distractions.

we had a snow day earlier in the week, which prohibited me from taking my 3 midterms. of course, i welcomed the opportunity for more relaxed study time and postponed exams, but for the majority of the morning, i learned paper-crane folding.





i watched the video three times and then started folding with a frenzy that i couldn't seem to stop until all the pretty origami paper i'd bought two years ago and saved for just such an occasion was all used up. there was something deeply gratifying sitting alone at the sturdy wooden table in our kitchen, with the heat blowing, staring out of the plastic-covered window onto sheets of white show, folding tiny little pieces of paper into beautiful things while the snow continued to fall.