"I said my get up & go, must have got up & went..."

this little guy has helped me push on through the last two days. I owe him a great debt, because if not for him, I would have failed a test and fallen asleep before finishing my paper last night at four AM. thanks for giving me that extra boost. and being so darn cute.

I've decided to go ahead and take the extra semester. it'll give me a chance to breathe a little, and take some of those classes I wanted to. i'll also get to spend a full three years here, instead of only two and a half.

classes I want to take:
-linguistic anthropology
-psychological anthropology
-classical greek civilization
-the british isles (1350-1688)
-london: a cultural history
-motivation
-physiological psychology (new this year I believe)

oh, they had just released the schedule of classes for next semester. mine is going to be most unfortunate again, and I'm not sure I'll be able to keep my current job, as I will have classes scheduled into the early evening each day. hmm. probably time to move on from waiting tables anyway.

one class tomorrow, followed by an easy exam, then it's off to rochester!

"without love life is like rock & roll without a drummer..."

I've never considered myself much of a cook or baker, but I've been trying to hone those skills more this year. for valentine's day, instead of chocolate, I baked an apple pie for my boyfriend, crust & all. this probably isn't a huge feat for most, but it was this first thing I'd made entirely from scratch, instead of a box. I was pretty impressed, especially since crust is supposedly a little difficult and mine seemed just right. =)

in the spirit of the holiday, I tried to make the top crust red, but didn't think of it until after I'd mixed together. adding food coloring afterward resulted in a marbleized look, but I still liked how it turned out. unfortunately, I was trying to bake this before my boyfriend woke up and ran out of time, so in my rush added frosting waaaaay to early. so its a little sloppy from melting. I also baked it in a tin tray and crushed the crust a little when I moved it.

I received two nice bouquets for my birthday/valentine's day. the colors are gorgeous and I can't wait til they dry and I can continue to keep them in their pretty vases.


we only just took down our christmas decorations a few days ago. so sad.
I really need to finish my costume, our nick toons party is tonight!

"I believe in the sand beneath my toes..."

i just got an exam grade back for my european history class and I did MUCH better than I thought.
what a relief. I only have three grades for the class as it is.
I woke up saturday night with this on my face:



its a little hard to see, but I had a smiley face written on my hand in marker the night before. I must have slept on it.

I'm still in the midst of deciding if I want to graduate next semester or take an extra. i'll be very busy if I don't and there's a lot of history and psych courses I would love to take, but I just want to be done in may (2010). december graduation seems so anti-climatic and the job market is poor at best during the winter, especially here.

on another note, I thought I had lost my black cardigan and went out and bought another. I had scoured my apartment a good hour before admitting defeat. I need one for work when it's this cold, so I had no option but replace it asap. the first, of course, shows up on its neat little hanger as soon as I slide the new one into my closet. now with two plain cardigans, I found a way to spruce up the first one. I had found a cardigan secondhand that looked really cute but was terribly unflattering on me once I got home and tried it on. after an hour of button-swapping while watching some of The Office, I'm pretty happy with the results:


spring break starts in ten days. thank goodness.

"she can roll with the punches, as long as she feels like she's in control..."

i've been 21 for a week now.
here's to welcoming true adulthood by beginning a new blog!
just a little post for now, I have a roadrunner costume to create and professors to appease.