Rest of the pictures + April goal

April is going to be busy.  In fact, most of March had a lot going on, and I got sick, which made everything crazy.

As such, I didn't quite picture a day.  I did picture most days, though, so that's good.  I also didn't nearly catch up on magazines, but I'll keep working on it.  I did finally post my narwhal pattern for sale on Ravelry, and I'll be posting another pattern soon.

For April, I don't want to push myself.  Instead I want to let myself relax.  So my goals for this month are to spend a solid amount of time meditating (set my alarm for at least ten minutes), and to stretch every day.  And eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.  And to sleep.  Nothing i don't do ordinarily, but all things I'm likely to cut out when I'm stressed, and all things that help me not be stressed.

And I'm definitely stressed - woke up at 4:30 this morning and couldn't fall back asleep, so I finally got up and cleaned the kitchen.  By 6:15 there was a very clean kitchen...

Okay, pictures!

March 11: Minecraft magnets.  Note the quote in the middle,
I think it's fitting.

March 11: My car had pretty tree shadows on it.

March 13: Waking up before sunrise is painful,
but it brings a nice view.

March 15: This green tape is less frustrating
when it's my own commencement they're preparing for.

March 17th: Tyler and I went to a concert over break.
We got to chat with the performers for a bit, because
house concerts are awesome like that.

March 18th: Two months until graduation!
Spent the day in LA, and this house was cool.

March 18th: Went to the beach to watch the sunset.  It was
far too cloudy.  Isn't that a gorgeous sunset?

March 18th: We saw the Hollywood sign!
And the Berlin sign.

March 18th: A tombstone at the Getty Villa.
The descriptive sign says that it is unclear
whether this tombstone was meant to commemorate
a person or a dog.

 

March 19th: gotta love a dirty kitchen.

March 22: Trees suck at standing up straight.

March 22: Trees .... wat?

March 23: Lizard has quite the tail.

March 24: First attempt at sourdough

March 25: Economist trying to be funny?

March 26: There was an airplane in this picture, I swear.

March 27: I made a dog!

March 28: I made a cute thing!
Self-designed pattern too.

March 28: So what's in those brownies?

March 30: Not the first time I've seen this bus.

Pictures: March 3 - 8

March 3, Oops: I forgot to take a picture until the very last minute, and I'd been
in my room all day, so this is what I had on hand... my lamp and my curtain.  Meh...

March 4, Trapped: I was thinking about pictures all day, but not enough...
Just as the sun was going down, I took one through the screen.

March 6 Cactus: Walking back from class, I thought... man that plant is huge. 
I've walked by it every day this semester, but didn't really see it until now.

Another March 6, "Where's the Mountain go?": I gestured North, only to realize
that the mountain I was gesturing towards wasn't visible.

March 7, Church: You can continue to use your phones during service, but please
turn off the flash.

March 7, Loneliness (or Fear): What I usually feel
when walking to IV meetings.

 

March 8, Hanging: I happen to love this quilt.

March 2: Cinnamon Rolls

I made cinnamon rolls yesterday.  This is before baking - they look more like cinnamon rolls in this picture then the after picture.

More pictures and the story of baking them will be posted shortly on Unintended Nachos.

March 1: Cosmetic Desert

While getting ready for my dorm's fancy party, I noticed that my bronzer was broken.  Behold, broken bronzer, in its full glory.

February, you're gone so soon!

I think I wanted to post something two weeks ago, but apparently that didn't happen.  Here I am at the end of another month, looking back on my month's goals...

1. Cut unnecessary spending: done.  My main goal was to finish February having spent less money than I earned, and I succeeded, even though my next paycheck is tomorrow.  Tomorrow!  I'm going to get 3 in March, apparently!  The success was only by 5 dollars, but I wasn't cutting back on my food, and food is my main expense, so I'm still proud of myself.  I'll try to keep it up in March.

2. Keep in touch with friends: done.  Sorta.  My intent was to connect with someone every day and that may have happened?  It's surprising how much I text people.  I definitely feel a bit more in touch with certain people now than I did before, but there are others who I still feel the need to contact again.  Like my cousin... I need to not forget to call him back.

3. Cut internet / time wasting and spend more time with more relaxing breaks.  I forgot about this one, actually, but I have significantly cut my internet time... I'm not sure if that came with prioritizing other kinds of breaks or just with being busier.  I know part of it, however, is that I'm now reading magazines with breakfast instead of being on the computer... and that's The Economist, so it feels productive too.

I'm starting to realize that there's a few different types of goals I could have.  There are the "in general, I want to _______" goals, like spending less than I earn and cutting internet time.  Then you have to-do list type goals, like "I want to knit a scarf", etc.  Finally, there are the daily challenges.  Its probably good to figure out what each goal is when I start rather than get halfway and be like "heyyyyy, I thought I was going to do something every day but I think I'm still in the spirit of it."

March is going to be interesting, since not only does it have Spring Break in it, it also is bound to be less stressful than February was.  I haven't really thought about things I want to do this month, so lets see what comes of this.

1. Stop complaining about generic business or tiredness.  There's a culture around here, it feels like, of competing to be the busiest and the tiredest.  And where does it really leave us?  Now, if I'm legitimately feeling stressed or couldn't sleep, that's one thing.  But if I'm feeling generally pretty good, I don't think I should be complaining.  This is a sort of wishy-washy goal but we'll see what happens.

2. Finally write up the pattern for my crochet narwhal and post it for sale on Ravelry.  It just needs to happen.

3. Catch up on Economist so I'm reading the most current one, not one from 2-3 weeks ago.  (Sooner rather than later, methinks).

4. Now for something fun: I want to do a photo a day challenge.  I guess I don't need to explain that one.  Maybe I'll try to post pictures here, and try to take pictures with stories.

Something inspiring: http://dharmacomics.com/

Edit: 5. Update the design here and on Unintended Nachos.  I can has web design?