Currently - Week 22

cooking: homemade pizza tonight, and gado gado (Indonesian Peanut Salad) this week

drinking: the usual. 

reading: the "Sunday Routines" section of the New York Times and, of course, cases and articles.

listening: to the sound of nothing but my keyboard in the library

watching: Gilmore Girls

bookmarking: ideas for the summer.
looking: forward to what fun will unfold this summer.

loving: the weather.

wondering: what I'm going to do this weekend.
hoping: to sleep in this weekend.

wanting: to create a nice home. It's definitely getting there after I cleaned!

needing: more sleep.

wearing: grey jeans and my silk-like blue shirt.

smelling: the wooden scent from the pencil I'm using.
noticing: how quickly we got to Friday!

knowing: that I'm learning a lot, and it's only been two to three days on the job.

laughing: at jokes.

thinking: how much fun I'm going to have e-mailing one different friend every workday this month.

daydreaming: about seeing the ocean.

wishing: not to forget how important each day is.

feeling: a little tired but happy.

Currently - Week 21

cooking: Greek salad with garlic croutons. 

drinking: water and tea.

reading: cases, e-mails, and The Wall Street Journal.

listening: to calming playlists on Spotify.

watching: hilarious clips from Friends.

bookmarking: recipes for later this summer.
looking: at all the papers on my desk.

loving: the weather, and how I'm going home this weekend.

wondering: what it'll feel like to complete the assignment I'm working on.
hoping: I finish as much as I can, as early as I can.

wanting: to go home and enjoy Boston proper.

needing: some time off.

wearing: shorts with flowers on them.

smelling: the library air, with its scent of old books.
noticing: how green the trees outside the library look.

knowing: how great I'll feel this weekend, and when I finish this assignment.

laughing: at clips from Friends. (Some of those jokes would definitely have gone over my head when I was little.)

thinking: about the next argument I'm going to make.

daydreaming: about nights and weekends off.

wishing: for some adventure or fun this summer.

feeling: a little tired, but happy.

Now that I'm off from school and have evenings free, I realized that I actually took photos most weeks of the year. I'll be back-dating and posting those shortly. I'll continue posting these weekly updates in this form going forward.

Update - Week 20

cooking: spaghetti salad from salgamundi. 

drinking: water and coffee.

reading: cases involving wills. 

listening: to the radio.

watching: Aviv, the documentary.

bookmarking: the public library's website.
looking: through the writing competition instructions. 

loving: the weather we've been having lately.

wondering: what cool things I'll get to do this summer.
hoping: i'll get to do some fun things on weekends.

wanting: to have a memorable summer.

needing: more quiet moments.

wearing: pajamas. Working from home can be great! 

smelling: the dinner I just cooked.
noticing: how the trees outside my window have changed. 

knowing: there will be more sunny days.

laughing: at last week tonight episodes.

thinking: about how I'm going to approach the memo I'm writing.

daydreaming: about weekend trips.

wishing: my upstairs neighbors would stop dropping heavy things.

feeling: free. ish. 

Week 19

We read the Wall Street Journal when there's no Boston Globe. 

Week 17

Spinach pie done right.

Week 16

Guess I cooked a lot this year! 

Week 15

Week 13

Week 10

Week 9

Week 8

I'm so grateful to have had a paper to read every weekend. It's been one of the highlights of my weekends.

Week 7

Unbelievable.

Week 6

Week 5

Week 4

(Homemade pizza! A repeat!)

Week 3

Week 2

This week was fantastic, as my birthday week usually is. I baked a brownie cake with chocolate sprinkles, which I drank with my classic mint tea, celebrating by myself as I usually do. I also celebrated with one friend last weekend and with another yesterday, eating our traditional pho and catching up on life. I was delighted to get beautiful flowers. And there's still one more celebration to go. 

Here's to this year. 

Week 1

It was a gift to start the new year off with an entire week off. 

This week, I liked: 

turning the page to a new year, making pumpkin bread, planning my birthday celebration (well, partly), catching up with a friend who I hadn't seen in a while over tea and exchanging surprise gifts, dancing in the living room, and being full of hope and optimism for the year ahead.