the videos i promised...

great find...

i am just posting something quick while i take a brief study break. during a break at work today, i found a great blog on the times site. enjoy. :)

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/

one thing before i head for bed...

bah!!! why, why, why do i always seem to run out of time to blog?! i am heading for bed soon so i can get up early to study for my legal environment of business class. i am getting anxious about it because i still have quite a bit of work ahead of me while also worrying about hoby and my trip to d.c. this weekend. i just keep telling myself that it will all get done ... it always does.

i am very excited about d.c. (even though i am a tad bit worried). just another place to add to my "places traveled list." granted, i will not get to do much site seeing, it will still be a great experience.

on a more random note, tomorrow i will post a few videos highlighting on of my fellow yabbies and i riding her bicycle inside. it is pretty amazing. :)

and... on another note, i had a really great talk tonight with a friend. a good portion of the conversation was about spirituality and religion. i love quotes, and i have a bumper sticker with a great one from Jonathan Swift on my wall next to my bed.

"we have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough religion to make us love one another." - jonathan swift

granted, this may not be the most relevant quote in terms of our conversation, but i really do love this quote. think about it a bit...

night all.

running out of time tonight...

once again, i am running out of time tonight to post anything of any major substance. hopefully, i can start researching a bit more and find some really cool articles (like this one) to post. in the meantime, quotes and random thoughts will suffice.

today was quite enjoyable. i really enjoy work, and i am beginning to feel more settled. we'll see what tomorrow brings. i have a lot of homework left to do for my online class, and hoby is coming up next month...still so much to do with that! i am not panicked yet because i know how these things work. everything seems to fall into place at the last minute with these things. i just need to get through each week as it comes. i have learned a lot this year, and taking each day at a time and living in the moment is the way to go. granted, my head knows this... my heart does not always listen. well, i have now begun to ramble and babble and say all things that make no sense. on that note, i will leave you all with one of my favorite quotes. it is one i have posted right next to my bed so i see it every night before i go to bed and every morning when i wake up. :)

"finish each day and be done with it. you have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
- ralph waldo emerson

night all.

currently listening to...

too exhausted...

i'm pretty tired and my head hurts from thinking too much about things today. that said, i will simply share a few short words of wisdom i came across today.

my friend, dan, is amazing. i swear he always knows what to say and when to say it. tonight, i was searching for some advice or profound insight and ran across old texts i received from him. below are some words he has shared with me.

"we can learn something in every situation---what are you learning?"

night all.

currently reading...

it was on my to do list...really...

so here it is... my first post. i've been meaning to blog for some time. originally, i was intending to use this to document my summer internship, but instead, i decided that it should be free-flowing -- including anything i find that is interesting, things that happen during my time spent in illinois this summer, etc. on that note, be prepared for my randomness... my first and only warning! :)

i'm struggling at the moment to find motivation. currently, i am taking full-time summer classes while interning at state farm. i love what i am doing, but at the same time, really would not mind having at least a taste of summer before i find myself back in the classroom in a few short months. i have found a coffee shop called Coffee Hound within walking distance of where i am living for the summer, and i am looking forward to visiting it tomorrow so i can work in peace. it has been too long since i have studied in a coffee shop...FAR too long.

with that said, it just dawned on me that it is after 11pm (11:11...make a wish!), and i must wake up early tomorrow for work, which i love A LOT!

good night all!