April

1: cookie deliveries & convos with friends
2: sitting in the sun listening to the soundscape of the spring birds
3: homework out at the Slautterback Overlook
4: chat about books read over break
5: squirrels bounding across the grass and play-wrestling
6: revitalization of color after a day of rain
7: friendly acquaintances by my side
8: traversing the bog that is Battell Beach by moon- and starlight
9: taking advantage of the warm weather and bringing the bike out of hibernation to ride in the sun
10: the shimmering ripple of the creek current
11: dessert of chocolate-dipped strawberries at our silent dinner
12: the soft, chewy sweetness of a cookie after it's been dipped in tea
13: "Infinity Tryps" by Brndn.
14: catching up with my adviser
15: using video chat for the first time in pretty much ever to call back home to my family
16: nighttime frog songs coming in from the open windows
17: appreciating the photography decorating the walls of a friend's dorm
18: first buds and blooms on the trees
19: someone blowing bubbles from an upper-story window out into the sprinkling rain
20: the glow of blue-green flame in a void of black
21: tucking myself into a far corner of the science library (and unknowingly staying after hours)
22: mini-meadow patch of blue flowers
23: absorbing the surroundings of Crescent Moon Bay
24: soaking up the sun (from an Adirondack chair and coming through the windows inside)
25: garbage bag over my bike seat to keep it from getting wet in the rain
26: interacting with the one family down in the children's room during my shift
27: carrying around Astyanax after being assigned to his joint-tightening
28: forging through the thorny thicket to collect data in the forest
29: arrogant, self-assured, pedantic Nietzsche
30: cranking out a page and a half for a final paper over breakfast