Hi everyone!

I've decided to re-christen one of my birds Claude. Prince Claude, to be exact. Prince Claude and Louisa. But since Claude's a prince, that makes Louisa a princess, because she's having his babies. They're rather cute together.

Hmm, yes. It's good to be happy. I'm glad to be home, I'm glad I get to see people. And New Years ala Steinke will be fun. But I'll also be happy to be back at the Mount. I'm excited for next term, for a number of reasons. Lots of changes, and it should definitely be better than last term.

I don't have anything super profound to say to you guys tonight. I just felt like writing a bit.

It's hard to absorb so much change. I'm the kind of person that, when given the choice, would rather suck the marrow out of things before moving on to the next buffalo wing, instead of sampling a million different kinds and leaving some scraps in the basket. With all the changes, I feel like I'm going to miss out on something. I don't have time to give it all the care it all deserves. But so far I'm liking most of the changes. Part of it might be a resignation towards a peaceful positive feeling towards it, because I can't stop it from happening. Plus I really do like them. Like my seafoam green velvety comforter! It's soft and squishy and warm, which is especially nice because now I not only live in an upstairs corner of my house, but above an outside deck, not my living room. So it gets cooler in here. But for once in my life I've got enough blankets to keep me warm in the winter. It's the littler things, really that make me most happy. Smaller sized gestures that mean a lot.

I'm going to sleep now. Dreams are nice.