The first time I went grocery shopping for myself was Fall Break of freshman year. I had a little too much fun. The first time I spent almost $100. The thing is, even though I’m living on my own away from family, I still do enough grocery shopping for my entire family of five. The second time, I managed to whittle it down to $75. As you can see, I still need to work on budgeting, but the food lasted me awhile and none of it went to waste. So this spring break, I decided I wouldn’t go grocery shopping and instead survive on a diet of caffeine and carbs (carbs = $1 bread from Asian bakeries).

This week was dictated not by days but by hours. What’s the minimum amount of sleep I need to maximize the time I have left for studying? So yeah, not too much stopping to smell the roses goin’ on.

I stayed up rather late on Tuesday night to get my Oh Wonder post up for Wednesday, and that threw off my sleeping schedule for the rest of the week. Now that I’m in a more rested state of mind, reading back the Oh Wonder post, I feel like it was written quite hyper/hysterically. I personally found it amusing, because I’d read something and my mind would hop over to that memory, but you are reading this for the first time, so I don’t know if you found that post even half as entertaining as I did. I just hope that it didn’t come off obnoxious o.o Let me know what kind of posts you enjoy reading!

The tables have tabled. Last week I was feeling a little mopey despite there being several things to be happy about (eleven on my list), and this week I’m feeling pretty good despite there being fewer things on my list, but there have been several entries on my secret Tumblr where I note down all my random thoughts. They’re mostly about personal relationships, people saying hi, running into people on the way to class, a good conversation, and other small things like that about the people in my life who bring me joy–people that I’m not yet close enough to mention here, but working on growing a relationship with.

Do you ever have those moments when you feel sad for no reason? There seem to be more of them this week. They come and go. I write myself little notes throughout the week to remind me of all the happy things and what I’ve been up to so that I can write these weekly recap posts. I know I have everything to be happy about. It was a pretty good week. Maybe I just need to get more sleep.

Happy Chinese New Year! Over the weekend I saw so many Asian parents on campus, and it warmed my heart to see that they came all the way to visit their kid for this special occasion. I’m not big on celebrations myself, but it still touches me to see the happiness it brings other people.