Fall is my favorite season. The smells, colors, weather, experiences, and flavours are all wrapped up into feelings of comfort and excitement. I missed fall last year... I was living in Cordoba, Argentina, and I left to enter it's winter, spring, and a bit of summer. Words cannot express how much I have been looking forward to the coming of crisp air, rain, changing leaves, pumpkins, and pea-coats, gloves, and scarves. On my run this morning, I could see my breath and I marveled at the yellows, oranges, and reds. Glorious. Right now I am sitting in my recently cleaned house. I invested in some long-lasting candles and my olfactory senses are on overload with cranberry and pumpkin spice. .......I am content....... This weekend was a good one; actually, these past few weeks have been simply marvelous. In addition to loving my classes, I cut my hair, created a pinterest, went on a cleaning frenzy, and started a blog. Stuff just got real.
A myriad of classes... Such is the life of an International Studies and Spanish major... I cannot get enough of poli sci, history, spanish, philosophy... the humanities. Marxism and the Socialist World with John Yoder is probably my favorite, but Religion in Latin America, Latin American Civ, Comparative Politics and TAing for the History of the Mediterranean World are all pretty great too... Choir is going splendidly as well; I love being on leadership, especially serving as chaplain.
My hair has been rather long for many years... I was over-stressed at 2 o'clock in the morning Wednesday night two weeks ago and I realize that my hair style had been basically the same for ten years. TEN YEARS! So, the scissors appeared and stress relief began! Thirteen inches later, I am now sporting a shoulder-length "do" with lots of layers and I love it. It's different, but great. It was liberating cutting off the hair that I had taken such pride in and now, my hair is healthier than it has been in years. It is such a good cut for fall and goes with my look.
Pinterest. Oh, pinterest!!! I have been saying that it is the worst/best thing to have ever happened to me. This may very well be true! It is a great feeling to be able to turn off my school brain and read inspirational quotes, gather craft ideas, rediscover favorite novels, plan out outfits, and look at beautiful scenery. Pinterest really is virtual collecting, but it does not take up space or cost money! The only cost is time and I would rather spend my time pinning useful ideas, meals, and workouts than mindlessly flipping through pictures on facebook. I have already created a scarf from an old shirt, made deodorant (environmentally friendly, less expensive, and not toxic to my body? yes please!), cooked squash orzo pasta with spinach and parmeasan, baked pumpkin bread, and have been creating outfits out of some clothes that have just sat in my closet for months (yay fall fashion!).
Cleaning Frenzy!!! Much needed. I scrubbed the kitchen- which included four dishwasher loads, I cleaned my room (clean-cleaned... not just put away the cloths), and I organized the furniture, vacuumed, dusted everywhere, and cleaned the upholstery in the living room. Not that I did this for the love of my roommates, but I GET THE HOUSEMATE OF THE MONTH AWARD. just sayin' =) I introduced the candles and bought a new rug/mat for the kitchen and I redid the dining area. Until this morning, I had never eaten a meal at our table because our "table" was a combination of a round table and a rectangular table positioned awkwardly with a black (BLACK!) tablecloth thrown on top... It was horrible and the 8 chairs did not go together. Suffice it to say, the black cloth is now in the goodwill pile, the rectangular table is in the garage with the 3 horrid chairs, and we now have a quaint dining area. One beautiful round table with matching chairs. If any of my housemates have a dinner party with more than 5 people, by all means, we can bring up the chairs and table. But until then, I will live with feng shui in my life.
The blog! I am oddly excited about blogging. I have stayed away from creating a blog for a while because I was pretentiously not wanting to be pretentious. However, I enjoy journaling and figure, why not try a blog? I am a thinker at heart and I spend a good deal too much time in my head. I tend to function the best when I am able to write down my thoughts and put consequential words to them. So, that is what this blog is! My ramblings! My crazy thoughts and discoveries that many people might call rudimentary and have thought before (most people think and process more eloquently that I...). I have a mind to discuss daily life (from cutting my hair to cleaning the kitchen), politics (US and global), philosophy (from Aristotle to Confucius to Marx to Jesus), disparity (poverty, sexism, racism), fashion (let's keep it classy, eh?), cuisine (health and indulgence), current events (BBC and Al Jazeera are my go-tos), feminism (yes, I am a feminist. no, I do not hate men), pacifism (war is never the answer), tea (mate anyone?), yoga (the most relaxing, centering activity I have found), health (exercise, stress, sleep, water), travel (my experiences, my goals)...... I could go on, but for now, it is time for bed.
Who knows if I will even post again! It's been a good release of thought tonight at least... Til next post (which could be never... but we shall see!)
goodnight. love. and peace.
hannah
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