magically i will be gone: two weeks

two weeks.
two weeks.
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two weeks.
thank god (little "g," of course). the weather here has been hit or miss since i arrived 10 weeks ago. may pretended like it was going to be nice, but more often than not stayed overcast. most of june was cloudy, but the locals referred to is as "june gloom" and so we assumed it would end in july. july 1st proved to be cloudy, but by july 3rd, the sun came out and shined through the holiday weekend. it continued to frequent us throughout the past two weeks until the other day when the weather become chilly and the clouds went back to hiding our rays of happiness.

in the mean time, i have been preparing to pack up all of my posessions here and move back to the east coast. i am not very motivated about the packing, but the planning is constantly on my mind. beds, china cabinets, mirrors, shelves, dining sets, and even felines have been acquired, a moving truck reserved, and an apartment awaits. lola (my car) and i will be heading back very soon, although not soon enough, and the better part of being graduated from college and out of officer commissioning school will begin. kitchens and furniture, hard wood floors and cobblestone streets, historic churches and sidewalks filled with locked up bicycles awaits! jill will join them, lola will find a home, and my new kitty will take ownership of my room and adjust to her new life in the city.

seasons of harvesting

the weather has been doing its best to cool down and i'm beginning to look forward to sweaters, fall jackets, and the autumn leaves falling to the ground in wonderful burnt colors of the season. pumpkins litter the windows and stoops of the city, smiling their toothy grins to passerbys reminding us all that the harvest has come, holloween is approaching, and that if we want to keep warm we should ready the nearest aphgan, cups of hot cocoa, and maybe even someone to cuddle with. for those reasons, fall is my favorite season.

on these cool days the air is crisper than the mugginess of the summer, leaving me feeling ever refreshed, ready to take on projects... or sleep. however, with the evening sun forcing its glow into my window, i cannot go to sleep early, but take refuge at my desk, with my lovely macbook in front of me and the furry kitty sleeping at my feet.


the chair that did not get sat on for a number of years got a new seat this past week. the chair came from my grandmother and was linked with her rolltop desk from the time that i was very little. even in its unusable state, i couldn't part with it.


with the weather cooling, the air conditioner has left my window free to be open and has made chicken a very happy cat as he loves to explore the rooftops of our block.

since my roommate has left the country for another during the next couple weeks, i took the first of the next couple lonely weekends to finish a dress that i began to make during my third year of college... a significantly long time ago. three button holes and approximately 10 more stitches and i'll finally be done.

bad news is that i'm not so sure i like the dress anymore. on the bright side, while finishing the dress this weekend, i managed to make a shirt with fabric i was going to use for the dress and that came out to be adorable.

case of the mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays, thursdays...

little onion productions has hit an enormous snag -- kitty is willing to do his part (i.e. sleeping all day and begging for cans of tuna), but little onion of little onion can't seem to get things into gear.  instead, boss lady sits around thinking about how things haven't been going her way for the past month and while it has seemed like an eternity since graduation and family/friends all packed their bags and said "adios", it has only been one month and the world just might not end for a little longer.

a new tickle found her way into the world tho...  meet Mim who can be found and purchased here along with Iko and Quack!