Short Term Happenings

Well, I lied just a bit. I'm still in Chicago at the moment; I'm leaving at three o'clock today, or a little before. It depends on whether or not the bus I have to catch to the Blue Line comes every fifteen minutes or three. Why? It's snowing finally, on the day I leave, of course. Laugh. I'm a little reluctant to leave for so long, I don't like being away from my apartment, or the city for that matter. But at least I get to breathe fresh air and see the stars for the first time in about a year.

Anyway, here's a short list of things I'm working on over the short few weeks I'll be away; most of them happening before I leave for Rome. xx.

• Book review
• Writing and editing at least a chapter/short story a week with my reading girls
• Running five days a week
• Getting back on a normal sleep schedule (the end of the semester always has me up until three and up at five or six)
• Cooking and baking more gluten + dairy free recipes
• Taking better care of my skin
• Drinking more water

(I'm sure there's more, there always is)
ps--> What happened with the Gossip Girl series finale. I mean, really? Come on. The part with Kristen Bell was hilarious, though, I'll admit that.

Here's a picture of Ben Whishaw because I've been re-watching The Hour for the third time because I have nothing better to do apparently.