The months since my winter feast have been good. A fair amount of cooking, a more-than-fair-but-still-not-enough amount of gardening, and not-nearly-fair-enough amount of reading have thrived in my spare moments, which are growing longer as the school year winds down. Three more weeks to go!
I took my first SAT two Saturdays ago and feel fairly confident about it. I'm dreading the next one, which will be the week after I finish school. But I'm working through a math preparation book which should help me with the most difficult parts. I'm slowly learning not to stress about it--I may not be the brightest math student, but I know how to study and will do what it takes to pass reasonably. Then I will read a good book and lose myself in the vegetable patch, forgetting about tests and school and delving into summer.
This has been a wonderful school year, really. I have loved my worldview/history course, and geometry wasn't half bad. Spanish in little bites is exciting too. And my favorites have, of course, been piano and "PE" (what we call my passion for exercise, especially running). I haven't run very much lately, which I think is because I know that next week I will start training for the half-marathon at Crater Lake in August. I want to start up with plenty of excitement and vigor.
Spring is going by at race pace and I wish I could catch it and just admire for a few extra minutes. Every bit of time I can I will spend cherishing it.
