Yay Jilli's friend! That is fantastic news.

(I didn't realise JZ's hair had gone so short!)

Oh, my, yes. This. It must be easy to take care of, is what I think.

Am I a quitting quitter that always quits? I'm just not ready this semester.

Hey, if you're not ready, you're not ready. It's okay. A) Job is good, it makes you money so you can pay for school. B) Starting school in September is more intuitive, and everyone else will be starting at the same time as you, so it will feel more like the beginning it really is.

I'm hungry. I need breakfast. God, ever since I started eating breakfast, my stomach's begun to expect it.

Nora, you are not a quitting quitter, you're planning long-term and that's good. Don't rush it.

Yay for Jilli's friend and more ~ma for him.

Erin, it'll wear off. You won't be a pod person forever.

Timelies. I woke up with a sinus headache and right with Nora in the tired of being sick corner.

God, ever since I started eating breakfast, my stomach's begun to expect it.

Yeah, that's the bitch of it.

The worse of winter is over for me. There's actual pink over the eastern mountains when I come in to work, and southeastern faces of the mountians are showing alpenglow. Yes, it's still dark, but it's pre-dawn dark, not "normal people are still asleep, it's the middle of the night, you idiot" dark. There is natural ambient light instead of just streetlights.

It'll be bone-achingly cold for another month and a half, but dammit I'll have light.

Yeah, that's the bitch of it.

Brown sugar and cinnamon Pop-Tart to the rescue! And mmm, milk.

God, I missed milk. That's the other thing about India: we didn't have milk for three weeks, because they can't even spell "pasteurization" and "homogenization," let alone do it.

Am I a quitting quitter that always quits?

So SO SOOOO not a quitter! You're recognizing your limits. That's actually the very opposite of a quitter. You're going to do this. I know you will. You didn't go through all of that pain with the GREs to quit. I know you better than that.

I forgot to say earlier, Jilli, that's wonderful news about your friend.

I think I'm going to procrastinate by taking down the Christmas decorations. It's January 19. They really need to come down. Plus, I'm going out to my parents' tomorrow, so I can put them back in the basement. Everyone wins.

Interesting.

I guess I never really thought about the use of cow's milk in India. Not that I've really gone beyond the "some inhabitants of the region believe the cow is sacred" level.

Oh, they drink everything over there. Cow milk, buffalo milk, goat milk. I mean, you could just walk down the road and grab an udder if you were thirsty.