Day Thirty: Self Portrait

Oh, I do not like taking pictures of myself and definitely don't like sharing them... Here it goes...

Yeah... But yes, that is an adorable Toothless shirt that I am wearing. My momma gave it to me. I love it.

Anyway, I enjoyed the photo challenge. It gave me a little break from school and my busy schedule and let me do something silly and new every day. I may do more in the future, but maybe not any that are so long. How about a week-long photo challenge? I hope you guys enjoyed it! I have to say, this was the most productive month, blog-wise. I managed to publish 33 posts: the 30 photo challenges and a couple on the side! Crazy.

Day Twenty-Nine: Light

I decided to put a nerdy spin on this one, too.

My brother got these for me! TARDIS lights! It fits the prompt, it's OK.

Day Twenty-Eight: Nighttime

A pretty easy one, right? Here is a picture of the nighttime sky from my window!

Until tomorrow!

Day Twenty-Seven: Daily Routine

Kind of a tough one, actually. My days tend to vary and be all kinds of crazy. Today was especially nuts. However, you can pretty much guarantee that I will, at some point, have coffee and read a book for pleasure (not always at the same time).

Haha! Coffee and a book. That's me in a nutshell! I love it.

Day Twenty-Six: Transportation

I figured taking a picture of my poor old car was lame. So here is a not-so-great picture I took of a not-so-great painting that I did:

That's right! Transport by TARDIS! Nerd alert! Seemed more interesting.

Day Twenty-Five: Artwork

I like art, and I have some artist friends. I didn't want to take a picture of artwork that a stranger made; it just didn't seem fair. I looked for pictures from the last painting party I attended and, sadly, didn't have any. So I took this:

I actually did paint this, with direction of course. It was one of those wine and paint parties for a girlfriend's bachelorette party (looking at you, Julia!). I'm pretty proud of it, actually!

Day Twenty-Four: Gratitude

At first, I was a little worried about this one. How do you take a picture if gratitude? Well, how do people show gratitude? Thank you cards? Gifts? Balloons?

I found this tied to someone's bike this morning when I left the dorm. And I thought, "That's a nice way to show that you appreciate someone!" So I took a picture and thought I could use it for this! Someone showing gratitude! And I am grateful to the person showing it! Anyway, it's cute.

Day Twenty-Three: In Your Closet

Because I know everyone wants to see my dorm room closet! Well, your wishes have been granted!

Weird prompt. I should have changed it... Oh well!

Day Twenty-Two: Clothing

Another kind of silly prompt. Since it isn't specific, I decided to take this picture of all of my David Bowie shirts. Or, those that I have up in my dorm room, anyway. At home I have TONS more. Really, who could only have four?! Not this girl.

Who doesn't love David Bowie? I always have room in my drawers for more DB shirts. I wish I had more of them up here with me.

Day Twenty-One: Where You Sleep

Silly prompt. Who really wants to see my dorm bed? Here it is anyway:

How's that? At least it was easy. My big paper is due tomorrow so I am great flu for that. Time to get back to work!

Day Twenty: Seasonal

At first I was thinking that this was a weird topic. I got lucky because today is also Easter so there were lots of opportunities for seasonal things. While I don't personally celebrate Easter, Isaac's family does so we went to his parents' house for the festivities. Here was one exciting moment:

Wren had her first Easter egg hunt! She wasn't sure about it at first, but she ended up having fun finding things (usually with help). It was so cute to watch! And she got lucky because there were several other kids there to play with! It was a good day.

Day Nineteen: Best Friend

How about best friendS? I have been blessed with many, many good friends. As far as I'm concerned, my life is not worth living without my friends. I have been lucky. I have very living, supportive, amazing friends. Sadly, I can't take a picture of all if them. Here is a picture of a picture of my largest group of girl friends:

I have awesome friends (I hope you guys know who you are). My friends are my most solid rocks. They mean the world to me! Thank you all for being my friends!

Day Eighteen: Something New

I looked all over my room for something new. I have some birthday and Christmas gifts, plus a David Bowie shirt from my mom. Then my mom and I went up to Laramie to spend my sister's birthday with her. We went to a shop called Hastings where I got these:

Just what I need: more books! In my defense, a few were used and all were cheap. I don't feel bad about it. I love books. My newest acquisition!

Day Seventeen: Memories

I have lots of good memories! Sadly, I don't even have pictures or mementos in my dorm room! Who am I anyway?!

So I searched my room for possibilities. And found these:

It's like going back to childhood! I love this show! I have all seven seasons! I grew up watching it. Well, that's what I've got: life lessons in DVD boxes.

Day Sixteen: Animals

Who doesn't love animals? Ok, some people don't, I suppose. I am an animal lover, however. I have TONS of pictures of my rats all over the place (as many of you know... that's almost entirely what I post on my Instagram account...). Being on campus makes this a little more difficult because all I have immediately available are squirrels. They weren't feeling cooperative. So I figured I could do yet another picture of rats (but really, how freaking cute are they?) or I could find something else. I don't have any real animals in my room (sadly). Here is what I came up with:

Bears! My comforter has bears on it. I love bears. I don't know if there are such things as spirit animals, but if there is, mine is definitely a bear.

As a bonus though, here is a cute picture of my sleepy rats keeping my knee warm!

Cutest rats ever! Ok, that's all for today!

Day Fifteen: Technology

I am not very technologically savvy. I use my iPhone ALL the time and I use it to take my pictures so I can't very well take a picture of it. I thought about taking a picture of my MacBook, which I like, but am not good at using yet. It would feel kind of fake. So here is a picture of something technological that I definitely know about and how to use:

My coffee machine! I definitely know how to make coffee! It would have been fun to take a picture of a nice espresso machine, but the opportunity didn't present itself. But I love my little coffee maker!

Day Fourteen: Movement

This was an interesting one. I thought about taking a picture walking to or from class. Or of my coffee brewing into my mug. I cheated a little. This is one I took about a week ago and hadn't deleted yet:

My rats moving! They do that a lot and I always go through and delete these blurry pictures after a while. I'm glad I found it! So there you have it: movement.

Day Thirteen: Written Words

I thought this was a cool theme. I read a lot of books and thought about taking a picture of the text in one of them. But I liked the idea of using something that I've written even more. The downside is that the only things I write these days are lecture notes. So here is an excerpt from one if my notebooks for my Biodefense and Emerging Pathogens class (possibly my favorite class--biodefense is like Defense Against the Dark Arts!):

This is from the Yersinia pestis (AKA Plague) lecture. Super interesting! I love the Plague. I mean, not that I want it personally... I also thought about taking a picture of some Brucella notes, which is another favorite pathogen of mine. I'm a nerd. At least I've found my passion, right? Anywho... I will stop boring you with my Microbiology stuff.

Day Twelve: Hands

I actually really like hands. I tend to look at people's hands. I didn't just want to do my own hands, so I tried including rat(s). Here was what I ended up with:

Romulus' hands! As he is licking my finger! I think that counts. As a bonus, here is a cute picture of Remus and one paw is showing:

And I worked this morning, so of course there is a Sharpie mark on my finger. Nice. Until tomorrow!

Day Eleven: Something Old

My something old:

These are my Gund bears, or B's as I called them as a very young child. I got these before I was two and I still have and love them! They used to be white and the fuzz has scraped off their noses and their eyes are scratched and chipped, but they are very loved. I keep them with me--they stay in my dorm room to keep me company. They are some of the oldest things I own (that are mine, not handed down from my mother, grandmother, or great-grandmother). They are pretty special to me.

My mom just bought a brand new Gund bear for my soon-to-be niece. It's all soft, white, and new. I hope she will love her "B" as much as I love mine!