Soooo life happened.

Finally went for a walk in College Woods. It was amazing. I didn’t have a map or anything more than the knowledge that I entered from the east and there was a river to the south and that I needed to be out in two hours to make it to class on time. I ended up using the sun to find south (this time of year, it never is east or west - just south) and just wandered on the trails until I needed to head back, and then I did. Beautiful. Being alone in the forest is so wonderfully noisy.

Christmas happened! How about that. My family and friends got me a number of totally freaking awesome presents, all of which I’ve been pining after for ages. Got to see Uncle G again, which was lovely beyond saying. I think everything went well, including the dinner I made, even though it did get kinda cold. Ah well! The clean living room (actually clean, mind you, not just shoving things in another corner!) more than makes up for it.

Toe surgery! How can such an ugly, bloody bandage…

…cover up such an insignificant insult?