You make me new, You are making me new.

Monday is over. I have only two weeks left of school. One week of real classes. One week of finals. Then three months of home sweet home.

During the 12 hours I spent at The Living Room on Saturday, I did a few things besides homework (believe it or not). I also compiled a summer reading list and a list of cool coffee shops to try in Denver.

I also realized that I wrote about that a few days ago. I also realized that I told my best friend about said lists today, even though she had already read about them...can't believe she puts up with me!

Anyways.

I am very excited about my reading list. It's very long, but here are the non-negotiables:

a) Odes, by John Keats - I first heard of John Keats when I watched a BBC biographical drama about his life shortly before he died. I've never been one to read poetry but I fell in love with the words used in the movie - can't wait to read it!

b) The Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - I love a good mystery, and these are, apparently, some of the best.

c) The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allen Poe - See above.

d) A Life of Charlotte Bronte, by Elizabeth Gaskell - Jane Eyre is my favorite book of all time, ever ever, and I'm excited to read about the author :)

e) Many books by C.S. Lewis...Mere Christianity (I never finished), Surprised by Joy, Screwtape Letters, Reflections on the Psalms, The Great Divorce, We All Have Faces, The Problem of Pain, A Grief Observed

We'll see! I will at least have finished all of the above by August, if not more.

One week of normal classes...I can do it! Here are my goals for the week:

a) Finish both my Abnormal Psychology and Experimental Psychology papers. Neither of them are due until next week, but I want to have the time and energy to do a decent job studying for my exams.

b) Take extra time and effort to be with and be there for my friends. I don't have much time with them left!

c) Meet with Katie (this year's Activities Director) about my duties next year.

d) Start the process of going through my belongings and giving/throwing away things I don't want to keep - and don't be stingy! GET RID OF A LOT OF STUFF.

e) Take time to work out every day. Gotta be as ready as possible to face that mile high altitude!

f) Play around on my guitar every day. Will have to say goodbye to it soon.

g) Call around places at home and try to find anyone who will hire me for a seasonal position.

Here's to this week, here's to finals, here's to packing, here's to summer vacation. It's coming quickly!

P.S. Listen to Beautiful Things by Gungor. Amazing. I've heard it playing from people's rooms ever since Jared and Amy sang it on Friday...no one can seem to stop listening.