Week 28

Day 189: Feb 15, 2015

Well, I found out today that the internet on the computer in the kitchen office is much faster than the regular wifi. I think it is because it is considered a business computer. I know all of this because after the kitchen had closed a few of the leads gathered in the office to watch youtube videos. It was an impromptu gathering that turned into a “hey have you seen …?”. I haven't seen that many internet videos since October.

Day 190: Feb 16, 2015

Today was a day for sunning while waiting for the bus. I think we “waited” for the bus for about an hour and even ate lunch outside. The snow is beginning to melt. During vespers, I got an amazing number of compliments on my knitting teapot. I was working on a pair of socks for my dad and at least four people came up to me and said is was so cool or a good idea. It made me feel pretty good. :)

Day 191: Feb 17, 2015

TODAY IS SUN OVER BUCKSKIN DAY!!!!!!!! It is basically the best made up holiday in the world. Today the sun shone in the village for the whole day. It was high enough in the sky that the mountains did not block its rays from us. The whole day was filled with celebrations. We wore hawaiian shirts, had a picnic outside, played snow volleyball, painted the snow, and had an outdoor dance party. We finished off the day with a Marti Gras jambalaya dinner.

Day 192: Feb 18, 2015

Tonight we had poetry slam. I decided to read my stream of consciousness poem. People really seemed to enjoy it and I realized that it is probably the first poem that I have written since I had to write one for school. It was fun to be a part of the slam and I might even go next time to just listen. Who knows? I may even have a new poem to read.

Day 193: Feb 19, 2015

My car will live!!! That pretty much sums up my day. I found out that the insurance company has decided that it isn't totaled and so it will be fixed. I am so excited!

Day 194: Feb 20, 2015

The snow has continued to melt. I only dug out my window a little bit a few weeks ago but now my window is half uncovered! There is so much light coming into my room. It is wonderful. I do kind of wish we would get more snow suitable for construction but there are places around the village, mainly around trees, that we can see the ground now. Spring is coming.

Day 195: Feb 21, 2015

I had the day off today. It was a comp day for working on a holiday so I mainly sat around and knit in the morning. When the afternoon came, though, the sun shown on our porch and I sat outside and read my book. After vespers, we had the final event of the film festival where we watched the final products of 24 hours of film-making. The film-makers had 24 hours between the time when they found out their genres and the time when they had to turn in their final project. The films had to be no longer than ten minutes and they were all pretty amazing.