A Time to be Thankful

It's funny, today I was thinking how lucky I am. Then I realized that tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and what better time to love your life than on Thanksgiving? My friend Pat saw I was walking to class this afternoon as he was driving, he stopped and asked me where I was headed. I was almost there, but it was so nice of him to check, because I'm sure he would've given me a ride back to my apartment if that was where I was going. It made me think of how many great friend I have, and how many I've had throughout life. I'm so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful people! In addition to my friends I'm thankful for my boyfriend Dave, he's always there for me, and doesn't seem to mind that I'm crazy sometimes, and the rest he knows! I also am very lucky to have such a close family. Our biggest conflicts seem to be actually getting together! Two loving parents, who in turn love eachother... loving grandparents... I'm so happy love is my base for what makes a family. I am also thankful for my two adorable nephews. They show that when life doesn't seem like it could be better... it just can!

Yumm-o

This is a week of eating great food.

I started it off by making some wonderful apple crisp! No mistakes, just good food!

Wednesday I'm going to Thurman's before going home for my friend's 21st b-day. I'm not getting a burger this time though. Either a flat pizza or reuben.

Thursday is Thanksgiving... and I don't think there are any more explanations needed for that.

As my dad would say.... Yummo!!!

ahh....... relaxing...

It feels so good to have no pressure for the week. 3 days of no quizzes, and no tests. I will get my physics grade back, which scares me! But other than that, not much happening at school.

Friday after classes, Dave and I went to the grocery and then I got a new winter coat. I really needed something that would keep me warm. I got a Columbia men's coat, so that it's a little long and will keep me even warmer. After I got it Dave and I met Kate and Greg for dinner, we ran out and brought back Arby's so that Colin wouldn't have to have the carseat hassle! It was a nice and relaxed evening. I think all 5 of us had a good time. Colin gave me some big smiles.... If you look at Kate's Mommy Files blog you can see one of Colin and I, though he became more interested in the camera than me. After Kate's Dave and I went to a party at two of my friends' apartment. It was a good time, and it was so nice to be invited. I got to see them again Saturday at the guys' house for the OSU game. The game was AWESOME! Very intense! At the end of the game we were all leaning forwards in our seats. Always nice to win the rivarly game. Then Saturday night Dave, Dan, Leah, and I met Jon and Rachel at the cheap theatres and saw the 40 year old virgin. It was funny! After that Jon and Rachel went back to their place to make cookies, and we went to Graeters. YUM YUM!!!

Today I've been a bum. Went to target, then just lazed around. I even made an easy dinner. Now I think I might make apple crisp!! I'm just not sure of what kind of oatmeal I have the recipe's call for either rolled oats or instant. I know I don't have instant... but what are rolled oats??? Hopefully they're anything that's NOT instant! We shall see. Then I'll just need some vanilla icecream and yum yum!!

I can't wait to go home for thanksgiving. I need a rest. I'm sad I won't be able to be with Dave, but it happens. I think he would have come down to Cincy for turkey day, but his brother is going to be home for turkey day and not Christmas, so it makes sense. Saturday we're having a birthday party for my nephew Andrew!! YAY!!! I hope he likes his gift from Aunt Andrea! Now... time to attempt Apple Crisp.

Brownies

So this weekend I attempted writing the history paper... and well, I'll be talking to my TA a lot this week. Anyhow... the concert worked wonders for chearing me up. Phil Vasser was awesome! His entire band was extremely talented. They could all play their instruments extremely well, and a lot of them played multiple instruments. Each of them sang a song themselves too, and they were really good. I was very pleased with the concert. They put on an excellent show, I would've paid money for a show that good! 2 hours of music and fun. Phil not only played his songs, but some by other musicians covering a large range of music. All the musicians were quite different looking, and each had a personality. They looked like they were having fun, and it rubbed off. Good times!

That was Friday night. Saturday I went to the OSU game, last home game of the year. It was fun, and I was somewhat shocked at how badly we beat Northwestern. I somewhat expected a better game. After the game I reattempted the history paper to get about the same result as Friday, only this time I was pleased with the two pages I wrote. As I tried to make myself feel better, I decided to bake some brownies.... out of a box. The lighting in my kitchen is VERY bad, but that still doesn't excuse that I added 3/4 a cup of water instead of the 1/4 of a cup the box asks for. To make the situation that much better, my timer went off without me hearing it making the edges a little bit harder. So yes... I messed up on box brownies.... they taste fine, but they're a little rubber-y. Sigh...

Procrastination

Usually I'm good about not procrastinating too much... but right now I just can't get into writing my history paper. ESPECIALLY on a Friday when we don't have class. I need to get a rough draft into my TA by midnight tonight though if I want her to look over it, which I certainly do! So I won't write too much! I have no clue how I did on my organic chemistry midterm. This one was 13 pages long, and I just don't know. Hopefully I did well. I'll know Monday. I didn't go into the lab at all this week. I was going to go in yesterday, but the graduate students and Harold were all going to be at a conference in Akron, and they're there today too.

This week I changed my schedule for next quarter. I really like my history TA this quarter, and took her advice on good teachers for 112, so I'm going to take it a different quarter. I switched it out for Psychology 331, which deals with Clinical Psychology. Sounds interesting, and saves me some time during the day. AND, still no Friday classes!!! YAY!!!

Tonight I'm going to a free concert. Two country singers.... I'm going with Dave, Dan and Pat. I'm sure we'll have fun. Tomorrow is the last home game for OSU, and it's vs. Northwestern. Should be fun times. I think I'll try to sneak my camera into the game.

Last night I made pizza... it was easy and good. mmmmmm... Random enough? I think so, time to go write a paper!!! (Nothing like writing about love and sexuality in the Roman empire of the first century, as portrayed in Petronius' Satyricon)

Dental Study

So I've decided to participate in a dental study on campus. You may be wondering why in the world I would do such a thing, but let's think about the details. I generally have bad teeth. Lots of fillings, stuff like that. But I DO brush my teeth all the time. And I floss, but not as much as I should. This study is to try a new flossing method. It starts off with a free cleaning (which I'll have this morning). And then we go in 5 times over a period of 10 weeks. We'll probably get free floss, and possibly a free electric toothbrush or something! At the end of the 10 weeks, we will be paid $100. Not bad huh? Plus, if it's a dental study it shouldn't be bad for my teeth!

Now that's all I can write, I must go study some history before I go. No more entries for a while... I have an Ochem midterm tomorrow night, I want to write a history paper rough draft by Friday afternoon, I have Physics next Wednesday, and my History paper is due next Friday. Sounds fun doesn't it?? But that's college for you!

Also-- I changed my comments on this blog, so now if you don't have a blog you can still write me a comment as annoymous!!

Time to go Home

My first two classes for Thursday were cancelled, so I have no class until 3:30 in the afternoon. It's AMAZING!!! So, I decided to go home and get my winter clothes. Kate was nice and brought some back for me, but I need them all now... so I brought home my tank tops to exchange for longsleeve shirts, winter coats, and additional flannel sheets.

I actually picked up my other stuff from Kate's last night. Greg and Colin were there so I stayed for a bit. My nephew is so cute!!! I love being able to put a big grin to his face. He crawled over to me and let me pick him up and give him a nice hug and kiss. He smiled at me as he tried to avoid eating dinner. Then he got sleepy. I got to rock him to sleep. I tried to read to him, but he would have none of it. He wanted silence and rocking. He kept kicking his legs, so I scooped them up and swayed them too. Just gently rocked him until he was asleep. It was incredible. So content. Then I gently put him in his crib where he snuggled up with his blankie and kept sleeping. I love having nephews... they make my life so happy.