wish list

I have less than four days before I'll be moved into new housing and officially starting my position as
Photography Editor. I already have an interesting class schedule with wide-open, class-free Wednesdays and Fridays and will be dabbling in the arts with a drawing class. Organizing photographers and photographs for both online and print, attempting to finally get the Photography Club recognized as an organization on campus, and getting to know 4 new roommates, I'll be quite busy. Of course I still have a wish list of things to accomplish...
1. WORK OUT!!
not just the occasional jog to the gym for a hour, but real, committed, drenched-in-sweat-and-feeling-fantastically-sore-afterwards, hard workout. My goal?
These abs...

 but I'll settle for these..

I know that means eating healthy, staying active and limiting the Ben and Jerry's intake.
2. Even though I said I'd do it back in June, I will definitely finish my quilt and compose a novel. Or  short story, one or the other.
3. I'd like to join my cousin in her yoga ritual but I, most likely, will need to start out small. I don't think I'm ready to dangle from the ceiling twisted in linens.

4. I'll compile my best photographs and print them for a portfolio and entertain the idea of an online portfolio. 
5. I'll be the best me that I can be; squash old bad habits and flourish with newer, better ones.

home

finally, back in CT but everything feels different. the summer is noticeably over, you can tell by the mid-august light. i've already accomplished back to school shopping and invested in my macbook.. 2 months of tips right out the window. just one week before i move in. exactly 7 days. 7 days of unpacking, repacking, email checking and sending, and file transferring. 7 days away from austin. it's nice to have a bit of space but still lonely without my best friend. i'm completely disoriented in this state; the garbage is in the wrong cupboard and the vacuum is magically yellow and not purple, traffic whirrs by endlessly and for the first time in a week i'm not sleeping in a tent. my summer has been nothing short of eventful, eye opening, a learning experience. sharing it with austin made it that much more special. now once i find the memory card for my camera i will truly be able to reminisce about my time away and prep for the school year ahead.