taking off the weights that keep us stuck here, in the comfort and the fear.

I just realized that it is has been roughly two months since I have last written on this blog, and I felt the need to change that, so here I am. What have I been up to for the last two months? Essentially nothing. Been overloaded with schoolwork and trying to make the most of my last year of college. The past few weeks have been especially busy with midterms, papers, and Halloween. I actually had a really fun Halloween weekend overall, I dressed as a Raven (though almost everyone thought that I was a dark angel apparently) and went to a house party on Friday with some friends, met a guy who asked me out (we'll see what happens with that) and Saturday went to Monkey Barrel with most of my apartment and some of our other friends too. I wish it were always Halloween in that bar because there were just so many awesome original costumes! I saw Billy Mays, Lady Gaga, and a Green Man all in one night!! This week so far has started off hectic, but nice. I got to go to the Federal Reserve Branch in Baltimore yesterday. Waking up at 5am to go on this trip was brutal, but I have to say it was definitely worth it. As I boarded the bus and popped in the earbuds of my Ipod and looked out the window at the layer of fog still laying over the corn fields of Salisbury, I couldn't help but feel awed at the beauty. It was like one of those moments of clarity, where you realize all the paper deadlines and stupid dramas mean nothing. It's the moments like that that inspire me and give me goosebumps. We finally got to the Fed about 3 hours later (there's quite a bit of B-more traffic in the mornings, I pity you commuters!) and it was really cool! I felt completely official being escorted by security guards around the building to the Fed Challenge staging room with Salisbury's team! After that we went to Five Guys in the Inner Harbour for a little celebration lunch (delicious as usual) and headed back to SU. The day would have been pretty perfect if I hadn't had to come back and do a historical poetry paper with a 5 page minimum. But, 5 hours later, I finished it and felt pretty happy with the result! Only TWO more to go this week! AH!