sick

i got a head cold...let's see, it was the sunday before finals started. It was bad for about a week and then I was still not feeling better the whole next week too. Now (going on the 3rd week) I still feel the effects of it lingering.
My immune system was most likely down from spending almost 3 nights of that weekend up doing my photo project. =( sad.

I felt the full effects of being sick yesterday when I went for a short run. I felt so tired, and slow.

lists

I have always made fun of my dad for making lists. He makes them all the time in family meetings. He makes them for chores, he makes them for what he wants to do over holidays, he makes extremely detailed ones before we go on trips (these annoy me most). The rest of my family knows that my dad makes them because he is a visual person and needs to see everything on paper and organized.

I make lists so I do not forget to do things. I have a terrible memory (just proved a second ag... during the entire movie I called the main character in How to Tame Your Dragon, Mushroom.....his name is Hiccup) So as you can imagine on very busy and hectic days for me I need to focus on my energy on keeping track of everything I need to do, and most of the time I am successful. My to do lists help me remember, and make sure I accomplish everything that needs to be done, with less energy.
I have various lists floating around my backpack, purse, in my books, on my computer, and one is actually in my bed. They have everything I need to do: from a packing list for home, to things to do before I get home, a schedule of class and work next semester, idea for meals so I make sure we eat all of our food before break, what yoga classes I will be taking at home, various workouts, etc...
I have been using a calendar I made for myself as my master plan. I pulled in out in music one day, and the kid sitting next to me takes a look at it, and was amazed. He complimented me for it, and said he wishes he had one. This made me feel like less of a dork, since the calendar was hand made and everything was color coded. ;)

winter....

Winter has sort of been odd. Last week at this time I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, now I am wearing 6 layers. Winter seemed to sneak up on us.
I went for an early morning run this morning, after battling the temptation of staying in my oh so nice warm bed. I opened the door and was hit with a blast of cold that I still have not seemed to be able to shake. The cars were completed covered in frost and so was the grass. It was kind of pretty.

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.