Let's Revamp this, Shall We?

Hello. I'm not very good at keeping these things up to date, tumblr is just so much easier you know? It's like you don't have to put any effort into it, just click reblog and poof! It's all done. Anyways, it's been absolutely lovely in Chicago for the past couple of weeks, and by that I mean it's cooled down from the high temperatures we had in July. It's been really great running weather, although I'm sad to see the sun setting earlier and earlier each day. Nothing much as been going on, work and general errands and such.

Here's my breakfast, just in case you'd like to see it.

The end of August is one of my favorite times of the year; maybe it's the anticipation of classes starting up again after Labor Day, the fact that fall is coming (my favorite season) and my friends are returning from their summers. My roommate is finally coming back next Sunday, which happens to be the day my mother and aunt are leaving after their short three day visit. I'm actually excited to see them, and in a way brings closure in starting the new semester.

When I was little my mother gave me the L.L Bean catalogue and told me to fold any page in half toward the spine that had a shirt or dress I wanted, or thought I'd like for the school year. And being under the age of ten, of course I just about folded every single page in the girl's section. After narrowing down the choices, she circled the item number and called in to order--which is something so odd now, considering most days we order online or go to actual shops. Which we could have very easily done, however I don't think Walmart has nearly as nice of stuff as L.L Bean does. Then two weeks later or thereabouts the UPS would drop off a box big enough for me to hide in by our barn door, and after swimming lessons or errands we would come home and open it, peel off the plastic wrappings. My mother would hold the clothes up to me to make sure they would fit correctly. I've always been small so some of them I grew into, and others just hung loose. You can't have everything. I'm really excited for them to come, I haven't seen my mother since she and my father helped Colin and I move into our apartment, and my aunt since Christmas.

Finally got new headphones.

 Well, I think that's all for today. I have to finish cleaning out the sunroom and reorganize the cleaning closet. Jane Eyre has been going rather slow in terms of reading; don't get me wrong I love it, it's wonderful and brilliant and possibly my favorite of the Brontë sisters', but I don't know. My mind is elsewhere trying to prepare for the gaggle of people who are going to be in and out of the apartment in the next week. Off to study French now, since my vocabulary is deplorable. More on the books later. Happy Sunday.

Currently reading: Jane Eyre, The Bell Jar, The Catcher in the Rye
Music of the day: Doctor Who Series Six Soundtrack, Murray Gold
Weeks left until fall semester: Just about two