Climbing Up to the Mountain Cause You Asked Me to

"I may not get there with you. But I want you to know that tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!"

Because the World is Round...

So K came over on Friday afternoon and assisted me in straightening my hair and then gave the ends a little trim. I hadn't had it cut since... December 2008. Seriously. Anyway, it needed it. I'm just always wary of having people cut it who don't understand my hair. I bet I could find someone around here who would know, but for now I am content to have K help. Anyway, I took a shower this afternoon to wash it and get it back to normal and when I got out, I was actually startled by how short it looks. It touches my shoulders, but I was surprised. We didn't cut that much off, though. I think I'm just crazy. Maybe. Probably.

CLRG and I had a delightful day yesterday. We went out in the morning to get his car washed and buy car detailing supplies and then went to Ritter's Diner in... Bloomfield(?). I did some homework and laundry during the day and later on, we drove to Wheeling, West Virginia to watch the Wheeling Nailers and the Johnstown Chiefs play hockey. It was a good time and a fun day. :o)

No Amount of Coffee, No Amount of Crying, No Amount of Whiskey, No Amount of Wine...

Oh ho ho. Art History is going to be iiiiiinteresting. Not necessarily in a good way. I had my first class last night and came out of it feeling more overwhelmed and confused than I have felt about a class in a long, long time. I hope I get a better understanding pretty soon. Historic Preservation is going to be interesting in probably a good way. There's a lot of reading to do, but it's more of what I am interested in. [Aside: should I be eating sour gummy worms before 10am?]

It is sunny and warmer here than it has been. Like 30 degrees! MAYBE EVEN UP TO 40!!!!! I'm breaking out the flip flops.

Yesterday, I submitted my resume for a job. Yikes!

Okay. Homework and laundry await. Woo.

Sugar Blue

I can't believe the holidays are gone. And the semester has begun! Where did the break go? Seriously.

The holidays were good this year, but very different from holidays past. My family was mostly separated and it was really hard, but everyone survived. I liked being lazy over break. I had wanted to do some job-search type stuff, but that didn't really happen. I read a lot, and hung out with CLRG a lot, and worked as usual. Nice times.

I had my first class of my last semester of graduate school today. History of the British Empire. It was okay. I took the bus and got there in record time (Yay for the 67H!). Class lasted only half an hour, but that was fine because I need to ease back into this. Next week, I have my first classes of Historic Preservation as well as American Painting and Sculpture. I don't have an internship for the first time in a year and it will be very strange to go back to having three courses. Yikes!!

I need to be better about updating this. I'll work on it.

I'm Coming Home to the Lights and Buzz

Happy Christmas Eve! I am getting ready to go to CLRG's parents' house for the day. We are having our Christmas celebration today because his sister has to work tomorrow. I packed up some cookies to take along with me. I hope they like them. CLRG should be leaving work relatively soon and then we will get everything we need to take into his car and hit the road. It's sunny here today, so I think we have little concern about wintry weather. Huzzah.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

Well, looky here. It is almost Christmas! I can't believe it! I was pretty concerned that Pittsburgh wouldn't have any snow for the holidays but, on Friday, it started snowing and now we have a respectable amount of snow. It's snowing right now, too! Yay!!! Anyway, so Christmas is fast approaching and it is weird because I don't really feel super Christmasy. Sure, the snow helps; yes, getting gifts mailed out to my family helped; maybe the cookies I will bake today will help also. Buuuuuut.... my family is all kinds of scattered right now and it seems mostly wrong to be apart on the holidays. Pookie and Marms will be together with the dog, but Dadders will be alone and I feel really bad. I'll be here, but thankfully I have CLRG and we are going to his parents' house for dinner on Christmas Eve. I found out that I have the 24th-26th off from work and the thought crossed my mind to go see Dadders, but it really is too far for such a short visit, especially when he has so much work he is doing and so little free time. :o( It just sucks. Rawr. I don't even know what more to say about it.

So, back to happier things. Cookies. I am definitely planning to make chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and peanut butter cookies. I thought I had sugar cookie mix here, but I do not so I will probably go to the store to get some to make those. I am pretty excited. I bought a handheld mixer yesterday that was on sale and I think I know where the apron Marms gave me for Christmas last year is hiding. Huzzah!

CLRG insisted on giving me my Christmas gift a week ago when it arrived in the mail. I am very pleased that he did. He got me a Kindle and it is glorious. I finished reading Pride and Prejudice and then read Anne of Green Gables. I'm now reading Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, which has been pretty good so far. :o) He's so thoughtful. What an excellent gift. What an excellent boyfriend!

Okay... I think it's time to prep for the Cookie Baking Extravaganza of 2009.

I Wonder if You're Still Defending

I should be writing my last take-home final right now, but my level of motivation is at an all-time lowwwwww. For real. It's bad. Thankfully, come Thursday, I will be on a break.

I guess there is a big storm somewhere in the Midwest? My dad told me today that it might affect Pookie's holiday travel plans and I really hope that it does not. I was surprised when he said something about it at all because it really doesn't feel like winter here yet. It doesn't really feel Christmas-y and I would be really shocked if any snow came and stayed. You know?

Okay... maybe I should write.