Late nights, late nights...

I'm sad. Nothing major - just loneliness. I get lonely quickly. Not deeply lonely, just lonesome I guess. Tonight is my fourth night in a row alone in the apartment - and especially after all the guests I had at Thanksgiving, it feels... empty. I have had bad dreams the last four nights - I'm hoping to break that trend tonight. My roommate is away camping out in a hotel with Daniel Project people - lots of work, but hopefully fun too. Snow is coming - nice to look at if you're inside by a fire, but not so nice if you need to go anywhere. Urbana is coming - exciting I suppose, but also very nerve-wracking. I find the need to stop and take deep, deep breaths (breathes?) on a regular basis. About hourly, in fact. And I find that I'm walking faster and faster in the office these days.

Things I'm thankful for: my family, Dan, work that's significant and fits my gifts, Russian, music, blankets, my own personal car, Kylene, french fries, the scale & friends to help me lose weight... and lots of other things.

I should get back to work.

I do like my new haircut, though. I think. Need to give it another week to be sure - and I need to buy some headbands so that I can wear it back when I want it firmly out of my eyes. Here's a picture of me with two of my favorite sisters that we took this weekend. Aren't they beautiful? Tell me what you think of the haircut too... as long as you promise to be honest & not too harsh.

Happy Thanksgiving!