Slept at 12:30, woke up at 5:30 to use the bathroom, came back to bed, read about the Lumix GF2 for about 20 minutes, spent the next 25 thinking about Micah. God, I'm cooked. <3
Edit, 5:34pm: By a miracle I managed to fall back asleep and sleep until 9 or so. Got ready for the day and walked to East Remote Parking Lot to go drive downtown to get breakfast from Zoccoli's. I got a chicken parm with lettuce/tomato/pickles/onions (veggies!! yippee!!) and a chicken pesto for Sasha, and a side of their veggie minstrone soup as well since I wasn't sure if they were feeling all that better since yesterday. Paid for parking — disappointing, I know, but the ParkMobile app is far more granular than the digital toll booth, allowing me to add in approx. 50 minutes or so and save a dozen or so cents. (I had to add more time since my Zoccoli's order was on the larger side, but still.) Came back, walked up through Rachel Carson, filled up my water bottle with ice, got back to dorm, made some iced coffee and dug in and watched/read some more about the Lumix GF2. Normally I'd be worrying I didn't do enough research before buying, but the reports and reviews so far seem okay. Per old digicams, the GF2 has a weaker JPEG engine for sure, but the RAW files should be plenty pliable to recover shadows, white balance, and saturate in the colors as needed. Mood/mental state so far seems to be about the same as yesterday, which is to say present and content. Maybe slightly more anxious about not texting Micah and putting myself out there, but the feeling passes quick. It's a nice day outside. Walking through campus earlier today I kept looking at how the light passed through certain trees — something about the fragmented highlights seemed to sparkle. Whether that's a residual change from the trip or more attentiveness to detail, I'm not sure. I just thought that was interesting to note.