This past weekend was wonderful -- exactly what my hopes for a weekend might be. I don't recall having very many "weekend" weekends last semester, and I may not have too many more as I get deeper into this semester. It remains to be seen.
When Brian got home Friday, he informed me that people from his lab were going out for sushi and did I want to go too? Um, yes. It turned out that his advisor was hosting a guest colloquium speaker, so he was taking out that guy, as well as...duh duh duh...subsidizing everyone else's meals as well! Super news for grad students. So we went out to someplace we probably would never and will never go back on our own (due to prices). It was fun. The sushi came out on a huge hilarious boat, and it was fun to try various sushis and sakes. His advisor was on sabbatical last semester, and so this was one of the first social outings his lab had, meaning it was my first time to meet some of his friends, which was great. I got the chance to meet more of his friends later that night because we went to see Avatar in 3-D with some. It was quite the entertaining movie, and I was pretty pleased with myself for not falling asleep during the three hours in the theater that began at 10:45 pm!
Saturday, I definitely slept in. Not long after getting up, we headed to campus for the CU vs K-State basketball game, which was great fun. We stayed for part of the women's game and then went home for supper and a movie (P.S. I remember watching like one movie last semester. This semester I've watched at least four!). A bit later we met the friends we went to the movie with the night before at Cheesecake Factory for dessert. Yeah. I suppose we won't be going back there either. Who charges $2.75 for a mug of brewed coffee?!
Sunday we slept in again and this day actually got some work done. Hm, I don't actually even remember what all went on. One of the best things about this weekend is that there was an extra day! Yay for Monday off! And I don't have Tuesday classes, so it was a four-day weekend. Probably why I am drawing a total blank on what we did Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. As it should be.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
ol' sap
This is not much of a blog post, but I just wanted to note that I think I cry at more parts of Love Actually every time I watch it. I love that movie.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
decade
So maybe this is after the fact, but I just now read similar posts on other blogs and thought it would be fun.
On Jan. 1, 2000, I:
-was smack in the middle of one of the best years of my life (freshman year at Bethel)
-had recently met a lot of new people, including some of my greatest lifelong friends
-was a Chemistry major
-had never lived anywhere but Kansas (and, basically, Newton, Kansas)
-was about to leave for one month in the Middle East (one of the best, most life-changing months of my life)
-thought there were lots of desirable eligible bachelors at Bethel
-was beginning to become good friends with my brother
-thought I was a dog person
-wore a flannel shirts and cords a lot...I think a lot of my clothes might have even come from the men's section of stores
-had recently learned how to use the internet
-telephone-wise, I used only the shared, corded, industrial, orange-light-blinking-when-you-have-a-message phone in our dorm room
-watched...?? 7th Heaven?? on tv (I don't really remember if I watched tv that year.)
-had a super great roommate
-had spent the super scary (haha) Y2K New Year's Eve in Wichita with Kristine and her relatives. I think we went ice skating.
-had settled on Brad Born as my favorite professor
On Jan. 1, 2010, I:
-was smack in the middle of my first year in fulltime school in six years
-had recently again met a lot of new people, who I find to be incredibly wonderful and hope to also have as lifelong friends
-had graduated an English major (with a Chemistry minor) and am a speech-language pathologist master's student
-was living in a new state for the first time
-was elated to be back in Kansas
-had been married to one of those desirable eligible bachelors for just more than two years
-consider my brother one of my best friends
-am a definite cat person and sad I had to leave my baby in Kansas
-try to be a little more fashionable (at times) and a little more feminine :)
-daily spend way too much time using the internet
-usually use a cell phone, though I have only ever had one (going on 5 years with the same one) and we still have a landline
-am still watching fluffy tv: Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, and One Tree Hill, as well as one show I can admit to all: The Office
-had recently visited my freshman year super great roommate, who is now married to one of my childhood friends and had a tiny new cutie-patootie baby girl
-had spent New Year's Eve in what at first glance looked like a sketchy-ish motel but what turned out to be pretty nice and have surprisingly good amenities in Topeka with my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and nephew
-maintain that Brad Born is my favorite professor
On Jan. 1, 2000, I:
-was smack in the middle of one of the best years of my life (freshman year at Bethel)
-had recently met a lot of new people, including some of my greatest lifelong friends
-was a Chemistry major
-had never lived anywhere but Kansas (and, basically, Newton, Kansas)
-was about to leave for one month in the Middle East (one of the best, most life-changing months of my life)
-thought there were lots of desirable eligible bachelors at Bethel
-was beginning to become good friends with my brother
-thought I was a dog person
-wore a flannel shirts and cords a lot...I think a lot of my clothes might have even come from the men's section of stores
-had recently learned how to use the internet
-telephone-wise, I used only the shared, corded, industrial, orange-light-blinking-when-you-have-a-message phone in our dorm room
-watched...?? 7th Heaven?? on tv (I don't really remember if I watched tv that year.)
-had a super great roommate
-had spent the super scary (haha) Y2K New Year's Eve in Wichita with Kristine and her relatives. I think we went ice skating.
-had settled on Brad Born as my favorite professor
On Jan. 1, 2010, I:
-was smack in the middle of my first year in fulltime school in six years
-had recently again met a lot of new people, who I find to be incredibly wonderful and hope to also have as lifelong friends
-had graduated an English major (with a Chemistry minor) and am a speech-language pathologist master's student
-was living in a new state for the first time
-was elated to be back in Kansas
-had been married to one of those desirable eligible bachelors for just more than two years
-consider my brother one of my best friends
-am a definite cat person and sad I had to leave my baby in Kansas
-try to be a little more fashionable (at times) and a little more feminine :)
-daily spend way too much time using the internet
-usually use a cell phone, though I have only ever had one (going on 5 years with the same one) and we still have a landline
-am still watching fluffy tv: Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, and One Tree Hill, as well as one show I can admit to all: The Office
-had recently visited my freshman year super great roommate, who is now married to one of my childhood friends and had a tiny new cutie-patootie baby girl
-had spent New Year's Eve in what at first glance looked like a sketchy-ish motel but what turned out to be pretty nice and have surprisingly good amenities in Topeka with my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and nephew
-maintain that Brad Born is my favorite professor
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)