but otherwise, not much on the schedule.

I was struck by an odd craving for a slushie this evening, so my roommate and I ran to Taco Bell. They have Frutista Freezes. The Taco Bell was unfortunately in a shady part of town. There were no street lights. We were the only car on the road. It was a little bizarre. But my craving was satisfied in a short six minutes! Sometimes, I have to indulge my cravings.

I started a twitter account. We will see how this works...I think it's going to be a string of random, often unconnected thoughts that flit through my head. Like I said, we'll see.

Picture of the day:

This was in Amsterdam. I'm pretty sure the guy in the khaki jacket thought I was a major creeper, but I had to take a picture. Too funny.

Happy end-of-Monday!

My Valentine's Day was spent in a 15-hour practice day for winter guard. Talk about non-romantic. It was exhausting and somewhat frustrating.

But my Sunday was amazing! I coordinated an event that we all deemed "All My Single Ladies". All my close girl friends are single, and we went to see a movie and dinner. We saw "He's Just Not That Into You." It's painful to watch at times because the main girl was a little crazy, but it was really humorous. My friends and I looked at each other at least ten times during the movie and whispered, "We gotta stop doing that!" Dinner was at O'Charley's afterwards, where we filled ourself with buttery rolls and diet sodas and entrees. It was a fabulous outing.

This week and next promise to be stressful since they're all that stand between spring break and now. Right now, the plan is to relax on spring break and go chill with Jenn at her college. It's about time I got to see her at school!

Pictures of the day:

The top photo is leaves underwater in a fountain in the museum district of Amsterdam. They were just along the bottom of the fountain, and I thought they looked so magical! The bottom photo is one of the numerous canals of Amsterdam. They are laid out in a ring around the city, so you can navigate by how many canals you walk over! It gave the city such ambiance.

March in February

 Two weeks ago, we had snow and ice. Today, it was hold-onto-a-light-pole windy. 

Dear Evansville, your weather is bipolar. Not much love, Chelsea.

My life has been a little crazy, and it looks to stay that way until spring break (the first week of March). I am taking two 300-level literature classes which have a high (expected) reading demand. Along with a biology class that has a 2 hour lab, I also work on campus. 

My weekends are taken up by winter guard. Yes, I invite this kind of stress on me, 

but sometimes I wonder why. 

I have not taken any pictures this semester. I don't have batteries for my camera, and I always forget to buy them when I go out. I need to write it on my list for the typical Sunday Afternoon Walmart Run. 

My roommate, Bernard, has gotten me addicted to Bones, a show about a forensic anthropologist who works with the FBI. Dr. Brennan, the main character, is a little anti-social but hysterical. The relationship between her and her FBI agent-partner is dysfunctionally interesting. I'm halfway through the first season already.

Picture of the day (well, you get two since I'm behind and they're kind of related):

These are both building art in Amsterdam. The top is (obviously) a full building. The bottom is a detail from a single wall. I really like the text printed in the bottom left corner of the bottom picture (click on the picture - it gets bigger so you can read it). I love when ideas literally jump off of walls to me.

Life is just chugging along.