lazy days.

Today's one of those lazy days...just a summer Saturday with nothing pressing to do. So, I've spent it playing Monkey Snowfight and Battleship online with Stephen, watching people pull pranks in YouTube videos, playing around on my violin, looking up songs from Keith Urban's new album (and a few of his older songs that I hadn't heard), and helping Mom throw dinner together. That turned out fabulously, by the way: grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and lamb (o.m.g. - delicious), with marinated zucchini, squash, red onion, and mushrooms, and raw cauliflower with ranch dip. Mmm.

Now everyone's in the other room watching Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade. I guess I'm just not in the mood for it. The sad thing is, I don't know what I *am* in the mood for. I'm sure if I actually opened up my notebook, I'd find a huge list of things I could do...but I'm not really in the mood to get up and get it either. :P Heh, I know...I sound awfully pathetic. I figure I can afford to be every once in a while during the summer. I've been pretty productive this week, I think, though. Wednesday morning, I decided to look over the list of required books for next semester's classes, since I find that it's easier to order them early so I don't have to worry about it later in the summer. If I'd bought them all new from the campus bookstore, the total would have been somewhere around $470. (Yeah...not cool.) But, thanks to the handy shopping skills I learned from my mom, I got what I needed for $330. Heck to the yes. ;) I was excited, and a little proud of myself.

What I'd really like to do is find a new comforter for my new apartment bedroom so that I can leave the one I have in my room here, since it matches the walls and curtains. All of Ali's stuff is blue, but I'm not sure if I'm going to try to match any of it. I think I might go for a contrasting dark red, maybe a red toile print. Whatever I pick, I'll probably be hanging onto it for a while and using it as the centerpiece for my bedroom ensemble. Our suite is already starting to break up - even before we've moved in - so I don't know what my living arrangements will be next year. Danielle will be getting married in October or November, and I'll hopefully be spending the spring semester in France. Things will be drastically different by next summer, I'm sure. Maybe I'll have a steady job or an internship. ... Maybe not. I'll be many hours closer to finishing my degree, though, which is scary. I'm reaching that point of pressure where I'd really like to know what the next step is going to be. *sigh* I don't know -- too many options. I think I'm going to go play with my violin some more. Perhaps more thoughts later...