It's been a while. Hah.

I woke up this morning at 7, all proud of myself for actually attending my last Poppy Co (Pop Eco (Population Ecology)) class. I arrived at school around 815 to find the classroom entirely deserted. Apparently they went ahead and cancelled class today. That was ok though, because I thought I had an assignment for the same class due today. I went online to check and discovered that it's actually due on Saturday. So now I am awake and not wanting to work on anything. Hurrah for blogging and downloading films!

I would like to mention the album The King is Dead by the Decemberists. It's my favourite album of 2011, and I believe it will be a tough one to top, even though we have most of the year yet. Here is an excerpt which I particularly like this morning.

June Hymn
Here's a hymn to welcome in the day
Heralding a summer's early sway
And all the bulbs all coming in
To begin
The thrushes bleating battle with the wrens
Disrupts my reverie again

Pegging clothing on the line
Training jasmine how to vine
Up the arbor to your door
And more
You're standing on the landing with the war
You shouldered all the night before

And once upon it
The yellow bonnets
Garland all the lawn
And you were waking
And day was breaking
A panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill

A barony of ivy in the trees
Expanding out its empire by degrees
And all the branches burst to bloom
In the boom
Heaven sent this cardinal maroon
To decorate our living room

And once upon it
The yellow bonnets
Garland all the lawn
And you were waking
And day was breaking
A panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill

And years from now
When this old light isn't ambling anymore
Will I bring myself to write
"I give my best to Springville Hill"

And once upon it
The yellow bonnets
Garland all the lawn
And you were waking
And day was breaking
A panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill
And summer comes to Springville Hill

- The Decemberists

I am so very excited for the summer. Certain humans are going to be back in the area after being off in the Frozen North for school, and there will be hikes and cigarettes and chats and possibly a few drinks. I'll be working a lot, of course, which is sad. But hurrah for money!! There will be siblings and their spouses visiting from the West. There will be camping. There will be the trip to Arizona. There will be theatre fun. There will be a lot of rock climbing.

I am also looking forward to tomorrow evening, which is the birthday of the Best Roomie in the World. Going out to the CT and having some good musics with some good people :D

I've been dreading this summer a little, because I'm not familiar with my situation. I'm not going to be in Elmira much. I know I've said this before, but I love Elmira. It's familiar and reassuring. If I'm ever going to move to Africa I better get used to being adaptable. I need to learn how to be happy even if I'm not totally sure what's going on, whether or not I have someone I know near me. On my own I am still a complete human being and I need to start functioning like that.