holidays, part ii.

This is the second part of my trip, which takes place in Truckee, California.

Yeah, remember when I said there was no snow? I lied. There was a leeetle bit of snow. Patches here and there. Not enough for proper sledding or snow-shoeing, though.

We went on a walk around the lake one morning.

I also spent a lot of time indoors, reading, playing Scrabble, eating (mmm cookies!)...you know, the usual.

Le fin.

OKAY YAY that's over. It took me way too long to draft this. Now my eyes are going buggy.

holidays, part i.

Here are some pictures from California, as promised. This first part is from Christmas day. We opened presents in the morning and went for a walk later. The weather was pretty nice, if a bit on the cold side, but what else do you expect on Christmas? It's weird being up north where the sun sets earlier.

This is a really cute independent book store in the town square that I've been to before.

That up there, folks, is the largest wooden yo-yo in the world. It really works! I know what you're thinking, and yes, you do need to go add this to your bucket list right now.

a new year

Happy New Year! Here I shall post my resolutions, which are ongoing, and goals, which are more concrete things I want to accomplish this year.

~Resolutions~
-Worry less
-Be a better friend/do more things with friends
-Spend less time gathering inspiration (i.e. procrastinating) and more time actually working & creating
-Exercise more often (running?) (everyone and their dog makes this resolution but whatever)
-Just...I don't know, live. Have fun.

~Goals~
-Learn how to shoot film (my aunt gave me her old film camera for Christmas so now I just need film and...knowledge. Yippee!)
-Get my driver's permit finally
-Become better at drawing and painting
-Be vegan for a week
-Make my room awesomer (which is totes a word)

I'm hooooome. I spent part of my New Year's Eve in Las Vegas (not as fun as it sounds), trying to pick up free WiFi and watching my dad lose money on slot machines. We pulled into the driveway literally at midnight, in time to see my neighbors set off fireworks, and then we opened the remainder of the presents which I found quite satisfactory indeed. Chocolate! Then I slept for like nine hours and woke up and ate pancakes and why I am telling you all of this?

Vacation picture spam will probably begin tomorrow.