Duvet, Finally

At the beginning of the year I mentioned that I was going crazy and in need of a project.  Well, I finished the project quite awhile ago, and have been in the process of finishing other projects that have been sitting for the last six months to a year just waiting to be finished.

After picking out some pretty awesome fabric, in a color scheme I wasn't even planning on, I began the several month process of making a duvet.  I was pretty proud of myself to get those mitered corners to turn out so well.  I still need to make a bed skirt to match, but I'm thinking that will have to wait until I get a place of my own.

When the bed was finished, the next part was curtains.  I debated.  I wasn't sure what accent colors I wanted to throw in.  Pink?  Green?  Blue?  Purple?  I finally settled on a royal purple (eggplant, anyone?) and a subdued lime green.  The curtains ended up being cream and eggplant.  And while I didn't get pictures, I have green and purple flowers around the place - it's pretty fabulous.

With so many new things going on, I rearranged a few furniture pieces and decided I finally needed to get myself a chair.  After being converted (it was a long conversion process) to Ikea (thanks Brandon and Felicia) I opted for an upholstered dining chair.

Lastly, I had this picture project going for the past year or more.  I had them hanging and everything, in these frames, but the middle quote portion was printed on four sheets of computer paper taped together, and there was cardboard backing showing on the sides.  It was quite the site to see.  But I finally broke down and finished it (thanks Jessica!).

Quandry

Since graduating, I've been faced with many potentially life-altering decisions.  Where to live.  What to do.  And when to move forward with any of it.  What for some may have been an easy task, I have found the answers to these questions quite daunting.  And, just when I feel like I've finally made a break through, come to a decision, and I feel REALLY good about it, for days or weeks at a time even, then a new day comes, and the choice seems to weigh heavily on me.  Is it simply discouragement creeping in?  Is it just me, overanalyzing the situation?  Is it my brain fully comprehending all of the implications of such a decision?  Or is it simply because it's not the BEST choice for me right now?

It's like an eternal p-day

On the mission, Wednesdays (a.k.a. p-day) were long awaited, and coveted.  The end of the mission brought the promise of what I liked to think of as the "eternal p-day".  With the end of the semester (as well as my undergrad career) nearing, I have begun to feel like I did at the end of my mission.  I can remember thinking how nice it would be to just be done.  I fully understood and realized that while "real life" would not be all I was cracking it up to be, it would still be fabulous.  And it was!  And now, similarly, I realize "real life" will not be all that amazing (likely pretty boring, actually), but there won't be homework!  There won't be term papers!  There won't be grades!  Seriously, I don't think life can look any greener. (in that aspect anyway.  Don't ask me what I'm going to do afterward; I still don't know)  Don't get me wrong, I like learning.  I just don't like learning for a grade.  It takes the fun out of it.  And learning, above all, should be enjoyable.  One week from today, I will be officially graduated.  And free.  Long live p-days!