After getting a late start yesterday morning, Aaron and I went to the shops for some thrifting fun. I found more clothes than usual and actually left the store with no board games, jewelry or books. Amazing!
When we became bored with that shopping I remembered that I needed to make a WalMart run to pick up some things. There was a $3 shoew sale going on, but unfortunatly I did not find anything in the sale pile that interested me. I did however leave the store with a new pair of cyan boat shoes and iced tea.
After Walmart Aaron and I went to Petland to look at all of the pet we wish we could have. I got to hold an adorable female lhasa apsa. She was so sweet! I wish I could have snatched her away.
The rest of the evening went as follows:
- scrubs time
- sonic for dinner
- Annika Gold uptown
- Connor’s
- party party here
- 4am sleep
Today I have to catch up on all of the school work that I have been putting off and rehearse my lines for my final scene for Monday. I’m sure this will return to the back of my mind when Aaron gets off of work at 8 and Jordan’s birthday party begins.
Sex and the City has always been one of my favorite shows. I’m not a hardcore fan who watched the show every week with cosmo in hand and girlfriends by my side, but catching the late night reruns always brought a smile to my face. Kat, Jenna and I decided to go to the midnight opening here in Athens.
The movie was basically a movie-sized season of events. Watching it in a theater full of college girls was an experience. Every time something emotional happened, every girl in the theater reacted, out loud. I really liked how the characters reacted in honest ways. If I was stood up at my wedding I probably would lock myself away and sleep for three days straight.
Overall, good movie and good fun with the girls.
Also, the official movie site has a fun app where you can “snoop” around Carrie’s macbook. Cute!
So it has been 10 days since I posted anything because I’m super lazy. Unfortunatly, I am still too lazy to write a ful blown post so instead I have compiled a list of 10 thing that I have done/been doing in the 10 days absent of posts. Yay lists! Perhaps my next blog will be comprised of only lists. Classy.
1. Went to see Inherit the Whole with some drama buddies. Front row!
2. Went to NC for Memorial Day weekend to see AHA kids and to watch Lauren Graduate (yay congrats!)
3. Purchased boss new sunglasses in NC
4. Went to see the new Indiana Jones movie while in NC. I don’t want to talk about it.
5. Helped Aaron move his dream foosball table from a 5 story walk up to River Park
6. Wore flip-flops to English on Tuesday and killed my feet. bad shoes.
7. Constantly fighting with the COE about classes, schedules and summer school. makes my life horrible.
8. Sat out on the green uptown yesterday and talked to my sister/mom for an hour
9. Sex and the City premiere tonight! Good shoes!
10. Date night tomorrow with Aaron—> Sonic and a play
+ hair cuts
+ relay for life
+ blue gator with friends
+ party party here on Sat night
+ making new friends
- sticky kitchen floor & broken wet jet
- getting a random cold
+ remembering all of my lines and blocking in drama
+ plubmer fixing our roaming toilet
+ gossip girls with Jenna
+ taco salad for dinner
- missing my MD friends
- sucking at keeping in touch with dear MD friends
+ schools almost out
+ soon to be camp time
- minimal time between school and camp
+ finished hw
- summer classes?
Found this dress on the clearance rack at Maurice’s while shopping with Jenna today. I loved it so much, but I put it back because I know I would never wear it out of my house on any other day than Halloween. I would expect everyone to think I am 6 or 7 years old. However, it would be perfect for a Wendy or Alice costume along with my black flats and a metallic bow headband from Claire’s.
After shopping we went uptown for the international street fair. It was not as busy as last year because of five fest and the looming rain clouds. Now it is time for reading and more fun to come.
I have given up napping and found my academic drive, which unfortunatly leaves little time for blogging. Luckily my research includes watching wonderful youtube videos like this one:
I’m not a big fan of American “Hallmark” holidays including: Valentines Day, Fathers Day and Mother’s Day. I think having one day a year to celebrate your loved one, Dad of Mom is a really stupid idea. These people should be celebrated everyday.
Even though I feel this way, I’m not sure that my mom does so I sent her a little present. Even though children of all ages seem to have difficulty picking out a present for their mothers, it’s really quite simple. When I need to pick out an amazing gift for my mom, or anyone else I run down a 3-step mental check list.
1. Is it reasonable? This means is it in your budget, easily doable/executable, and within your giftee’s capability to accept it. Sometimes large expensive gifts make people uncomfortable. If you are buying for your mother watch out for the guilt factor.
2. Is it useful? Flowers bouquets and balloons are nice but they have a short life span. Food is always appreciated but, meh. Try to pick something she/he will be able to use. The more times a gift can be used the better.
3. Is it one of her/his favorite things? This should be easy because everyone has favorite things. Take some time and think about 2 or 3 things that your giftee really loves.
So this year I got my mom a $20 gift card to Old Navy. It was in my price range, I could easily send it to her in the mail, (#1 check) it is obviously useful (#2 check) and my mom’s favorite thing to do is to go shopping (#3 CHECK!).
She is not at all fond of traditional greeting cards so I made a large sales tag out of construction paper, decorated it and wrote, “Wish I was with you for a day of shopping. Happy Mother’s Day!” Yeeeaah she loved it.
Best thing about this Mother’s Day? ABC family is playing Mary Poppins all day. Love to sing along Cheeky!
In other news I have a paper to write that is due tomorrow but I cannot stop listening to this:
On Sunday morning two of the water mains in Athens broke causing most of campus and uptown to go without water for the day. I found out via an email sent to all OU students, but the break did not affect my street. It did leave Aaron’s apartment without water for a few hours.
Since there was a boil alert, we were not going to cook anything so we decided to venture uptown for dinner. We ended up at the new Chipolte on Court St. It was our first visit since it opened and In high school my friends and I went to Chipotle about three twice a month and I never had trouble finishing a burrito or a bowl. On this trip I ordered my usual vegie bowl, but I had a lot of trouble finishing it. It actually took me three days to eat the entire bowl! (I’m eating the remains for dinner as I type.) Money spent once turned into three separate dinner, pretty savvy huh? Meal stretching, for college kids!
Meal 1: Go to Chipotle and order a burrito bowl. Fill it up with whatever ingredients you wish and grab a nice seat with a view. Before eating your delishas bowl of mexican goodness drink a bottle of water. This will a. hydrate you, b. fill your tummy so you don’t over eat, c. keep your skin healthy, d. get your brain working, etc. If you ordered lettuce or guacamole on your burrito make sure to eat all of these ingredients because they don’t fare well in the fridge. Try to only eat around one third of the bowl and take the rest home with you.
Meal 2: Grab your leftover burrito bowl out of the fridge along with a head of iceberg lettuce. Divide what is left in your bowl in half. Scoop one of the halves into a lettuce leaf and roll it up like a burrito (before rolling your lettuce burrito you could possibly warm the filling in the microwave, but the rice gets hard and crunchy). This lettuce wrap is best with a side of tortilla chips and pink salsa. Don’t forget to drink your water!
Meal 3: Wow, you made it through two whole meals without eating the entire bowl, go you! Okay so the third day is the toss day so make sure you eat all of the leftover yummy bits of your burrito bowl. The best way to do this is to make a quesadilla. Fill a room temperature tortilla with the remains of your burrito bowl and a good amount of shredded mexican cheese then top it with another tortilla. At this point you can heat it with whatever appliances you have (microwave, skillet, George Forman, etc.) Make sure the tortilla is warm and the cheese is gooey.
So its not hard to take a $5 burrito bowl that would add up to 785+ calories in one sitting, and stretch it out into three tasty meals. Even though mine lasted three days, this could be a one-day event (breakfast, lunch and dinner) perfect for Cinco de Mayo.
Cheeky!
