Freshman year of college I threw an Easter brunch for my friends. Just because I didn't get to go home didn't mean I was going to miss one of the best meals of the year. It's been a tradition ever since. After that first year it wasn't often actually on Easter, and I did miss last year, but it's a tradition I rather enjoy ( Read more... )

We were all pretty tired today after packing the RV for my move out west, so we decided not to go out to see fireworks tonight. But around sundown we started hearing them from inside the house. So we ventured out to the back deck. There were fireworks all over the place, all the time in any direction you looked. As mom said, for fireworks being ( Read more... )

The boy and I planned on going to Buffalo Blues for wings after Ballroom. But I was having trouble with 312, so I skipped Ballroom. He showed up at my place with roses after his lab and suggested we just stay in. So we ended up sitting on my bed doing 312 (i.e. debugging ML) because OS had taken over downstairs, and then we ordered Chinese. ( Read more... )

I had a very good winter break this year. When discussing plans with my mother before break, I basically gave her an itinerary.

( The drive home and Christmas )

I'm making this post now because I'm going to KC sometime within the next 10 hours and I won't have internet access to do so closer to the actual changing of the year. I hope everyone has a fun celebration and a spiffy-excellent new year.