HALLO

Hello, children! It's Grace.
And it's spring/summer outside today, but I am inside dreaming on computer screens. Life is surreal. Today (4/20) is a bad day to have had admitted students' day. I'm straight edge, so I'm not participating in "the holiday" (Passover, of course, pfft) but I'm still affected by the carnival atmosphere. This weekend was full of night hyperexcitement and some kind of strange streetlight beery magic that I only shared tangentially. Strangers sat beside me in the mist on cold benches and laughed.

The rest of the week won't be like this. The rest of the week will be filled with the solidity of handheld drills and wordreference.com translations and films for taking notes. So I'll write you kids, you who are now strangers to me, on the weekend, while I'm still asleep.

I'm doing well here. Summer came really quickly, and that helped. Everyone stays outside for hours on end these days, lying half-naked in the sun, juggling on the lawn. I shaved my head over spring break, but it's already growing out, so I'm simply a lot cooler these days. (Physically.) I'm close to declaring as a film major. I've got my schedule worked out for the rest of my career here, basically. I still waver, though, between wanting to stay here, transfer to a different school, and drop out completely. What can I say? Some days I just want to go live in the country.

As for the future, my sister and I are going to Iceland for a month this summer to work on organic farms. I'm also going to do everything I've always wanted to do. A rigid schedule of classical guitar, jewelry-making and screenplay-writing. And hopefully a garden.

Life is good, right? Do you guys still read this?
love,
grace