Breakfast

Bread with a hint of rosemary. Fresh blackberries and strawberries already cut in bite-size pieces. Cinnamon bagels with plump raisins. Gummy multivitamins in the shape of little bears. Who wouldn't look forward to breakfast when such an appetizing meal awaits? :)

Had sweet potato pancakes for breakfast and listened to oldies with my dad all morning. My favorite type of spring break. I am such a family-oriented person. :)

I am currently suffering from the most severe case of laziness: my stomach is growling with hunger but my legs refuse to make the short journey down into the kitchen. :D Bed seems to be the ideal place of choice for now.

Goal for summer: exercise!

Really, I'm not kidding. I can't deny any longer the benefits of exercise, and goodness gracious how scared I am of any health illness! I am going to swim like a dolphin, run like a cheetah, do pushups like a ..... student in West Point?

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

- Albus Dumbledore


The Harry Potter series contains such little gems of wisdom. =)

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

-John Milton

I think every girl is looking for her Mr. Darcy.

-Keira Knightley

I've already found mine. =) Though he would surely cringe at being associated with Pride and Prejudice!

There's something really classic and nostalgic about listening to the Beatles, though it was before my time. =D

It's funny that I once thought getting into a good college meant my life was set. It is, in a sense, but now grad schools and jobs and the whole-grown-up-world seem to be crowding out any delusions I had about how straightforward life would be post-high school. I used to draw out elaborate plans of my future, plotting out my classes and potential volunteer activities in painful detail. I was convinced that as long as I followed my roadmap to success, I was sure to emerge with a good career! But things have turned out differently, and even better than I expected, and it's all because God has blessed with a special someone to share life with.

So really, what lies beyond the river bend doesn't matter so much when you're enjoying the company of the person rowing the canoe beside you!

I want...

I want orange juice in a small plastic cup, like the kind I used to get on long airplane trips. I want summer warmth sans dreadful summer dryness. I want freshly laundered linen and poofy pillows to relax on. :)

The roses sitting on my desk have the most delightful, rich, creamy colors. It's hard to concentrate on homework when my eyes keep wandering back to those softly unfurling petals, God's handiwork wonderfully manifested through every graceful line and perfect shade. =) The campus is just full of the most beautiful and delicate blossoms, and it makes me so joyful just walking to and fro class when the whole world seems to be abloom!