January and February Favourites

I should have done this a LONG time ago, but it’s Spring Break, and if you've read my previous post, you know that I have an essay to write and I'm trying to procrastinate that as much as possible. So, I’m finally doing this instead. In no particular order, here goes:

1. Being Home
I never thought I’d be this happy about being home, but I was. I got to spend time with my mum and my cousin and my little brother, I got to snuggle with my cat, I got to read books that I’d been missing and craving. I got to eat whatever I wanted and not have to worry about how much it cost. I got to stay up as late as I wanted, and sleep in till lunchtime. I got my own room and free laundry and nice weather. I got to whine and argue and laugh and tell stories and hear stories and meet people I hadn't seen or talked to in months. I might have hated it while I had it, but now that I only get it once a year, home is precious.

2. My Girls.
Being reunited with them was fantastic. We did exactly the same nonsense that we used to do before I left. In fact, our first meeting was like a reconstruction of one of our college days. We met at the same place for lunch; ate a lot of the same food; wandered through the same store; went to the same friend’s house; did the same thing that we always did- sprawl on the bed with the main lights off and only sunlight and twinkling Christmas lights on and talked and ate. And then realised we were all out past our curfew and so rushed back. I think we met once every week, and for once we all remembered to take pictures, so now we have records of our time together, and well, I think it’s safe to say that the time I spent with my friends was my favourite time that whole month

3. Sam.
I got to see Sam after TWO. Freakin’. Years. Strangely enough, my last weekend was the absolute best time I had on the entire visit, and I owe it all to Sam. It was SO incredible to be in the same room with her, and to surprise everyone else, and to see how she practically melded into my family like she’d been a part of it all along.

4. Becky's gifts.

Need I say more?

5. Fourteen years and counting.
I met one of my oldest friends ever. We've known each other for fourteen years, and even though we've gone from sticking to each other for seven hours each day for five days a week, to meeting once a year and then talking for four hours straight without a pause, nothing’s really changed. We are SO different, and yet at the same time there are some things about us that are extremely similar, and we understand each other so perfectly that we surprise ourselves.

6. Traces Sam left behind
Some time at the beginning of Feb, I opened up the Sticky Notes gadget thing that I usually leave on my laptop. And in the sticky note labelled “favourites” (that I use to keep track of my monthly favourites), I found this: “Sam (aww! Heart. <3. I shall miss being able to creepily write things on your laptop.)”
I plugged in my Hard Disk a few weeks back to transfer something, and what do I see in the list of folders, but one named “For Sam”.

7. Mug Meals.

For all you people who don't want to spend too much money on food and don't have access to anything except a microwave. allow me to introduce you to microwave mug recipes.
I can eat regular-ish food again. And I can make it myself!

8. I discovered this amazing shop (that, to be fair, I’d heard about and seen almost every day, just never actually gone inside). It has EVERYTHING, and at really good prices. When I say everything, I mean everything. From clothes (not fancy stuff, but basic things- pants, tops, sweaters, t-shirts, underwear) to makeup to travel stuff to house furnishings to kitchen utensils to food to stationery. Literally everything. I wandered inside there for like an hour or something, and was like if I could just find some place to stay, I could get so many useful things from this shop!

9. Professor S.
So I have this young professor for one of my English classes (the same one that assigned American Gods), and goddammit, he’s amazing. For real. He is possibly the most unproblematic white man I have ever met. He’s almost perfect. He’s really, really smart. And a great teacher. Funny. Reads. And into fandom stuff. Recognises problematic issues. Nerdy. So. Goddamn. Cute.
Just why. WHY UNIVERSE WHY.

10. Movies.
Bangalore Days. Subtitles are available. I never thought I’d
a. watch a Malayalam movie;
b. love it.
Both happened. It’s crazy.
Queen. Watch this. If you don’t understand Hindi, find a version with subtitles. It’s worth it.

January was definitely the better month, but I managed to get through Feb, and now I'm halfway through March! A constant reminder that I can do this. Yay :)