Insane...

After an insane three days of work and school I have finally been able to take a few hours to VEG-THE-F-OUT!!!!!!  So far I've read my much neglected September Vogue (The largest issue each year), watched a few eps of How I Met Your Mother with Morgan, Facebooked like whoa, looked at fashion blogs like whoa, and I'm about to take an epic shower.  EPIC.  I really can't tell you how good this is feeling right now.  To illustrate the madness of my current and semester-long life--and since I know you've all been dying to know--here is my schedule!!!

MW-

Wake up at 7AM 

Finish random assignments or read 50 pages of lit.

9:30-10:45 20th Century Literature with Cynthia.

Submit online response from previous night's reading.

Read 100ish pages of lit.

2-3:15 Ethnic Liturature with IDK her name yet.

3:30-4:45 The American Novel with Gillian.

Go home and read as much as possible before crashing.  Or, on days like today VEG.

TTH-

Wake up at 7AM.

Work at the Writing Center 9-1PM.

2-3:15 Critical Writing with Colleen.

Frantic preparations for next class.

5-7:50 Modernism with Colleen.

Go home and eat and sleep.

F-

Work at Writing Center 9-1PM.

FREEDOM.

Sa-

Climb with brothers or go to South Broadway for pizza and thrifting.

Su-

Sit around, sore from climbing.

Work from home 6-10PM.

I'm busy as heck and already overwhelmed in my second week of school but YEEHAWW!!  I live for this stuff.

First day...

I may look calm to outside observers, but what I'm really thinking is:

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!  FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!  FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!  FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LEARNING!

PENCILS!

NOTEBOOKS!

LIT BOOKS!

OMGOMOGOMGOMOGMOMGOMGG

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I look tired it's because I was too excited to sleep.

Prom...

Oh, ya know, just hangin' out with Case at Prom!!!

Sauna had a fabulous goodbye show at Larimer Lounge tonight.

I was lucky to have such a lovely date!

Bouldering...

I don't usually get psyched on bouldering.  When I climb with my brothers, I often get talked into hiking a thousand miles, only to find that most of the problems are too burly or overhung.  Or, I'm just whiny because I'm not sport climbing.  Either way, I was so excited to find some problems that were just my style in Mt. Evans and the trip was made all the more special because Mike and Westy were there.

I feel so lucky to have my brothers!!!

DA BEST MONO!!!!!!

(These pics are taken on my newest project.  I believe it's a V3 and when I figure out the name I will share.)

Worst...

This, however, was the worst part of the week.

J got in a car accident the day I was unreachable in Mt. Evans and spent 4 hours in the ER.

He is lucky to be okay.

Best...

I'VE HAD THE BEST WEEK EVER!!!

Let's recap:

Tuesday:  Went to South Broadway for library books, Famous pizza, thrifting at Goodwill and then watched Misty and Kerri dominate the beach volleyball semi-finals.

Wednesday:  Drove to the Golden Cliffs to sport climb with some Iowa dudes (Filippo, Matt, JJ, Cho), led and top-roped some routes, ate some cherries, sped back to Denver to watch M&K win the gold, happy-cried a bit.

 Thursday:  Cleaned room, worked on school stuff, enjoyed Moscow Mules with my long lost friend Kyle and then went to the Skylark with my new roomies and Aaron.  Laughed a lot and got scared of a bug.

Friday:  Lunched with Ashley at Vine St., went to Boulder with J, and then birthday partied (Fidi and Morgan) with Westy and the visiting Iowa City climb crew.  Shit got real cray-cray.

Saturday:  Struggled to get up, drove a couple hours to get to Mt. Evans, hiked six miles to get to boulders, actually had fun bouldering, night hiked back, and enjoyed some delish impromptu guacamole (avocado, hummus, cherry tomatoes, and tex-mex snack mix).  

Sunday:  Went to the Douglas County Fair to watch J's dad preach and ate free pancakes.

HOLLER!

And that's not even a full week!

UH...

I was being a bit whiny in my last post.

Go figure.

I have a ton of friends here.  And they're awesome.  It's my own problem that I haven't reached out to them lately.

Sometimes a girl just needs a moment to wallow in her own non-problems.

WALLOW WALLOW WALLOW.

Good and bad...

Coming back to Denver has been both positive and negative.

I've had trouble breaking out of old routines and I still feel in somewhat of a slump with my friend scene in Denver.

I mean, what does one do when her best friend is her ex-boyfriend?

The answers are obvious but 

CRAP.

How much easier was it to avoid avoid avoid in Iowa City?

Anyway,

  I also haven't climbed or worked out since being here.

Because I live in a new neighborhood and didn't take much time to explore before my trip to Iowa, I know I must start the arduous process of finding my "spots."

Although I generally find this to be daunting, I'm trying to keep an upbeat attitude and remember,
"THIS IS AN ADVENTURE, SONJA!!!!"

Step one was taken today when I found a local coffee shop down the street.  This may seem miniscule but, shoot, being here has put me back in the writing mood and I'm now more excited than ever to return to school.

The next step will be to find a climbing gym and in the process, perhaps find some new climber friends?

Time will tell.