sleepiness makes me stupid

I am so busy lately that I haven't the time to breathe. or sleep. School is wholly encompassing now. I feel like a real student for the first time since high school and that's fun, but I am just so tired. At the moment I am procrastinating. I should be reading some mind numbing book about literary theory but I am an"English Traditionalist" and Theory makes my brain hurt. So instead I am thinking about farming.

I know I have mentioned in more than a couple blog entries that my Dad is buying a farm in a few years but I am not sure if you guys know that Dave and I are planning on building our house on the property soon after Dad and Theresa settle in. All of this will begin to happen in about four years. So time would be much better used if I instead focused my meandering mind on homework. I just get so excited thinking about the whole idea of the natural life. Picking our dinner fresh from the yard and playing with goats and sheep and pigs. I totally revert back to a giddy, giggling four year version of myself.

Dave and I have been day dreaming about building an earthship on the farm. For the vast majority of you who don't know what an earthship is you must be thinking that I have lost my mind entirely and plan on taking a first class trip to outer space in a rocket. But an earthship is actually a house. A fully functioning, yet 100% off the grid, self sufficient home. It supplies it's own water from rain and snow, collects wind and sunlight for electricity, and best of all is built from mostly recycled materials - tires, bottles, and cans! It sounds insane and probably hideous but they are actually really beautiful, though certainly unique. Check them out at www.earthship.org or watch the video below... Maybe you'll be daydreaming instead of doing what you should just like me!