looking up

dear campus sunset,

why do i always miss you? ever since daylight savings it's almost dark every time i get off work. i miss your colors and your last bit of warmth before you go to sleep for the night. i seem to only catch the blue at the end of your show, but today i loved walking along the silhouette-lined skies. maybe we can have tea when the quarter is over? you're my favorite along the beach and i can't wait to be home to see you again.

love,

celeste

lackluster heart

even though it's finals week and i'm so close to being done,

my heart is feeling apathetic and dull.

it's not a very fun feeling.

i have my hardest final on friday for greek.

this class has been kicking my butt all quarter

and even though i love the language..

i am tired.

in between studying, i have been researching eurorail tickets

since david and i would like to travel through europe via train.

so this makes me a little hopeful,

at least just to get through the next few days.

and someone upstairs just started blasting regina spektor,

so i think God wants me to feel better.

{photo via daytrips}

happy sunday!

i want to meet this kid so badly!

friday five

every friday, one of my favorite authors posts a "friday five" on her blog.

about everything and anything, and i love what she has to share.

so i thought i'd adopt the idea myself:

1.

finals week is fast approaching. luckily i survived this past week, and only have a paper, and 2 finals left. these 2 finals are going to be brutal, though. however, i cannot wait for noon next friday. why, you ask? freedom, that's why :)

2.

i live in a co-op on campus and my cooking job as a resident is to bake bread from scratch once a week. these are the before and afters of what i made last night. super easy crescent rolls. i thought they were pretty tasty.

3.

one of my favorite things about baking is that i'm forced to spend time in our communal kitchen for a long amount of time. while i'm there, i get to run into people and hang out with whoever else is cooking. my friend, jireh, was making some indonesian barbeque last night and while i was baking he started boiling some lemon grass. he then add a ton of honey and poured me a glass of delicious iced-lemon-grass-honey-tea. delicious, and so very-sweet of him.

4.

yesterday while i was waiting for my 6 o'clock section to start i ran into my friend, karmia. we lived in the same hall as freshmen but hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and like magic, i ran into her. i guess running into people is really common, but it felt so good to reconnect with someone i adore so much. she is also a published poet. she's amazing.

5.

{via joy williams}

last and finally, i was wondering if i could get some input from my [few, but very important] readers. i'm leaving to study abroad in florence this january, and then going to oxford in april. in between sessions, i have a 3-week period free to travel and do as i please. magically, david is also studying abroad [in germany] in april, but is coming early and we're going to explore parts of western europe during that time together.

i grew up watching "the sound of music" and thought that austria would be a beautiful place to visit. my thoughts were reaffirmed when i found the above picture in joy williams' adventure blog.

do you have any suggestions on where to go, or are there places you've always hoped to visit?

i hope the weekend finds you well <3

community

as a college student i really shouldn't be watching television.

and i don't.

i watch hulu :)

i have been a longtime loyal follower of the office,

because it's amazing, of course,

but earlier this quarter david introduced me to

community

i know everyone is pumped on glee right now

(i've never watched it but i hear it's amazing)

but community is clever and down right hilarious.

all of the characters are so perfect and i always look forward

to friday mornings/ weekends so i can catch up on

my thursday night shows.

without further ado, here is the nbc trailer: