2015: Day 273

Happy banned books week! Read a banned book! :)

(I am definitely not as tall as this photo implies.)

2015: Day 272

Someone at my school thought that this victorious sloth was an important community announcement. I agree. This is how I know I am in the right place. 

2015: Day 271

Sometimes, when your cat lays on your keyboard, it is just her way of letting you know about cool Internet easter eggs. 

2015: Day 270

This has been the weekend of free food. First my roommates and I made a clean sweep of grocery bingo, then I visited Dan and his wonderfully kind mom gifted me with tea and dessert for the road, and finally tonight my apartment gave its residents free pizza. Hooray for free food!

2015: Day 269

 

Today I drove to northern Illinois to visit Dan. We spent some time critiquing the disability narrative of this children's novel at the library because, where else do you take a future librarian? :D

(We actually did lots of other things too.) 

2015: Day 268

Robin decided to play beauty salon today. I don't recommend her. She is not good at doing hair. 

2015: Day 267

In which Jake and I have a soap opera moment, but don't have a date night. 

2015: Day 266

Robin challenges the social constructs of ladylike behavior, or the day I found out #feministcat is a real thing. 

2015: Day 265

Thank you to my friend, Ling, who surprised me in class today with delicious popcorn. 

The people here are very kind. :) 

2015: Day 264

I'm basically a cat manicurist now. And Robin can almost jump around on the leather furniture. Both of our dreams are coming true. 

2015: Day 263

Don't worry guys, this water is super chill.

2015: Day 262

In which a group of librarians stand in the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant and dance the way flamingos dance to bagpipes. #gslislife

2015: Day 261

It has been thunderstorming here in Urbana, and Robin is extra cuddly. 

2015: Day 260

Thank you to the faculty in my department for having a fancy party and leaving behind this dragon fruit. Thank you to the catering people for saying I could take it home. Thank you to myself for the good decision to eat it for a late night snack. 

2015: Day 259

This morning one of my classes took a field trip to the Spurlock Museum. There I saw this necklace made of beetle wings. It was disturbing, but also a clever use of beetle wings.

Poor beetles. 

2015: Day 258

In which Robin got too excited and punted me in the face. 

2015: Day 257

Today I made a sign for my door to let my roommates know what I'm up to. 

(Credit to them for the sign idea. :D)

2015: Day 256

Books books books. Thanks for a fun day new friends. 

2015: Day 255

My desk is a tiny shrine to Harry Potter World. 

2015: Day 254

Never been shorter.

2015: Day 253

When my cat is misbehaving (read: biting my ankles) I just crush her until she whines and runs away to find something else to do. I will pretend this is good parenting. 

2015: Day 252

Lesson for today: Don't ignore your cat. What you think is grumbly meowing might actually mean she has locked herself in the bathroom. She will then proceed to console herself by destroying sheets of toilet paper to count the minutes that go by. Later, when you have to pee, you will disturb the bathtub nap that she has resigned herself to after giving up all hope of rescue. She will express her trauma through nuzzles and slow blinks as her eyes adjust to light.  

2015: Day 251

The day was rainy and wet. My shorts had seahorses on them. They were returning to their natural habitat. 

2015: Day 250

Katherine and I are food soulmates, always and forever. <3

2015: Day 249

Jacob's birthday is this Wednesday, but his birthday party was today. His party theme was "Outside" and so the backyard was swarmed by little boys. The activities he picked out went over well and they all seemed to have had a great time.

2015: Day 248

For yesterday, when Alexandria gave me a tour of her home and we spent the last time together that we will spend for some time. I will miss you very much. 

2015: Day 246 and 247

Tonight we watched Hairspray in the park. This is not a picture of that. 

For yesterday, before I injured myself trying to be this squirrel's best friend. 

2015: Day 245

What readings look like sometimes when you want to be a children's librarian. 

2015: Day 244

Robin's cat tree came in the mail. I never expected it to be this big. 0.0

(For yesterday.)