A Case of Thinker's Remorse

Have you ever had an idea, something that seems like pure genius in thought but when it comes time for execution, the idea doesn't seem as good as it initially was? This is what I call thinker's remorse. Why am I sharing this, you might wonder? Well, the other night I awoke with a serious case of TR. I had a dream, one in which I was standing in the middle of my soon-to-be dorm's kitchen, surrounded by multiple bowls of cupcake batter. Standing above the doorway wasn't your conventional clock, rather, a form of timer that  was counting down the number of days I had left. At my side was a small notebook and inside, I had written the number of recipes that I had finished. All that I'll say is that I hadn't completed many. When I woke up, I was hit with the sudden realization that this otherwise spontaneous idea of mine had the potential of snowballing and leaving me with nothing more than some dirty cupcake pans and some minor burns on my fingers. Obviously, this is not the mindset that I should be having just days before my cupcake challenge starts but hey, I'm human, and have a slight reputation for starting things that I don't usually finish (just ask my mom how many times I've started knitting projects). But then I went online, saw some adorable looking cupcakes, and remembered why I had decided to embark on this challenge in the first place. I mean, be honest, who wouldn't be inspired after looking at cupcakes that look like these?



Now, with my resolve restored, I anxiously await tomorrow for might possibly be either A. my finest moment, or B. something that I will look back upon and wonder what was I thinking.

On a completely different note, my computer came home today! Its all new looking and runs without a problem. But let me tell you, these past few days without my own personal computer made me reflect back on the days in which the only computer I had access to was the one in my parents room. Talk about inconvenient. Not only did I have to share it with other people, but as soon as my parents said it was time  for bed, I was booted off and left with very few things to do. This time around, I had to share my dad's computer. Things didn't turn out so well. I think the most I ever spent on it was two hours, the rest would just be enough time to check my email and the weather. On the positive end of things, being computer-less allowed me to get back to an earlier summer project of mine: crocheting hats. All I need is a season of West Wing and I can crochet for hours. At the rate I'm going, I should be done in the next two days. I'm crossing my fingers that my next project will be to make a little stuffed animal of some kind, though I need to find a pattern that I can understand. Additionally, I'm attempting to crochet a matching scarf to my hat, but the I think the pattern book I'm using has a mistake or something. If anyone knows anything about crochet please let me know. I could really use the help.

Anyway, I'm going to say good-night considering the big day that awaits me tomorrow. Let the baking begin!