A little bit awol

Well, guys, I'm a little bit busy at the moment.
I blame it on the fact that I'm working 30-35 hours a week, as well as going to school full time and live out of my parents house so I happened to miss out on that awesome "free food" and "only 1/3 of the normal chore base" that keeping house requires.
Basically, it snowed and stayed for the first time last night, and this is how I live it:

This is outside, through my window. Oh, at 7:00 am. I'm already dressed and showered because I work at 9:30 and have class at 1, but haven't quite gotten the stack of readings done.
I'm definitely dropping this prof's class next semester. It's already one I've semi-taken anyway.

Anyway, I'm out. Got these Nubian dentition to read about. Whoop-dee.

To start what should have been before...

In recognition of myself not actually having real goals painted out, I have decided to start a bucket list on my pinterest. So far: I am going to do a canoe trip in the backcountry Kawartha Highlands park this summer.
    Here's my board: http://www.pinterest.com/nifzeta/bucket-list/
Because, seriously. I only have two things on it. 1) camping. 2) graduate.
 Nice... Wheeee! Gonna figure out what I like. I wish I had a phone that could do pinterest so that I could do it when I think of things I want to do.

Old Habits Die Hard

Haven't done one of these in uh... about six years? Maybe seven or eight? It seems kind of silly especially since I got into the sciences (where this stuff is generally all disproven) but for some reason, I always feel like there's more information about what I'm looking for in these cards than people around me can help me with when I need it. For such an old problem, it's about time I pulled this out again. It's only fitting, when it concerns what it does. If nothing else, it gives me a place to start thinking about problems where I was running in circles before.

This is a standard 5 card spread, for decision making, where each card has a meaning in relation to another card, except for the centre one which tells you the answer to the problem that's been weighing on the mind lately... namely when you were laying the cards out.

Now how do I go about doing this? It's not that clear...
I for some reason have "Do I Creep You Out" by Weird Al stuck in my head at the moment. Awkward. And ridiculously valid, given the circumstances.
Heh.

I finally found something that I don't have, the simplest of things...

A white gel pen!
What possessed me to not have one?
Oh well. I'll have to go buy one while I'm in the city tomorrow before school... or maybe after. Depends on what happens to my homework tomorrow. Mornings aren't always good for me.
Speaking of, all summer I couldn't find a job. Then I worked temporarily(*) at a bookstore in my university, then I got a job at a big tech retailer (which I love).
(*) Then they called me back a few times and kept giving me work, and left me on the pay roll. Now they need me to keep working. Which I also love.

In short, boy, am I glad that I started all of my Christmas craft presents early and have one finished completely, because boy, would I be screwed elsewise.

Cleaning?!

Today I finally gave up. After a mess of a lifetime on my desk, I cleared it all off and put what I could away. It was mostly loose scrapping paper, and loose quilting fabric that I just hadn't bothered to put away. Also, I gave my spare monitor to the other in the computer, since I just use my lappy all of the time. It cleared off my desk quite well, comparatively.
Ta Da!

Tomorrow, work followed by homework... on my nice, clean desk!

We have entered November: NANOWRIMO!!
Also, all of the papers are suddenly due. Like, within the next three weeks. Only 5 weeks of this term are left. Then exams. Then my last term of university! Yay! (more like terrifying).
While I did not celebrate Halloween by drinking (I had two papers due, a class at 9 am the next day and a lab finding caddisfly larvae in a stream (yes, on November 1st, in Canada)) I did go to dance where I dressed up for the night:

I was a dolly. Last minute decision to dress up. I have been itching to try the makeup for this one for about two years now, anyway.
Well, now that I've updated this blog, I'm off to finish writing a 2500 word essay about insects that spread infectious diseases (vectors) that are likely to be affected by global warming in the next hundred years or so. Be warned about Chagas' disease!