50mm, f/1.8, focused on the pen. Click to see larger.

First, today (Feb. 10 for those of you checking at a later date) is my Dad’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Dad!

This was my layout of work that I was doing Tuesday night in Lane Hall. David brought my camera up to me so I could take a picture of a very neat drawing that Laura Wegmann drew on the board when she was studying in that room sometime Monday. I will post a photo of it sometime. Possibly a gallery if I get more. David also brought me a couple delicious chocolate chip peanut butter oatmeal cookies he just made. He is so nice!

I usually go to Lane Hall to study in the evenings, since the building is open until 2 a.m. I was pretty productive tonight. Right before I walked back to my dorm, I ended up having an hour long conversation about photography with someone I just met, which was wonderful. By the way, I kept up my exercising today. I got up at 7 and exercised for a half-hour again. I plan on doing it every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I will skip Wednesdays because I have a few things to do in the mornings. After exercising, I have more energy throughout the day (without taking caffeine) and I feel better overall. It is a good thing. Also, it was almost 60 degrees here today. It was wonderful!