break's over

whew.

spring semester starts today! i have logged in to my college algebra class, signed and emailed the class contract, read the syllabus, completed the vocab/concept quiz that had to be done before i could access the homework (17 problems, due saturday), and formulated a general battle plan. discussion boards/journal entries (even/odd weeks) due thursdays. homework due saturdays. quizzes/tests due sundays. we appear to be going more in-depth with the stuff i learned last semester, and i'm already finding this textbook to be more user-friendly than the last one. this, combined with being allowed the use of a graphing calculator (to be purchased after work today), has relieved the initial running-in-circles panic i felt this morning.

chemistry class starts tomorrow, and my backpack is prepped and ready to go.

christmas was wonderful! E got me professional baking sheets and a nutribullet, which have already seen extensive use. i also got the soap that sailed first class on the Titanic (nice!!), and the book that i asked for - Women's History for Beginners, written by Dr. Bonnie Morris, PhD, whom i know and love from Fest as Dr. Bon. squeeeeeee!!! oh, and that mystery package WAS IN FACT BACON! DOUBLE SQUEEEEEE!

E loooooooved the Death Star waffle maker i got for her, and we tried it out (with some of the bacon) on the first day of the new year.

ah, the new year. in the last 12 days, i have:

- learned to make pretzels, pain au chocolat, and roast leg of lamb
- completed (and sold) a pair of mittens
- made more progress on the giant granny square blanket than in the last six months combined
- started a new goalie-specific workout program
- used my nutribullet at least every two days (and love it so much that i might actually sell the juicer)
- hung out with two Fest friends
- actually taken a bath in E's bathtub for the first time in 3 years (we kept forgetting to buy a drain plug)
- re-organized the kitchen cabinets (with E)
- made significant headway in actually doing some cleaning every day. dishes and bed-making, at the bare minimum.

goals for this year include:

- save money for school, an eventual new vehicle, and our wedding
- pay off credit card #1
- finish the giant granny square blanket
- attend the Ohio Lesbian Festival
- learn to knit socks
- learn to make donuts
- learn to sew
- continue to get straight As
- get the bathroom painted
- take tap dance lessons with Mom
- get the tattoo i've been planning since Fest ended
- officially move in with E

hello, 2016. you're off to a pretty good start.