I still find it odd that I feel physical symptoms of illness whenever I have been using the computer too much. Stomach churning, eyes feeling off (well, this is pretty much all the time), a headache growing, and then that overarching, dampened mood of feeling a bit sad/nauseous.

So, limited use from now on until I feel like things are more manageable, until the overdose symptoms go away and the online world becomes secondary again, and not primary.

Late afternoon summer naps…why can’t I sleep this much, this comfortably, during the school year?

Reading Job right now and expecting to start Psalms within the next hour. Exciting, exciting!

Just bought “Born and Raised.” I always hesitate a bit with new albums from artists I love, but as most my friends know, John Mayer can do no wrong in my book, even though he has definitely taken a big musical shift in the last few years. I kind of miss the pre-Continuum days, but it’s okay. More riffs for me to work on!

Planning on making a video every two weeks for the rest of the summer. Maybe this is too ambitious, but I don’t see any other way for me to learn Premiere Pro and After Effects, which I am suddenly really determined to (I was researching PP vs. Final Cut Pro, and a comment that kept coming up was that “FCP is blah blah blah, all for ~$1,000!” and I was rolling my eyes wondering how people could possibly think that’s cheap…until I looked up Adobe Master Collection and realized that the latest version costs $2,400 HA. Which is a lot more than I expected… …. …I am so glad I work for the school. Probably the best perk I can think of—definitely beats the privilege of doing homework on shift!).

Really want to go somewhere with prominent cliffs along the coastline.

Going to watch August Rush tonight. Determined.

Speaking of movies, I want to go watch Prometheus (and Snow White and the Huntsman for kicks) but there’s something about having no friends here that makes this impossible and kind of sad. Being a homebody is tough sometimes :’(. Just kidding, haha. But I honestly should be feeling more urgency to finish making plans with people, though; only two weeks left at home…ah.

Missing the sweet chirp of my parakeets.

Adam Levine’s voice.

Halfway done 2 Chronicles…I think this will be the last Old Testament hump to get past; it should be (“should be”) smooth sailing from here on out!

Realized an hour ago that I have basically no more time to go to the beach, and I haven’t even been to the Delaware shoreline yet. Sad. Summer’s so fleeting.

Missing the West Coast mountains always being in the distance, but loving how green everything is here.

Had a really long chat with one of my college/fellowship friends today about lifestyle. Of course there’s no one defined, perfect way to be a Christian; people of faith thrive everywhere, under different circumstances, God’s Word being their constant. I wish she wouldn’t be so troubled, I wish I could help her see this…but it’s ultimately something to be reconciled on her own.

Words that have been overused in this past semester: reconcile (thanks, philosophy), sad, no-no.

Perfected my John Mayer Pandora station today. I’m happy.

California needs Rita’s Water Ice. Delaware needs Pinkberry/Yogurtland.

Getting restless. Again, I think once I get past 2 Chronicles I’ll feel more productive. But there’s so much else I have to do…

Less Facebook/Tumblr/Twitter/Flickr/Instagram, more reality.

E says you’re a keeper.

Thinking of moving to (back to?) WordPress…we’ll see, though. Maybe it’s just because I have all this tangible time on my hands right now, that I think the idea of cultivating a full-fledged blog again will be a good idea.

More to think about! But regardless, today has been nice. Went to sleep at almost 5am, got up naturally at about 11:30am (what is life), had lunch for 2 hours with a high school friend who I really haven’t caught up with for years, came home and webcam-ed with C (hey girlie :) do your DT! hehe), chatted with B for a while—who is in JORDAN of all places, how cool?—and am now headed downstairs to do the dishes and Pandora my heart out until my parents come home.

Anticipating a pretty chill evening of more Bible reading (if I can finish up to the end of Chronicles today, I will be happeee) and hopefully guitar some/mess with the camera some before evening falls. I should really also start figuring out how I’m going to fix my sleep schedule if I want to start running again, ack…

Anyway, this is what my ideal summer day would be. Catching up with no huge sense of urgency to leave one place and go another. I would never want this to last forever, but in the moment, it’s perfect.