Mommy Daughter Day

So, I came home last night after I taught my little munchkins. They were so adorable and all of them skated amazing last night, which was awesome because I got to pass every single one of them up to the next level. Yay!!!! All my three years olds are now in Basic 2. I'm so proud of them. :)

Anyways, I came back to my parents house, sat and watched tv for a little bit, then all of us went to sleep by midnight. I've been really tired from all the fire alarm going off every night in my building, so I slept in until noon, when R.P. decided that it was time I woke up, and started licking my face. How nice of him.

Then my mom and I went to the gym and worked out for about an hour. Watching her on the elliptical cracked me up. The gym she goes to has tv's attached to almost every cardio machine, and today my mom decided to watch VH1 and the Disney Channel. She watched the Bret Michael's show for a bit. The one where he is looking for the perfect girl, blah blah blah. She couldn't believe how big the girls' boobs were and changed the channel after about five minutes of staring at the screen with her mouth wide open. Then she started cracking up at some show on the Disney Channel. I don't have a clue what show it was, but she thought it was hilarious.

After the gym we went to Bed, Bath & Beyond so I could get some spatulas for my friend. Then we went to lunch at Pumpernicks, and then went to the nail salon to get out toes done. That was an interesting experience. Wherever she goes, she is always making people laugh.

Then we came home. I came upstairs to get some homework done and I have no idea where everyone else went. R.P. has been laying on my bed whining the whole time because I think he wants to get off the bed, but he won't jump because he's a lazy bum. What a dog.

3 Papers in 1 Week

How crazy is that? I went to my PR class tonight. And what is my assignment for next week? Well, it's not only one assignment, it's THREE!!!!!!! One of which is due by 8am. How nice. And of course, all three assignments are papers. I like to write, but not that much. And not only do I have to write three papers in a week, but one of them involves doing interviews. Luckily the people I have to interview I will see over the next two days, but still. I don't have a lot of extra time to begin with and this just killed all of it.

So anyways, I came straight home after class, even though I had planned on going to the gym. So much for that. I wrote the first paper, the one due by 8am, and got that out of the way. Luckily it wasn't too difficult. But then I had to compile all sorts of stuff for my entrepreunship group project, which is also due by 8am tomorrow morning. My fingers hurt from typing so much.

So now I'm down to 5 hours of cooking, a presentation on Pleo, cooking a whole bunch of hushpuppies, interviewing people and writing two more papers in two more days. Such fun! Is it Friday yet?

On a good note, everyone liked the cupcakes and the pink icing!!!

Cupcakes

Well, I finally got to icing them.

Don't they look cute???

It's Mardi Gras!!!!

And what did I make on Fat Tuesday? I made chocolate cupcakes that look like they were for Valentines Day. The cupcakes will soon have pink icing, since I just took them out of the oven and they are still cooling, and they are already sitting in heart paper holders. I think I'm a holiday behind.

Anyways, I got to sleep in today. And would have been able to sleep a lot longer if there weren't ambulances and fire trucks blaring their sirens as they drove down my street for TWO hours. It was not pleasant. So after trying to sleep through it, I finally got out of bed around noon. And of course, the second I got my butt up the sirens stopped. How nice.

Then I tried to turn my computer on. I don't think it wanted to wake up either. After restarting it a few times and running a few scans it decided to start working again. But by that time I had to leave for class.

Class was actually fun. I like my Tuesday class, Garde Manger. We get to make all sorts of cool stuff and none of the recipes take more than an hour to make. Everything we make seems to come out delicious. Today I had the priviledge of making an antipasto platter with roasted red and green peppers, marinated mushrooms, prosciutto, salami, asiago cheese, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and crostini. It was really yummy.

I also got to try a lot of Korean dishes today, too. This was my first experience with Korean food and I was pleasantly surprised. I have no idea what I actually ate, but it was yummy.

After class I went to the library for a few hours to work on the financial statements for my group project. That gave me a headache. Finances are a pain in the butt.

Then I can home, made the cupcakes, sat down, and haven't gotten up since. I guess I'll ice the cupcakes sometime tonight, once I get back up on my feet!!!

Pleo

Isn't Pleo adorable???

Procrastinating

Well, it's Monday. So far so good. I got up about an hour ago, even though I didn't set my alarm until noon. For some reason I keep waking up earlier than my alarm. It's kind of annoying. I like my sleep.

Right now I'm watching the View. I've recently taken a liking to that show. I guess it is because I keep waking up earlier than I have to. I have to say that I'm going to miss being able to sleep in 3 days of the week next term.

Of course, I should be writing a paper comparing Philly Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer, but instead I'm writing this blog. I guess I'm still writing though, so that counts right? I feel like I know what I want to write, but I haven't actually opened Microsoft Word to get it started. I'm always afraid that I will open a new document and then just stare at a blank screen for hours. I guess that is why I continue to put it off until I have like first paragraph written in my head. It has always been hard for me to come up with a way to start a paper. I know what I want to write in the body of it, but I just need that one opening sentence to get it started. Then there is the title. I always try and come up with something creative. Try being the key word. I don't actually know how many title I've come up with that can really be considered 'creative'. Oh well.

The reason I should be writin my paper right now is, I have to go tutor math for a bit and then I really want to go shopping for a bathing suit. But I'll feel bad if I don't get any work done before. This paper is the last bit of homework I have to do this week, besides my ridiculous group projects.

Speaking of group projects, I was in the library for almost 4 hours last night. And what did we do, we made 4 powerpoint slides on Pleo. Check him out at www.pleoworld.com. It's actually a pretty cool product and I really want one. But spending 4 hours on 4 slides was really annoying. And the best part is that we have to meet again to go over it because no one could decide which part they wanted to present. What a pain in the butt.

Anyways, I really need to go write this paper. I can get it done in the next hour right? It's only 1-2 pages. I think it can be done. Well, lets hope that it can!!!!

It's Finally Friday

YAY!!!! I can't believe it is Friday. Even though this week went by quickly, its been a tiring one. I should be going to sleep right now because I have to get up in like 7 hours, but i'm not sleepy tired yet. Last night I was so tired at like 11, so I went to bed. I was tossing and turning til like 1:30, finally fell asleep, and then at 6:30 I was wide awake and couldn't fall back to sleep. I don't get it.

Today was snack food day in American. Basically everyone made something fried. We had corn dogs, chili dogs, philly cheesesteaks, sliders x 6, gyros, chinese dumplings, falafel, toll house cookies, coconut marshmallows, funnel cake, donuts, rum gelato (that had way to muce rum in it), banana walnut ice cream (which was yummy), and we were supposed to have cotton candy (which I was supposed to make), but the machine didn't feel like cooperating, so no cottong candy. Oh well. We always have a feast on Thursdays. It is crazy. Luckily I didn't eat that much cause I don't like hot dogs. I haven't had one in 6 years. So didn't eat those, and I tried not to eat any of the bread. I wasn't super full after class, but I still went to the gym. I felt like I had to work off all that fat.

And of course I went to the gym after scrubbing 1 pot for like 45 minutes. Our chef has decided that after like 10 years of neglect, our pots and pans need to look like new again. So every day we need to take a steel scrubber and scrub 3 pots and pan until they look like new. Let me tell you, it took me 45 minutes to do this one pan, and it still doesn't look like new. It's getting there, but it is a pain in the butt. My hands were black after the 45 minutes. Craziness.

So after I scrubbed my heart out, I went to the gym. Rode the bike, did some arm and stomach stuff. Then walked home in the bitter cold. The wind didn't help the situation. Got a text saying a certain someone was only an hour away. I was so excited for like 5 minutes, until he told me he was in his apartment, in North Carolina, cleaning his roomates fish tank.

Then my dad called me, and then my mom. I think they have telepathy. They always call or text at the exact same time. Even if they are sitting in the same room. Anyways, dad was driving home from Virginia and wanted to give me the traffic report. Mom was only a few blocks away so she walked over to my place and hung out for a bit.

Then I walked her back to the train station so she could get home and feed the dogs. Went to class again. Did a lot of sudokus tonight. I'll have to print out more for next weeks class. Found out that my team has to do a presentation on this neat thing called Pleo. Check out http://www.pleoworld.com/. It is really cool. Turn your volume up. I think you'll get a good laugh. I know I did.

Then came home, sat down, and haven't gotten up since.

I do really need to go to sleep though. I guess I'll go put some pjs on and crawl in to bed.

Yay!!!! It is Friday!!!!