oni loves working in the kitchen

arley was a little concerned about oni when he came to visit.  she was a little shy.  that, or she had to spend more time under the bed planning two people's demise(s) (?) instead of one.
he thought she "had changed" and wasn't her spunky, sassy, kill-you self.

here is how i know she has not, in fact, "changed":

this is oni's favorite box.  and the kitchen is her favorite place to play in her favorite box.  so she can swipe me with her sharp sharp claws when i am cooking (rare) or doing dishes (even rarer).

she has a habit of looking guilty.  or like she's ready to kill.

already packing!!!

only 11 more days til i make it to laramie.  i'm so excited.  i'm also going to freeze my butt off.  it was 78 degrees this weekend.
i've already started packing.  i decided i'm going to take a bunch of stuff back that i probably shouldn't have even brought with me in the first place.  like shoes.  and skinny clothes (sadly).  hopefully i will need those by the time i am done with texas...

anyways.  i'm going to be home for christmas!  and it's going to be really great!!

bedtime. aka destroy claire's attempts to have a pretty house

this is oni's favorite place to sing.  or something.  but only right after i make the bed (also rare).

see her footsteps?  i am pretty sure she hopped on about 30 seconds after i finished making the bed...

the counter of calories.

i'm having a hard time with this whole "get fit thing."  for one thing, counting is hard!

first i'm eating WAY too many calories - like 2000.

then i'm not eating enough, and my "body is going to go into starvation mode and lead to weight gain and bad bones and blah blah blah" - like 900.

who knew it could be so hard??


and the whole working out/being healthy thing.  a different story entirely...
it took me 5 days of break sleeping in til noon everyday to finally feel rested enough to work out.  then i worked out for 3 days, classes started, and my feet haven't seen their horrible, blister-causing shoes since. (two days, but still....)


anyways... i will keep trying.  i found a bunch of "fit blogs", which help to make me feel motivated and workout-y all from the comfort of my couchbed!


i did buy super delicious and healthy food though.  i'm going to attempt tofu!  i'm a little nervous, but i think it will be fun.  until i burn it or cook some wax paper and throw the spatula across the room....  look for the one that says "tofu", but not ironically, or anything...

what's that you say??

i think we can agree that it's not my style.  but i can't seem to get enough of it lately...

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it's true.  i am missing winter a little bit.  you never thought you'd hear me say it, did you?

i went on a 74 degree run today at 2 in the afternoon.  at the end of november.
it was great, i'll give you that.  i got to wear a tank top in the middle of wyoming's winter.

but it just felt weird.

i feel like the wind should be howling.
i feel like i should need to turn my heat on.
i feel like even with the heat on, i should be in a snuggly blanket to keep warm.
i feel like oni should be antagonizing me by snuggling on said blanket instead of cooling down in the bathtub.
i feel like i want to wear my snazzy snow boots (which are still in wyoming).
i feel like i want to see some snowy trees and tracks across campus.