From My Own Little Corner, In My Own Little Room. . .

Hello from Evanston, IL! My internet connection is now up and running steadily because Dave (as well all know) is a hero. Granted, I haven't had much time to devote to usual internet rituals. Graduate Orientation Week at Northwestern has engulfed my life. It is at once terrifying and fantastic. I feel sort of have the Hermione-syndrome here (aka-- I'm the muggle doing her best to keep up with everyone that has supposedly natural abilities). I cannot express how disorientating it is to be surrounded by tons of people who are at once bright and ambitious.

If school is terrifying, at least home is a comfort. I live in a terribly cute little house with a roommate who owns the Unicorn Cafe. She has a kitten named River and I feel that all three of us get along famously. It's just a happy little place that I am glad to come home to in the evenings after my thirty minute walk home from campus (sidenote: parking passes are $400! eesh. I'll use my own two feet, kthx).

We do not begin classes until next Tuesday, but I can already see a few changes creeping in here and there throughout my life. I've been more conscious about my eating habits, one. In a good way, I mean. I eat a breakfast every morning before my walk, lunch, snack around 3:30ish and then dinner when I get home. Also, I've been getting up around 7am daily with only marginal hemming and hawing. This is exceptionally impressive because I am not at all a morning person. Maybe it's the fact that I've been walking so much (it's like a way of life here), but I'm just more ready to take on the day. Speaking of days, they are absolutely beautiful here. I can feel the hint of fall in the air and Lake Michigan is exceptionally beautiful to lunch by. I didn't know water could get that blue. Everyone has been saying "Enjoy it now. It will be winter soon enough." To that I respond with: Why borrow tomorrows burdens when you could be enjoying today?

Also, some interesting opportunities regarding oral histories and theatre have cropped up recently through the head of my program. There is a distinct possibility that my whim-like project (which, I am still working on and hope to have posted within the next week or so) may branch into something larger than initially anticipated. We'll see.

Meanwhile, I should be working on a few drawings while I'm waiting for my portfolio to arrive tomorrow. Of all the things that I should forget in Decatur I chose that!

More details about grad school this weekend for certain after I get my banking things settled. Until then, much love!