We have today off from classes, thanks to snow and ice. I approve. I need to finish my Faith & Reason essay. Will I? I don't know. I'd better. It's just so hard to change my mind from one sort of writing to another. I've been so focused on my screenplay for a month and half that academic papers feel alien. But I'll bet I can do it. I have only 8.5 pages left.

Yesterday I stood up for five and a quarter hours - four hours at my scanner job in the kitchen, and 1:15 in Chorale. Still, in the evening I managed to do my weights workout and run 1.6 miles. That's more distance than last week - and I ran it faster! :D

There's a lot of exciting stuff coming up. God willing, I'll be able to start filming my movie by the end of spring break. Also in the middle of March, Ultimate Frisbee intramural league begins. I thought I was going to miss out, but one of my good friends is starting a new team. It's fun organizing for that. Possibly even more exciting is "The Forge," an adventure race coming up on April 28th. In a single Saturday, teams of six people will run 2.5 miles, bike 10-12 miles, navigate a compass course, and do a couple of other things that are not yet set. I'm on a team! We get to plan all that out as well, which is something I ought to be good at. I know a lot about food, training, supplements, all that good stuff... because I did several Body-for-Life challenges when I was 18.

I don't think I'm going to grad school this year. I don't want to. I've told my mom for a few years now that I would much prefer to work at PHC after graduation. This isn't just wanting to stick around. I wouldn't want to do that. But there really is something special happening here, and I've felt a fervent kinship to it from the start. A new job is opening up - Alumni Relations Coordinator - and I think I would be perfectly suited to it. I've applied, and I will know by the end of March.

March looks to be a turning point for me. Meanwhile, I have to live out the rest of cold February.  ¶ 6:41 AM