summer goals

it's another incredibly slow sunday in the SILS lab, and i figured it's time for a life update before i close up shop here and bike home in the sweltering heat that is north carolina on june 1. i am very excited that i have a wonderful new home and new roommates to go home to, now that we've gotten moved in and are settling at poplar. beyond the not-having-central-air thing, this house is going to rule--once we procure internet from the time warner's beastly talons. but hey, a tech detox was not un-called-for in the past week, and it's been nice to just sleep and read a lot.

so, things have definitely slowed a lot in the past few weeks since school has gone away and work and summer have taken over. the lack of huge academic obligations has been very nice. i've made myself a lot of promises in the past few months about how i'd use all this newfound time this summer, and with the support of caitlin, who is also creating a list of goals, i've come up with a few:

• cook--more often and more healthily
• take at least 3 longer (7+ miles) bike rides
• not drive my car unless absolutely necessary
• learn ruby on rails
• go on a trip
• get my master's paper topic nailed down

there are others, but those are the most interesting. i'm daydreaming now about the the plan once i get home: put on some flip-flops, ankle over to tres amigos taqueria in carrboro, and buy me a delicious gordita for dinner. oh yes. more boring, lazy summer stories to come, rest assured.

4:20 PM