We are now on the cusp of spring: buds are blooming, the lawn is growing, the precipitation is more wet than cold, the chickens have once more begun to lay eggs, and my sewing room is still full of unassembled wool coat pieces. However! This is not to say that I've done nothing since my last post.
Au contraire, mon ami!
Since I left you last, I have accomplished the following:
- Applied to University of Idaho's graduate program
- Been accepted to University of Idaho's graduate program
- Probably gotten a full teaching assistantship to University of Idaho's graduate program (but still waiting on the official letter-in-the-mail news)
- Accompanied a bassoon recital
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| This poster only begins to capture just how classy the whole experience was. |
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| All of my friends are extremely photogenic. |
- Achieved my first (and hopefully last) hangover
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| Worth it? |
- Registered for the last official Stargate convention, ever! in Vancouver, B.C. for the end of April, including autographs with a couple of the stars and a photo op with my favorite; this will be the first con I've ever attended!
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| awwww yeeaaaahhhh |
- Made a full costume to wear to said conference, because I got excited and over-ambitious, but it worked out!
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Custom jacket? Piece of cake.
Inner turmoil over whether or not I'm nerdy enough to actually wear this to the con?
Not so easy. |
- Made a cap with remnants from my coat fabric because I bought too much and because I didn't want to face THE COAT after the triumphant success of my costume
- Made two pairs of pajama pants for my sister (sshh!) because nothing is more soothing than an easy pattern and cotton fabric
- Watched the entirety of The Office and Castle on DVD (while sewing, natch)
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| *siiiggghhh* |
- Drove to Idaho to visit my BFF over St. Patrick's Day, realized I could probably not live in the Palouse for the rest of my life, but it's okay, grad school is only two years anyway
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| Beautiful, in a barren, alien kind of way |
- Re-started my exercise regimen on our new treadmill (no more muddy shoes!)
- Learned how to change the brake pads and discs on my car
Basically, the mad dash to learn my audition rep shifted me firmly into stir-crazy, stay-busy, quit-lounging-around-all-the-time mode. I think I actually function best in this mode (I can only veg out for so long before I become deeply dissatisfied with myself). But now I'm back to the coat, with nothing else to potentially distract me (Nathan Fillion aside), so I'm off! I promise that the next post will contain some bona fide progress. Coat progress, that is.
