meee!

Hello Stash,

And so it is that you are back in Sweden and I am here in New York. But only for 5 more weeks! It was so good to have you here with me. Best birthday gift evah! And I get to brag that my man took three planes and flew 5,000 miles to spend 4 days with me. (Meeee!)

My classmates are all really nice people. Several texted or emailed on my birthday, Nicola left me a gift of Jacques Torres chocolates in my locker, and Meggy got me a Starbucks card. So sweet! So, you see, though I miss you terribly, I am not totally alone here. I like hearing about your classmates, too. Though they may bug sometimes, they sound like good people, too.

Last night I only got 4 hours of sleep, which I suppose is better than the 3 from the night before, but I was still running on fumes today. Too much to get done, plus just feeling stubborn about going to bed alone. Good thing I didn't have to be too focused today.

A couple of cool things:
- The lady from the trend forecasting website wants to use one of my texture experiment images for one of their upcoming reports. Not sure if anything will come of it, but they will credit me, so it's pretty cool!
- LJ sounds thrilled to have me intern 2 days a week.
- Today I got an "honorable mention" certificate for academic achievement from the textile/surface design department! The ways of the school awards are very mysterious, but it seems like I may have been one of the nominees for the department award that N will be receiving at graduation. Huh. Definitely must be the doing of the one awesome professor we had last semester. It was nice to be recognized, though really, most any of us would have been as if not more worthy.
- Only two more class projects to go! I know I'm getting an A- in textile science and an A- in greeting cards, but no idea about the others. There shouldn't be anything abysmal though!
- N and her boyfriend gave me a ride home in his rented Prius. My first time in a Prius! The interior isn't that pretty, but it was interesting to see the displays and funny ignition. Seems like they'll be in London in July and August.

I am planning to sleep until 11am Friday and then go into to school at 1pm to screenprint. I hope to catch you on Skype, maybe around 6pm your time if you're around?

I miss you so very much and look forward to seeing you in Munich. I have faith it will all work out! (It was funny chatting with my classmates K and L today and realizing we all have green card husbands, each from a different continent.)

so much love for you,
Girl