Austin Thanksgiving

Thankfully I did not have to fly back home for 2-3 days for Thanksgiving. Not flying makes my break seem longer. =)
Well I guess i did have an extra day of holiday, since I took tuesday off as well.
It has been a great time down here! Grandma is funnier than I remembered her, and Grandpa is well..Grumpy. I am glad Grandma finally got her wish to meet Jeff. =) she thinks I picked a winner!
Thankfully the Salt Lick was closed on thanksgiving...or that would have been our meal. But instead mom made some good food! The turkey was smoked and kind of weirded me out from the smell. So I had a meal of veggies...my ideal meal anyways. The green beans were my favorite. She mashed a banana in the sweet potatoes which made them super fruity and sweet.
Chris and Brad are part of the family for the week, and they are such a pleasure to hang with them. They are such darlings, and so very funny! Robbie went with the parents and grandparents up to Baylor today, I stayed behind to take pictures and spent the day running around austin with the boys.

the healing power of brownies

...I like to think brownies make me better.

I (and my roommates) have acknowledged that I have a problem when it comes to brownies. I just can NOT control myself and could eat an entire batch myself. I just love them,

Today, I ate brownies for breakfast. Then later, when I came home from class and my cough had gotten worse, I unwrapped and ate maybe 5 small brownies that were wrapped and in my purse still from the movie last night. I feel better know, I like to think its the brownies, not the medicine, the soup, the tea, or that I slept all afternoon.

Midnight premier

We went to the midnight premier yesterday! we got there at 9 and no one was there. The waiting 3 hours was hard. The movie was very good.

my feelings on daylight savings.

Every daylight savings I am a bit lazy for the next week or so and do not bother to change my clocks. Partly it is out of laziness, and partly it is because I like thinking I am an hour late, then have a beautiful realization that I have just gained an hour in my day. =)

I think this would drive most people crazy, but I really like enjoying the extra hour I feel like I just gained.

dinner

this is why I think Erica and I belong together...We both consider this a dinner. And a very filling and delicious dinner at that.

sick

when Im sick I love nothing better than a day in bed with lots of tea, movies, and wearing boyfriend's pj pants!

last xc meet for rob...

and he finished cross country well! He ran such a good race! I am so proud of him! (well id be proud of him even if he didn't run well, or run at all). The meet was fun, but very very cold! ...I am not feeling the results of the cold wind now.


It was an extremely fun morning with Jeff as well. Just kinda joking around and playing around on the golf coarse. He's my favorite. And my parents totally love him.

teaching.

I subbed for Jerry's 6:15 cycling class this morning. It was a ball! I loved it!

I'm not sure what I love more, taking classes or teaching. Teaching is a bit hard because you have to pay attention to what you are doing and keep track of timing, taking a class is nice because you can just sit there and get told what to do and when.

But teaching is $15 an hour for something I'd already be doing. =)

a battle

Every meal is a bit of a battle with the bunnies. It doesn't matter what i am eating, they always want it.

It makes eating hard, but I think its so funny and cute!

a dangerous situation on my hands

The bunnies have learned to open doors and open their cage....

They opened my door in the middle of the night last night and ran across to Erica's room. I woke up and looked for them and noticed the door was open. So of coarse they were in Erica's room. Not sure what they were doing in there.

Yesterday I put them in their cage to when I left to develop film, when I had come home, the stinkers ran down stairs. No idea how long they had been out,

...I realize now that two bunnies make a lot more mischief than one. The good thing is buddy doesn't chew on the molding any more.

Rest.

I tried so hard this weekend to get to the point where Sunday I could do nothing but go to church and recharge my battery.
I failed, I feel like I haven't rested at all this weekend.

Last week did not work either. I ll try again next week. I really like the idea of having a day completely off of homework, work, and studying.

very proud of myself

As of yesterday I could not remember the last time i washed my hair. I can not really remember the last time I had washed it. My best guess is Sunday. It was looking very dirty. I needed to wash it yesterday, but it really makes life easier when i just dont wash it.
For some reason I am proud of myself. Maybe because I got away with dirty hair all week =)

back in the swing of things

I got the okay from the doctor to slowly ease back into exercising. I am so happy to get back into the swing of things. I love the feeling after a hard workout.

State Fair

Jeff, John, and I all went to the state fair. The boys won me prizes. I especially loved the prizes because as a kid I never won anything. We ate funnel cake, french fries, lemonade, and had all sorts of goodies.