Post #3: A year later

So I remember how I was all excited about starting a blog, but I was concerned about my ability to actually remember to write in it?  Yeah, that was a justified fear.  It's been about 14 months and I've come full circle since I am once again taking the same self-defense class (it's always good to refresh) that I took last year and I am still stuck in Core Course since I volunteered to tutor the first year graduate students. Don't let that fool you, I have made some progress in the past year.  For example, I have taken up running as a hobby/form-of-torture and I will be running my first ever 5K in two weeks!  Hopefully I won't die or vomit either would be horrendous.  I have also started pole dancing, but not because I need to make extra money because my graduate school stipend is small. It's purely for recreational/exercise reasons.  It's super fun and I've been enjoying getting stronger and more skilled every day.  I could do without all the bruises though. My pole dancing instructor seems dead set on getting me spray tanned at some point.  I don't think she can comprehend that someone might actually want to be fair skinned.

Outside of my new exercise regime, I have also fallen prey to the allure of Pinterest.  It's an addicting website where you can see all sorts of craft, sewing, decorating, cooking, etc ideas.  Usually you just pin all this cool stuff that you find and never actually do any of it, but sometimes you might just actually make one of the things you find.  So far I have made braided t-shirt headbands, a large framed dry-erase board, a beaded headband, a lace headband, and my crowning achievement has been a yarn wreath (picture is below). I will admit the main reason for this blog post was so I could post a picture of my beautiful wreath and then pin it on Pinterest since Pinterest won't let you pin from Facebook :(  I am making three wreaths.  Two of them will go to my ward's Christmas Auction that we have to raise money for a disadvantaged family and one of them will live on my apartment door.  I'm not sure which one I want to keep, I will have to finish them all before I make my decision, but here is the first one:

My First Wreath!

In my school work, I joined a lab and I just selected my Thesis Committee and I only have one more semester of classes before I am done for the rest of my life!  Hopefully, I will stay focused on passing my qualifying exam and not get distracted by random stuff.

I'll post the other wreaths and possible the headbands later!