panic of 1837

i finally got a laptop!

thank you to my parents for this. . .i did nothing to deserve it, but am still so grateful.

this weekend was successful.  i got a lot done, accomplished having a little bit of fun, and at the end of it, i can actually say i'm ready to take on this week.  thankfully it will be a 4 day week, with a 3 day weekend on the tail end at which i'm ready to go home and just relax.  so ready.  

again this weekend, i took a look at my life and actually realized that i'm pretty damn proud of myself and the progress i've made over the past 4 months.  there are so many things in my life that i wanted to "fix" or "get better at" and while i can't say i've accomplished everything that i want to (who ever does, though, really?) i'm in a much better place than i was at summer's start.  

like i've said before, i think some depression and anxiety start to creep around in the summer time.  once school starts and things really pick up, my mood does as well.  there have been a couple of days this week that things came up, but they were dealt with and now they're over. . .this is something i've constantly been working on.  trying to take life at face value, dealing with the issues and then getting over them.  of course i still get irritated, i think that's in my nature as a human being, and sometimes i even think i'm entitled to it.  HA!

got to spend a little time with my family this weekend as well.  my grandpa sings in augsburg's centeniall singers choir and it was so fun to be on the other side of a choir performance with my parents.  he has so much fun singing!  it's so great to watch.

as for now, i'm going to put a little norah jones on the stereo and read the new book i got this weekend.  it's pretty good so far. . .you know me and my novels :) 

fight the good fight,

+kaia