A Weekend According to my iPhone

1// Strolling around High Falls on my lunch break.

2// New editions of Interior Design and Dwell for April.

3// I have this thing for large trees in open spaces - one of my favorites from Highland Park.

4// A weekend well spent with my momma.

5// Started my second job at Boulder Coffee Co. and I'm lovin' it.

6// Lazy snuggle times with this little fur ball.

7// Signs of spring finally springin' up everywhere.

Currently

cooking coconut chicken curry and rice.

dreaming of taking a trip back to Europe with no predetermined return date.

enjoying having the sixty degree weather and having my apartment windows open.

listening to Mutual Benefit, The Cowboy's Prayer - an awesome little album found at Record Archive.

looking forward to starting my second job at Boulder Coffee Co. next week.

planning my trip to Chicago to visit my friend Nina and attend Neo Con.

reading 1984 by George Orwell, the first book on the Gilmore Girls reading list.

rewatching the series Firefly.

savoring time alone, doing what I feel like doing when I feel like doing it.

searching for a two bedroom apartment in downtown Rochester.

A Weekend According to my iPhone

1// Snap from a Saturday afternoon stroll through Rochester's High Falls.

2// Finally made it to 123 Sesame Street.

3// Watched some butterflies flutter by at the Strong Museum.

4// Snuggle sessions with a little brat cat.

5// Ignoring adulthood at the Strong Museum with Nils by playing with fake sinks.

6// Play is our brain's favorite way of learning...a day well spent at the Museum of Play.

7// Scored some entertaining CDs from this grab bag at Record Archive.

15 for 2015

So, in case ya'll haven't noticed, it's the new year...and I don't feel any different. Thanks Death Cab for Cutie, you're great.

 

Anyway, I surely didn't experience some sudden epiphany where I decided to make this my best year ever or create a new me in the new year. I did, however, get that customary boost of motivation to start what will hopefully be another incredible year.

In observance of any goal-setter's favorite holiday, I opted out of a single, specific resolution and instead decided to make a list of fifteen "goals" for 2015 - revolutionary I know. Some of them are professionally-oriented, some are personal goals, and some are just for fun! Regardless, I'm looking forward to working toward each of these and can't wait to see what I'm able to accomplish!

1// Register for and/or take the LEED Green Associate and AP ID+C exams.

2// Visit Toronto, Canada.

3// Start using my bike for daily transportation.

4// Spend more time on creative endeavors - paint more often, fill more sketchbooks.

5// Save enough to cover a month's worth of expenses.

6// Learn how to render scenes in 3DS Max.

7// Attend NeoCon in Chicago, IL in the spring.

8// Start a potted veggie garden.

9// Make my physical and mental health a regular part of my daily routine.

10// Read more design history and theory books.

11// Watch as many films on AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movies list as possible.

12// Sing at a karaoke bar.

13// Cross off at least five items from my ROC bucket list (...coming soon!)

14// Get a small, part-time job - preferably at a coffee shop.

15// (Re-)Teach myself how to speak, read, and write Spanish.

Cheers to 2015!