friday, friday!

alright, now everybody together let out a big sigh of relief that the week is over and that the weekend is here. i am currently relishing in the happiness of knowing that i'm done with this crazy spanish project i had to present today... 15 minutes in front of the class rambling off with my partner who is a spanish major about picaresque novels and intertextuality.

..... you know that eleanor roosevelt lady who said that nobody can make you inferior without your consent? clearly she never took spanish 441 with a band of natives, spanish missionary training center teachers (who wear their badges to class...) and spanish majors in their senior year! 

anyways, HAPPY WEEKEND and i just thought i'd leave you with this vid i found via lds.org

it's wonderful! usually easter tends to just sneak up on me or i just am too hung over with mini eggs to really appreciate it, so i was glad i took the time to refresh and refocus today. watch it! count it as church attendance! (but don't really. go to church)

picture a day 1-7

buckle up, blogging buds, the time has come to start a photo journey through 2012! i saw this idea floating around twitter and thought it'd be fun to join in. i encourage you to do the same, even if you're a week late! 


1- yours truly... in case you forgot what i look like with anime eyes.

2- breakfast! my favorite meal of the day. bagel thin, banana chocolate spread and bananas. mmm
3- i adore the boise river. and the greenbelt. and the beautiful weather.
4- letterbox. i promise i don't live in a haunted house?
5- i wear this every day thanks to linds and christmas presents! love it
6- lunch at chipotle and this friend are both things that make me smile. PERFECT DAY.
7- my new favorite... these shoes. drool
so school has started and blogging has definitely been put on the backburner. my days are crazy. i eat all my meals in cars or on my way across campus. i am already forgetting homework assignments and losing my mind a little, but life is good, and it snowed today so i am less worried about serious droughts come summer. oh my life. happy weekend!

good feeling 8

today was all about the small victories....
ie: zupas catering work lunch, thus leading me to drink that tomato basil bisque of the gods like it was going out of style

making it in and out of the temple with britni before the crazy byu crowds hit

buying a brand spanking new jar of smart balance creamy peanut butter and eating it with a spoon. <-- seriously the best peanut butter. get you some.

hosting dinner group and 1. making brussel sprouts and cauliflower fancy and tasteful and edible by boys and 2. reheating a full pan of meaty lasagna that was semi-stolen from break-the-fast on sunday and calling it good home cooking.

buying a watercolor set on a whim. new favorite activity? probably. especially when paired of episodes of  this american life. (seriously, listen to this story. it is hilarious and will strike a chord with all those who made it out of middle school in one piece)

day eight- it was a good day. i did all the things i never have time to do when i am buried in college life. however, i am more or less itching to get back into school. i miss structure. i miss sitting in the library on the fifth floor wanting to gauge my eyes out as i read microbiology textbooks. i miss walking up rape hill and never knowing which of the identical classrooms physiology is in, even though i've gone to class every day for 7 weeks. i miss the pitiful daily universe newspaper. i even miss the awkward couples doing their thing. but don't get me wrong, i don't miss it all enough to not enjoy every second of my freedom currently..... it is just nice to know that in 2 short months i will be back at it and getting stuff done.... because for me, that is where my true good feeling is.

another small victory? finding gem pictures like this in photobooth. i miss my missionary buds

start spreading the news.

third time's a charm. that's what they say, right?

three years at byu and three major changes. ayyy! hopefully this is the end all of these changes. freshman year i was a biology major. i was going to be a dentist and that was the plan.

sophomore year i was a pre-dietetics major. i was going to be a dietetician, and that was the plan.

junior year, well, welcome to the new plan.

a couple days ago i was laying on the couch watching forks over knives, yet another documentary about food production in the us. (watch it. it's really great.)

i zoned out for a minute as my mind drifted to the ever present question of what exactly i wanted to do with my life. then it came to me, and all of a sudden everything just started to make sense. public health.  what hadn't i thought of it before? when i was a dietetics major, i told everybody that in the end, i wanted to educate about health and whole foods, work internationally, and do something with early childhood nutrition. while you could probably do something like that with dietetics, mostly an entry level dietician is going to be working in a hospital telling diabetics what they can and can't eat. red flag. wrong major.

anyways, thats the sitch and although i won't be done with school for ten years, i'm still breathing a sigh of relief.

and bought my copy of mylo xyloto. (and i suggest you do the same!)

today was great

i went running this morning.
i had leftover couscous and broccoli for lunch.
i found a front row parking spot in the y lot (and that is like winning the powerball, lemmetellyouwhat)
i was miraculously on time for chemistry!
all in the makings of a great day.

and then the girl sitting across from me during study time pulled out a tuna sandwich.
it's smelly particles are still hanging in the air.

all good things must come to an end.
(i just am really hoping i can keep my OWN lunch down.)

tuesday things.

i rode my bike to school today in a skirt. i'm sorry if i unintentionally flashed anybody. (dismounting is tricky)

school started. have you ever been thrown into a deep pool while wearing ankle weights, then been told to tread water for a couple minutes with your hands above your head? i haven't either. however, i would imagine that would kind of stink, and  i have a feeling my struggles this semester might come in at a close second. the more time i spend in "introduction to bio organic chemistry", the more i kick myself for not going to spain this semester like was the original plan.

i just want to cook. i want to  chop fresh basil and smash garlic and drink out of my lone mason jar. ...and i killed my basil plant. (i bought another. it's bigger)

we have a swamp cooler in my apartment and so my showering towel never dries completely. and my mom says that my foods will probably start going soft. however, it's fun to stand under when its on full blast... kind of reminds me of the rainforest room at the zoo.

i went to art history today only to find out that i bought the wrong one. now i get to buy another and pray that i can sell the one i don't even need. anybody in the market for a comprehensive overview of art history? (or a stepping stool? or a weight? or a weapon?) ((how about just trading it for a shoulder i can cry on?)) however, i did rejoice upon finding out my old access code for chemistry works for my new chem class. (tricky! and lessens the blow from my art history realization!)

i am going to denver in four days.... and that is all the motivation i need to get through this week of crazy!

a neutral day

the good news:
i forgot that i'd already paid last month's rent with my initial deposit, so the phone call from the management company notifying me that i needed to come pick up my check was like christmas morning.

the bad news:
somehow our electric bill ended up being 174.23 for july. what. the. heck.
***
the good news:
i am more or less obsessed with lunabars. yes, the "nutritional bar for women!" i am so ashamed of my habit. but they are delicious. eating a chocolate dipped coconut one will turn your day around. i know from experience.

the bad news:
see "good news"
****
the good news:
i had a wedding epiphany today. i went to a reception for a friend of a friend and maaaaaaan i just want to press fast forward to my own wedding, rewind back to this reception, and then press play.  it was stylish and simple. you know the wedding is good when you can't find a single thing to make fun of in the engagement pictures.

the bad news:

i am gonna need a whole lot of mason jars. and key lime pie cheesecake. and some poor fool crazy enough to marry me.

***
the good news:
i am hardcore working full time until school starts. and making mental lists of all the items i want to buy on my mental back to school shopping list.
like these. drool.

the bad news:
dr. cornish doesn't have any openings for well child checks until september 23rd, so don't even think about calling and trying to weasel your three children in to get their kindergarten immunizations today. (because they're triplets, obviously)
***
the good news:
i finally got my fall schedule all ironed out!

the bad news:
look at the size of this book why don't you. it weighs 9.6 pounds. i checked. the bad news isn't so much that i have to take art history as that i fear that i might have to cart this thing up to campus. (or is that good news? i can imagine some pretty good skull crushers or bicep curls in between classes might come from that beaut)

***
my life is neutral.

this one's for all the marbles

one more final! if only physiology didn't require so much memorization i would just hop right up that testing center and pound it out. alas. this test is semi important and i don't think i can fake digestive enzymes. finals week this time around has been a breeze for the most part. solution to all your finals week blues? only take 13.5 creds. it works like a charm.

this weekend was fabulous. i took no pictures, which is very uncharacteristic of me, but i just never pulled out the ol lumix. next time! all you need to know though is that elder eric roisum is just as charming as ever, and he says we'll "be in contact", so if someone has a translator that will decipher that from missionary language to english, i would be pretty happy. i headed up to logan on monday after saying farewell to the windiest city known to idaho. or man. who knows. i'd never taken that scenic highway up through logan and down to slc, and man oh man it was a pretty sight. when coming through preston i did my best to look for napoleon dynamite. no luck.
a girl can dream.
seeing makel michael in logan was like a breath of fresh air on a springtime morning. she is hilarious and gave me a utah state air freshener. it smells great. sorry byu it's hanging in my car for the time being.

this week marks my 4 year anniversary of vegetarian, so naturally kelsey and i celebrated this yesterday with a trip to cafe rio.
actually we went there because neither of us have any food besides condiments, but hey. i just need a good reason to justify 7.27 on a bunch of lettuce. sweet, succulent lettuce with all the trimmings. i played fat kid and ate the whole thing.

also, lately it's been showering a lot, and not just the kind you learned about in 3rd grade studying the water cycle. all my friends are engaged or going on missions, so naturally it's been shower season. in the last 2 weeks i have been to three bridal/mission showers. (yep, they have those in ut) it's so weird to see all my friends grow up and get their marriage on, but the food is always so great and the company even better. as long as no one asks me to make a duct tape wedding dress i am a happy camper while i eat your cheesecake and ooh and aw at your lacy lingerie.

i definitely give the best gifts.

hannah looking quite posh in her new apron

yep, thats a box of lucky charms wearing a thong

it's a wrap. time to hit the books.

two firsts and many endings

first number one:
i finally went to general conference. i can't believe in the 40 ish general conferences i've been around for, i'd never been before. i used to be a proponent of "watch it on the couch with a stomach full of pancakes and usually fall asleep during hymn" but maaaan my tune has changed.
one of my work friends and i made the trek to slc to see the sunday afternoon session because she scored some really great seats down on the floor from a friend who got tickets from virginia. the people around us were from ny and canada, so i think my observations are correct, and church members outside of utah are favored at these types of events.
anyways, the precedings were fantastic. my favorite part? when the prophet came out and everyone stood and fell silent. silent! not one word! not one cough! the opening prayer was noisier, i tell you. it was the coolest experience, sitting in that conference center with so many important people.
i shall be returning.

first number two:
yesterday i journeyed down into the special collections section of the library to do some research for a paper. boy did i feel a. stupid because i didn't know one thing about finding things in the library and then b. pretty legit when i found out my book was rare and important. basically special collections is where they keep all the old and important rare works that byu has collected over the years, and they live behind closed doors and glass walls. i felt like nicolas cage in the national archives national treasure style. or harry in the restricted section of hogwarts.
i had to show proof i was a student, lock up my bag, and take off my jacket. i could only use the pencils and paper in the special room where i gingerly flipped through the pages of "el torero- the art of bullfighting". i had to have an interview with a curator and swear on my grave i wouldn't write on the book. it was really funny. and really awesome.

as for the endings, well, yesterday i realized that i only have one week of school left. one measly week to tie up the loose ends of the semester and buckle down for those finals... of which actually won't be too bad this semester, seeing as i only have 2 finals and 1 paper. also, i think the snow might stop. i hope so. the grass is turning green. i like it.
i would be a liar if i didn't say i am getting a little anxious for school to end, though. what am i going to do until i can start working full time at the end of may?
if anyone knows of any more jobs or suggestions or free plane tickets abroad, let me know.

march first

i like the sound of that.
march is a great month, but i mostly like it because of it's name MARCH. to me it says, "pick yourself up out of your wintery depressive state and let's get going to spring/summer!" now who's with me? don't worry though, it will snow again. i'm counting on it.

i found a new library level: the 5th one. i like it because it's got maximum windows and minimum freshman. (and so far no gingers and/or couples feeding each other. promising) it gives me good luck on my physiology quizzes too, especially when i don't think i have a prayer.

did you know that it is national PANCAKE day? well, it is. that means free flapjacks from ihop. (this year i am going to stick to my guns and not buy anything. mostly i usually feel bad for taking advantage of them and not donating to their childrens foundation, but this year will be different. the cold heart this winter helped me to develop has yet to thaw, even though it's now march.

just some good ol' pics from me introducing pancakes to my family in spain. they loved em. 

okay i'm kidding. i will donate to their foundation. i'm really a good person. but really, i can't wait. i love ihop, even if the pancakes my mom makes are tenfold better.

well, back to the grindstone. the aortic arch is calling.

because i am sneaky

i snuck home this weekend.
no one knew i was coming- heck i hardly knew it until 4 or 5 days before leaving, and it was fun to give the fam a little heart attack by knocking on the back door late at night, then seeing the delight on their faces when I was forced to tell them who the intruder was at the back door out of fear they might leave me there all night.
it was a pleasant weekend. in fact, my mom basically beat me to the deets, so if you're interested, click.
my own weekend additions? i brought home the guitar and am learning to play. so far i can play "leaving on a jetplane" and brown eyed girl". please notice, however, that i didn't say i could play either very well . maybe once my fingers toughen up a little bit, the story will be different. a girl can hope, right? oh, and emily and i made it back to provo in about 5 hours if you don't count the gas stop, food stop, and bathroom stop. don't ask me how- i hardly sped. the only feasible conclusion we could draw is that maybe they moved provo a little closer to home while i was away. either that or my speedometer is broken. nah, i am going with the first.
now it's back to the grindstone. ps do you like the nip/tucks made on this ol' page? i was feeling something new, but i am too chicken to change too much too soon... plus i am pretty html inept. one day i dream of sections with food and life and travel buuuuuuuut until then my weak attempts at the three will just conglomerate in the same small space. there is always summer to learn and expand, right?
summer. i like the sound of that. this semester is almost halfway over.
time flies.

the weather of provo

can be likened to a 15 year old girl. hormonal.

and i know i speak of the weather a lot, but it just amuses me. kind of like this picture of today:

probably shot at the strangest angle possible, but i guess that's just the product of a lot of happiness because the sun shone today for a good solid 8 hours. and i even shaved my legs for the occasion.

momentous, i tell you. 

however, i just peeked my head outside, and it's been blizzarding as of late, so i guess this nice sunny day won't be replicated any time soon. pity. pleeeeeeease come, spring. i stand beckoning.

in other news..... well, there really isn't any other news... besides the fact that i failed my cleaning check today. speaking of which, i should probably go clean the freezer. 

i've been thinking about summer lately and i even started my list. it's still in the the rough stages, so no unmasking will be done tonight, but seeing as BYU didn't feel like giving me any scholarships for spring/summer, guess all my dreams of taking year round classes have been shattered and now i must think of other ways to fill my days. hmmmmm shouldn't be too difficult! stay tuned. 

to hell with you, microbiology

2.5 hours in one seat during dinnertime in a basement listening to anecdotes about bacteria is THE WORST.
good thing i brought the laptop today. let much blogstalking and list making commence.
feat of the day: making corn tortilla chips at lunch. how? easy.
spray both sides of a tortilla with cooking spray, put that baby on the george foreman for 5 minutes, and VOILA eat it with the remants of your salsa in the fridge.
when you have no food you get creative.
i'm back on my facebook diet, if anyone wanted to know. once a day. (sometimes twice) let's just say seeing "the social network" made me think twice about getting my stalk on. (and on and on and on)
provo is freezing. and does anyone know if the groundhog saw his shadow? i can't get a straight answer from anyone/the internet and i am just really relying on p. phil for the good word.

i yearn for this. i might have been fat and flabby, but i was happy. ridiculously happy. ha sometimes i wonder if it even happened.
9 minutes left and i can go home. oooooooh yeah. and 24 hours til mom comes. :) yay

isn't it funny

how life can be going so smoothly, almost be too good to be true, and the all of a sudden slap you right in the face? That is kind of the point I am at right now.
I've fallen right on my hiney and it hurts. All of this New Years business about starting anew and whatnot is something I'm really going to have to make a serious effort to embrace this year because right now I just feel like punching the next person who tells me "everything happens for a reason" in the stomach. Or kidney.
Anyways, that's the big black rain cloud of the week. However, a handful of good things have happened too, which parted the clouds for at least a couple choice moments. Let's make a list. I like lists.
- Kelsey and I went to Olive Garden on Monday and it was fantastically delicious.
- One of my friends from home came back from India so we were able to talk hominess and cook with Anita. It was much needed. And the lentil soup deserves an A.
- I finished my Hunger Games books... and I am going to make an effort to read more.
- I was finally able to get my car out of the snow that held it captive for a whole day.
- Microbiology is currently my favorite class and I am somewhat excited to learn about bacteria.
- We are taking ice skating. Every Thursday til April I shall be carving ice and sow cowing circles around my classmates heads.
- Chase had another show and it was fun to see the little prodigy play after so long.
- I got my glasses so now I can see! People probably get uncomfortable when I pass by because I just study their entire face.. not because I want to stare, but because I am just so surprised at how clearly I can see them. Makes some people much more attractive. (And others much less so)
-My aunt had her baby! And while I haven't seen Evelyn yet, I am so happy for the Pugh family.
Welp, that is all I can recount as of this moment.
These words were printed on my calendar the other day.
"You're gonna make it after all."
I'm gonna make it. You're gonna make it. Maybe not tomorrow, but after all. And I am okay with that.

i've been away too long

and I know it because I just looked out my backyard window and saw that the tree we bought as a twig all those years ago is probably the size of the one in Rockefeller Center. what happened?
The flight home was wonderful. much better than any old drive would have been! the flight from SLC to BOI is wonderful because you basically ascend into the atmosphere, stay there about 10 minutes, and then it's back down and you're descending into beautiful Boise! I do love it.
I seriously love Christmas break already. I have nothing to do. NOTHING. When Pat asked me what I was gonna do over break, I told him I was gonna read and sleep on my couch. Well people, I accomplished both those things yesterday- I read one page of Hunger games and was out cold. I like it.
As for finals, they went meh... they're over. I think I slid by with some pretty average grades but whatever I NEVER HAVE TO TAKE ACCOUNTING AGAIN. That is truly a Christmas miracle.
I feel like I should do some kind of first semester recap of all the great things that happened... okay you talked me into it.

BEST PARTS:
Anatomy and feeling smart when I hear the doctors saying smart doctor-y words at work.
Me and Pat's really great dates.
Living with great people.
Cooking with Anita
Chase Baker and his wonderful shows.
Going to St. George and leaving Happy Valley.
Dinner parties and other gatherings.
Working a great job.
Lots of other things.

WORST PARTS:
4 tickets in 6 months. 2 speeding, 2 parking. Honestly UPD. Get off my case.
Liberty Square Maintenance. Pretty sure we spend a good half of the semester living in darkness. Seriously, how many maintenance workers will it take to screw in a lightbulb?!
That's really all I can think of.

Alright, well guess it's time to play carpool again. Since I'm home all the sibs just think they can make me come pick them up whenever they like. And I do. I'm whipped.
Cheers

success

if someone would have told me I'd write a 6 page analysis of Spanish literature in Spanish at the beginning of college, I probably would have laughed.

(but most likely cried) And I am just proud to announce that I DID IT and it's done and I didn't procrastinate, and that's just one more thing that is outta the way between me and my Christmas break.

Mmmmmm smells like gingerbread.

and here is a list of random thoughts on a night such as this:

Provo decided to get all nice and lose the snow this week. What's up with that? Not that I'm complaining, but really?

I didn't fail my anatomy final. It's hanging on the fridge serving as a good dose of motivation for the next week. (oh boy, do I need it!)

Kelsey and Sam are going to London on study abroad. I am so excited for them and their European adventures because I am kind of a Europophile. I just love Europe. A lot. (but mostly Spain)

We are in the process of making our free christmas cards from Shutterfly. Hallelujah it's kind of exciting.

Tomorrow me and Pat are going to Brian Reagan and it's going to be fabulous.

I can't believe Christmas is sneaking up so much. Last night we had an FHE Christmas complete with Christmas sweaters and a whole lotta cheer. Our family is great.

And currently I am what one might call obsessed with red pepper tomato soup. And no, I did not make it. I simply dump it in my bowl and heat. Ahhh it's good and fast and easy and tasty with string cheese.

That's all. Time for more homework!

Cheers

November. finally.

please admire my psychology notes- can you tell I couldn't stay awake? Because I couldn't. I'm just chugging along, taking notes on sleep deprivation, then suddenly my eyes close, my writing becomes sloppier than usual, I scribble gibberish, my hand slips, and I am abruptly awoken with a nice line across the page. My favorite part was that class was on consciousness and sleep... half the class was doing just that.

So happy November ya'll! It's finally HERE and I like it. When I was little November was such an annoying month- Halloween was over and Christmas seemed so. far. away. But now I just get to bask in the glory that is fall and color and cook good stuff with fall-y foods and life is good.

Speaking of food, here is the Halloween update. Halloween was fabulous this year. We celebrated for weeks, I probably ate my body weight in candy corn, (and vowed to not touch any til next Halloween... which I was doing good on until I found THANKSGIVING candy corn at work. Curse you, UVP.) and had some fabulous costumes ie a blackberry, and then Indian. 

We celebrated with plethoras of "scary" movies and then Sunday we took over Sam's house and cooked up a storm. I went all out and made soup in a pumpkin (and it was great) and then these fabulous pumpkin bars from this website. Seriously, everything on this site is good. Anyways, it was paired with the most random things- guac, Colombian rice, mocktails, potatoes, rolls, salads, steaks, apple crisp, key lime pie, cupcakes, and the list goes on. Anyways, thank you October. You served me well.

Now onto November. I'm stealing an idea from a fellow blogger and it goes like this: Thirty Days of Thanks. I think even the dimmest of light bulbs could figure out what I'm talking about there, so we won't do much explanation. I missed yesterday though, so we'll do two today. 

Day 1. I am thankful for my job. Oh Utah Valley Pediatrics, Mondays are the longest days ever, (besides Fridays) but you give me a little money to pay rent and buy groceries, so for that I am thankful. This job is great. I've got great coworkers, I get to have my ear talked off by moms who want to know why their child has a rash in region A or a million page document to be scanned and sent to Office B (NOW) while scanning medicaid cards and explaining flu clinics, and every day it is an adventure in the real world. I like leaving BYU sometimes and getting out into the real world with my semi-real job where I interact with real people and I can forget about class a little. 

Day 2. I am thankful for my mediastinum, common carotid artery, cuboids, manubrium, linea asperas, styloid proceses, and zygomatic arches AKA all fancy words for my healthy body that works right most of the time. Tuesdays are Anatomy days.  I wake up early and study, go to class, go to the Anatomy lab for roughly 4 hours, and then if I am not feeling completely and totally drained I head over to Anatomy lecture for another 2. It's a loooooong day with way too much vocab and formaldehyde, but along with the lingering stenches I am sure do not leave as I take off my gloves, every Tuesday I am reminded how miraculous the human body is, how much of a blessing it is to me that I have one that works right, and just how important it is to me not to do anything that's gonna mess it up. Hopefully you can learn the same lesson just with a little less rifling through muscles the muscles of cadavers and yelling "coming through!" while hoisting specimens above your head. 

Until tomorrow. Buh bye

Anita & Alyssa Cook

So I guess all that studying paid off, because I definitely did better than I'd anticipated on my test. Maybe I won't fail out of BYU :)

After I finished my test and classes I went home, texted Anita, and I celebrated the only way I know how. I cooked. 

Because Anita is in this World Religions class and has all these crazy assignments, for the next two weeks she is a vegetarian Buddhist Monk who has to omit preservatives, meat, sugar, and salt, does meditation every night, and has to be silent on Thursdays. Naturally, she came to me with her vegetarian questions. :) (And probably just because she knew we'd cook together haha) Anyways, my foodstuffs are running low, so this week we just whipped up some raw food fajitas. Real easy, real simple, real delicious.

Fajitas 

1 red pepper and 1 yellow pepper, thinly sliced

1 onion, diced

1 T garlic

some mushrooms, sliced

lots of EVOO

sautee all that together and just try not to die of the delightful smell... heaven is gonna smell like onions and garlic. I know it.

oh, and we made some beans too... my roommate Sam makes the best ones, so we just modified her version, with no sauce or cheese because Anita can't eat processed things, and she hates cheese... basically we were left with a pot full of refried beans and a little milk mixed in. it was real good.

Serve in heated tortillas with cheese, beans, and veggies. (and the secret ingredient to great fajitas I just didn't have tonight- slices of potato. Divine.) Oh, but I forgot one thing. Anita definitely couldn't eat my whole wheat tortillas because they have some preservatives in them, so I had the bright idea of frying her up her own tortilla... basically that meant just mixing wheat flower and milk, then frying it in olive oil. She thought it was a success... only did I mention she couldn't talk to me the whole time because she has to be silent of Thursdays? She just made "mmmmm" noises the whole time. It was great :)

After a delightful din I was not done. I was on a cooking rampage, and I had peaches to use, thanks to Ashlee and Jake and his mom's wonderful peach tree. Kelsey cut the peaches, I mixed the ingredients, and we made this Thank you, smittenkitchen. I am such an addict, and I am converting the roommates to the world of foodblogs as well...

Try it. It's real good. Alright folks, that's it. Til next time

a big thank you goes out

to the guy who who gave me a pen and a weird look when I realized I'd lost my last one in the grass today while I was studying outside. (it was a BEAUTIFUL day and, well, I know they're numbered) Thanks, buddy. It writes nice and flow-ily

to the woman at Cafe Rio who put my dressing on the side and gave me a hefty dollop of guac when me and Morgan went out for her birthday lunch. I played fat kid and almost ate the whole thing.

to the Accounting God for miraculously allowing me to score a 4/5 on my quiz when the whole quiz was Greek to me. I will continue to hang on to a thread in that hellish class

to Brittany for letting me use her shin guards yet AGAIN for my intramural game tonight. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Shin Guards... sounds like something I read before...

to the black girl that sat across from me today in the library and yapped on the phone about how she had high levels of creatine in her kidneys. Whatever that means, well, you offered me some comic relief. Maybe I'll sit in the no "shh" zone more often. (Though I had the urge to tell her to shut it a couple of times.)

and
to this week for going really fast. Thursdays are my Fridays, and the weekend is so close I can taste it... and it tastes like a lot of sleep, work, football, and family dinner. And lots of homework. Ha. Who am I kidding. I won't do any of it.
:)

the smell of cadaver lab

makes you not want to eat for a week. I mean, as much as I love the aroma of formaldehyde in the afternoon mixed with a little embalming agent, shaken up with a little bit of "juice" as I like to call it, it's just pretty disgusting to look at corpses.

But amid that grossness, it is REALLY cool. Seeing all the veins, muscle groups, and the mustache of my cadaver friend today made me realize how interesting the human body is. Okay, back to studying.

Life is good, my bed is comfortable, and we got our TV working yesterday, finally. I am debating on whether or not to get a flu shot, hoping someone feels like giving me tickets to gen conference in a couple weeks, and trying to track down the culprit of the stinky smell coming from the kitchen. 

That's all for now. Be back tomorrow