I'd like to live in Athens... Ohio.

The other night Kevin and I went out for drinks with some new friends.  One of the girls we were hanging out with just moved from Ohio to Muncie for graduate school in dietetics.  She raved all night about the town she live in - Athens, Ohio.  Both Kevin and I took some interest in her ramblings because it is 1. A college town, 2. Fairly liberal for being in the Midwest, 3. Close enough to our families, but far enough away to seem like an adventure, and 4. A town with high community involvement.

Fast forward to the next morning. Kevin had to go in to meet his undergraduate biology advisor to make a plan for his next few semesters.  He declared a focus in botany, which his advisor had a lot to say about.  Apparently, he is the head of the biology department here, and got his PhD in botany. Where did he get his PhD, you ask? Oh, that would be Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

This town and this college have very quickly become topics of interest for us both.  Right now, there are a lot of things that are up in the air for us as far as plans for the future go. And when it comes time for Kevin to decide on schools for graduate studies, we'll definitely want to go where it is best for us. However, right  now it is fun to daydream about Athens, Ohio.  I don't know if we'll actually end up going there, but the thought of it all has gotten me thinking about possible future occurrences.  I'm looking forward to whatever happens.  

a great sick day

Sadly, I woke up this morning with the beginning signs of the flu.  Not so sadly, I was able to see the inaugural address online while I was laying in bed.  Here are some of my favorite parts of Barack Obama's Speech.

"The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our GDP, but on the reach of our prosperity, on the ability to extend opportunity to every wiling heart; not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good."

"America is a friend of each nation, and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity... Your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy... To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."

A story from my childhood.

The past couple of day have reminded me of a horror story I wrote when I was little. I'll do my best to re-tell it here.

I was walking home from school one day when I saw a little baby bird that froze to death, and way laying in the middle of the sidewalk. Seeing it made me so sad and I started to cry. It was so cold out that day that my tears froze, and my eyeballs froze, and I died right next to the baby bird.

Later, my sister was taking the same path home from school. She saw the baby bird, and she saw me. It made her so sad, and she starting crying. It was so cold out that day that her tears froze, and her eyeballs froze, and she died right next to the baby bird, and me.

My mom was waiting for us at home, but when she started to worry when we didn't come home. So she took the path that we always took between school and home. She saw the baby bird, she saw my sister, and she saw me. It made her so sad, and she started crying. It was so cold out that day that her tears froze, and her eyeballs froze, and she died right next to the baby bird, my sister, and me.

When my dad got home from work that night he was surprised to find an empty house. He wondered what had happened to us, and he decided to take the path to school to check to see if we were there. He saw the baby bird, he saw my mom, he saw my sister, and he saw me. It made him so sad, but he never cries, so he didn't die.

The End.

Now really... I'm going to go get started on all of that reading...

procrastination isn't going to work.

I have about 250 pages of reading to do for this weekend. 200 of those pages are from one class. I'm trying to come up with good excuses in my head for why I don't need to read all of these pages, but I think I am out of luck. I feel sick to my stomach thinking about what would happen if I allowed this to pile up any more than it already has. Thank you, Week One, for thoroughly kicking my butt. Week Two- "You have no power over me!" (bonus points if you can name that movie.)

I made potato pizza for dinner last night. I didn't get a very clear verdict from Kevin, but I thought it was delicious. And what was even more delicious was the fact that I had all of the ingredients available in my kitchen. I love it when that happens. Kevin and I have plans during the summer to go an entire month of eating nothing but pizza. We decided that It was probably the most versatile of all dishes, and we are convinced that we won't get tired of it. If you have any good/ different (preferably both good AND different) pizza recipes, tell me about them. I want to start putting a notebook of recipes together.

I have about fifteen bazillion friends who are pregnant right now or recently had children. I'm really not kidding. Congratulations to Cara, Shel, Kirby, Darcy, Kendra, Carolyn, Bria, and Whitney. And welcome to the world Chloe, Oliver, Aaron, and Dominic. I think we are in the middle of another baby boom.

brr

The high today is zero degrees in Muncie, Indiana... in case you were wondering.

first week back.

-My Business Communication professor told us that she was reading the Twilight series.  I cannot believe that an educator with a PhD would 1.) waste their time with those books, and 2.) claim that they were "good reads." However, the most ironic part of this story is that we are not allowed to wear hats in her class because (and yes I did write down her exact quote because it amused me so much),  "This is a business class, and wearing hats in an environment where you are learning to be professional and to exemplify higher education, hats just don't seem to fit in." Barf.

-I have a professor that I kind of had my freshman year.  I actually dropped his class back then after the first day because he made me so angry.  Now, I think I kind of like him.  I think it is funny how much we change in our college years.

- I may have no real free time during the days.  however my nights and weekend are wide open and I am way happy about that.

- My car broke down. Twice.  It was fun. I have to go pick it up tomorrow.  I hope it works this time.