My oh-so-questionable sense of adventure bids me to leave tomorrow. Soon I'll steal back my suitcase (currently in holding position as my dad decides how to pack the car) and stuff the fraction of my clothes I decided I live off of for the next two months into it. I shall forget things, remember things, mourn the fact Jenn is busy at her Power ( Read more... )

Tonight: write 6 2 more pages of History because I lazed about all weekend
Monday: register for summer school 8am, turn History term paper in at noon, Media Crit "final" of ice cream and drinks 2-5, 5 Days 'Till Grad party 5-7, English Banquet where I speak about my thesis 6pm
Tuesday: History final 2-5pm (I think I might frame the pen I used for my ( Read more... )

On Saturday, I finally took my grandmother's ring to the jeweler's to get it fixed and resized. My grandma had worn her engagement ring all the way through on the bottom. It turns out it didn't need to be resized at all and they'd call me when it was ready, likely sometime Tuesday.

Four hours later they called to say it was ready and I could pick it ( Read more... )

So growing up was kinda crazy. I mean, I'm Mary. But so were both of my grandmothers and my great aunt. So there were a lot of us. But now I'm the only one left unless you want to count people with the middle name Marie. Which I don't for this particular purpose ( Read more... )

Bad at updates, that is. Not much to say, really. I'm in Minnesota. OK, I could probably say a lot about that. It's currently snowing outside. If you consider that really light flurry snowing. My dad pointed it out and I went to look out the window and the next thing I hear is my parents saying "It's like watching an awed two year old watch snow ( Read more... )

I now swear by the ipod gods.

....Yay for parents and birthdays!

So it happened last night that I gave Emma her bath. And that was when I had a scary observation - my six year old cousin has more bath stuff than I do. There had to be a dozen shampoos and conditioners there. Go go grape and Berry Blitz and Mango Splash and more!

I just wanted to say.

Yeah, me and updates don't mesh all that well. I kindasorta tend to, well, forget ( Read more... )

OMG. So. Two hours to the big 21st Birthday. Unfortunately, I've got a paper to write. Well, a rough draft. Considering my intro is a page long and I only need 4 pages, I'm not worried ( Read more... )

So, I keep saying this everywhere, one of my nieces (Lindsay) took her first steps this week. And my brother caught it on film. It's amazing and inredibly adorable ( Read more... )