It’s been a busy two weeks, and whenever I wait this long between writing posts the subjects will vivaciously meld together since I’ve let too many thoughts go on by without taking their toll. I am about 80% moved in, and of course, I realize how much crap that I have. I plan to give away, donate, or sell 75% of my belongings until I get rid of this looming feeling weighing me down, suffocating my sense of freedom. On the other side of waking life, it is lovely to wake up and eat breakfast on this porch:

It is interesting to describe life here in Eastwood, which is one of the first planned subdivisions in Houston. Living here, I take in a small town feeling like no other place I’ve been - despite the fact that I am smack in the middle of a humongous city. Consider the fact that this neighborhood has barber shops, local grocery stores, hardware shops, family-owned dollar stores, more small restaurants/shacks/buses than you can handle, art supply stores, and so on. Also think of the fact that the closest Walmart is a 10 miles journey. In addition, you observe trees, people actually walking around outside - interacting - relaxing on the porch. This is Eastwood, in the 77023 area of Houston, and this is the place that I can gladly and comfortably call home for now.

Moving back to daily life, it has been a hectic two weeks as I struggle to set up robust systems for home life, school work, future grad. school work, and helping other organizations. I think a lot has been done in this short time. Giving myself about one more week to get everything in line sounds good, as I have only been back for %18 percent of the time that I was gone for during the summer.

This year - between the greatest schedule ever, friends and new friends to stimulate mind and life, getting to work with fire dynamics and FDS day after day, finally getting to work with numerical analysis and get on track with my true fascination, and having the supportive and most caring fiancee in the world - this is going to be a wonderful year and I can’t wait to see where I will be posting from in exactly a year from now.