"SNOW" DAY!!!

Well, guys. I haven't done this in like, 2 months or something.

And this is why there are 2 people blogging on here. Because we knew inevitably one (or both) of us would get lazy, and this way, one person blogging sort of influences the other one to. Ha.

So my school is closed today. That's the great thing about winter in Texas. If you do happen to get any kind of significant winter weather, things close down because there's no infrastructure to take care of it. Last night we got to leave class early, before 3pm. I was planning on being in class from about 8-8, so this was very much appreciated. It's sunny right now, and a lot of the ice is melting, so back to school tomorrow. We're supposed to have the written part of an anatomy exam though, and since we were supposed to have the review today, I have no clue what is going to be on it. I'm on my "studying break" right now. So yeah.

So things have been pretty busy for me since November. I finished my second semester of "grad school" and only have one more to do! I got a job during my winter break, which was good because I made some money, and I really didn't feel like I missed out on all that much having to work. On a sadder note, my great-grandmother and grandmother died (Grandma was the DIL to the great-grandma). Sooo that was pretty sad. This would look a lot like Susie's blog if I talked about that a lot, so lets just leave her to talk about her sad emotions about losing something/someone special to you. I'm not really good at being emotional (if you know me, you know this) so yeah.

After all of that, school started again. I guess it's been going on for about two weeks now. I have had a lot more motivation up until this week, when I finally have my first exam. So that's not great timing, but whatever.

Highlight of the semester so far was probably going to Chicago this past weekend where I reunited with my fellow blogger, Julie. Heh heh. I basically had a four-day-weekend and flights were cheap and I knew there were going to be people in town/things going on so I just decided to go before school got too crazy. So I got to meet Bethany in South Bend, go to The Backer (and Rocco's!), and get the obligatory day-after-going-out Chipotle lunch that we always seem to have. At least this time I could eat it... Heh heh.

Notable first: Shot of Patron at the Backer. Now, I rarely have shots at the Backer, and have only had them when other people buy them for me (not that I buy myself that many drinks there anyways... I can't remember the last time I did as a matter of fact). I don't know why I do tequila shots even when I know I hate them. Maybe I do.

So post-Chipotle, Bethany, Phil, and I drove to Chicago. We got to Julie's around oh.. 5ish or something and met another friend at a bar to watch the ND-UConn basketball game. I thought we were supposed to be good. Whatever. I'm getting used to disappointing ND teams. I'll still be a fan, but COME ON! Then we went to the "other friend"'s party. It was fun. Spiderman was there and was very entertaining. Julie and I played beer pong, and I did better than I normally do, which isn't really anything to brag about, but it wasn't a terrible game.

We went out afterwards... kind of uneventful... came back to Julie's where she, Bethany, and I slept three on a futon. It's really not as crowded as one might think. Phil took the floor. What a gentleman. Haha.

Sunday we met Laura for brunch, then Phil and Bethany went back to South Bend and Julie and I met Bettina downtown to go see Jersey Boys. It was pretty fun. I like Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, so I enjoyed the musical. It's definitely not the best musical I've ever seen, but I'd still recommend it.

Julie said something when we were going in that was quite funny: "We never do anything wholesome together." Which sounds worse than it is? Haha. I mean, you know, we don't go to the zoo, or a park, or things like that. This event, however, still ended with the song "Oh What A Night" so that was rather appropriate. Following the musical, things got slightly less wholesome, but not by too much. Dinner was fun, and worth the supposedly-one-hour wait when we got to the restaurant. It was basically a fancy "make-your-own-stir-fry." I enjoyed it, and would like to go back sometime.

All in all it was a good weekend. Then I get back here and people start freaking out about freezing temperatures. Which is really just amusing. I mean, it is cold, but it could be a lot worse.

I suppose I should take my "snow day" to study some more so I don't have to feel bad about watching Lost tonight. (What? Record it and watch it after my test? I think NOT!) I think I heard somewhere that this episode is supposed to be really good. So we'll see.

Over and out!

Love is in the air...

Maybe it's because I spend a portion of my day working on Valentines Day-themed drink cards, but I've been thinking about love lately. What is it? How does one know when it is real? How do you find it? How do you keep from falling out of love? I was talking to Phil about it, it's an interesting topic. So interesting, in fact, that literally MILLIONS and MILLIONS of songs are based on this topic. Here are a couple that are relevant to my musings, in case you were interested:





Love seems to blind people, too. What's up with that? It just isn't logical!



Gosh, I love Supertramp.

Musings

My dear friend Mary got me thinking about blogging in high school, so I went to check out the ole' Live Journal. Firstly, I have a mysterious missing post about the high school prom...but I think maybe it was made private to protect the innocent. Or rather, guilty in this case. I also noticed that I am a really horrible writer. I wonder how I even got into college, and more importantly, how I managed to pass the classes that involved writing assignments. There really isn't much in the blog from high school because I started it on the last day of school. I would have liked to reminisce about the person I was then. I wonder if I've changed much?

Lately, I've been worried about the economy. I can't help but picture a Great Depression-like scene of executives jumping out of offices and soup lines that go around the block. Apparently no industry is immune, except maybe healthcare and education. I mean, kids still need school and sick people, hospitals.

I think I am starting to get into my winter slump. Yesterday evening was spent sitting in front of my computer wasting time and eating hummus. That. Was. All. I can't wait til summer, or at least increased sunlight! (Did I mention that I had to work in darkness today because the light above my desk was out? Fun times.)