Day One Hundred Ninety One

I've been studying and making flashcards for nearly 6 hours straight. It's time to sleep. Stupid exams!

Day One Hundred Ninety

It just dawned on me today that I've been living in Austin now for over 6 months. Over half a year. That is so weird. It's certainly been quite eventful for such a short amount of time, and even now it still doesn't feel real at times. You mean this isn't just an extended vacation away from home? I live here now? In my own apartment with a roommate that likes all the same creepy shows that I do? How did this all happen? Sometimes it still blows my mind.

We had another ice-day from school today, so I decided to be productive and clean the apartment while doing laundry. Let me just say, nothing works up a sweat quite like trying to put a fitted sheet on a bed, especially when the bed is pushed up against the wall. I can't even imagine how weird that would look to an outside observer, I always feel like a quasi-gymnast when I'm trying to get that stupid last corner to go over the mattress.

I also studied and did some research-related things, because I know that just because I got the day off from going to school doesn't mean I actually get the day off from school work. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself once I'm not a student anymore.

Day One Hundred Eighty Nine

Couldn't sleep. Realized I forgot to post a blog entry. Today we had late start, resulting in an exam being postponed until next Tuesday (Yeah!). So I got to sleep in, go to my second class, have a lonely office hour in the hallway, then hang out with the Avants this evening. It was a good day. A very cold day, but a good one.

Day One Hundred Eighty Eight

Had a 10 hour non stop day at school yesterday (hence no blog post). Taught a 3 hour lab today, studied until I fell asleep on my notes. I have my first exam of the semester tomorrow. And I am exhausted. Icy late start, please? Cross your fingers.

Day One Hundred Eighty Six

My Monday lab had their first full experiment today. And guess what? No one broke anything! I was kind of shocked. I wanted to tell them all, but knew that if I did someone would shatter something 5 minutes later. I've learned that it's best not to jinx yourself, especially where glassware is involved.

I also had office hours today, and two people showed up. This was also surprising, but a welcome sight considering having people actually come to office hours makes the time go by waaaaay faster.

Tomorrow is going to be a super long day. I have a meeting at 8am, meaning traffic will be a close friend of mine. This also means that if I have any hope of staying awake tomorrow I need to go to bed. Now.

Day One Hundred Eighty Five

The Seahawks won the Super Bowl. THE SEAHAWKS WON THE SUPER BOWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day One Hundred Eighty Four

I went to my first UT Men's Basketball game today! And they won against #6 ranked Kansas! It was an awesome game, and there were quite a few big names there, which just made it even cooler. I'm talking Colt McCoy, Fozzy Whitaker, Roger Clemens, and Ben Crenshaw. And the new UT football coach, Charlie Strong, came out at halftime to introduce the new coaching staff for the football team. He was greeted with the entire arena chanting "Charlie" so I can only imagine he felt good after that welcoming. It was also awesome because I went with my Grandpa and close family friend Mary, and it's always so much fun spending time with them. And I got to take home a sign that said "Fear the Steer," which might be the best thing I've ever seen.

Tomorrow is....Super Bowl Sunday! I'll be sporting my Seahawks jersey and will likely be completely useless the entire day due to my complete distraction over the game.

Here are some photos from today.

Oh, hey Charlie.

If you look closely, you'll see Neil Patrick Harris, Ron Burgundy, and
Walter White all came to watch the game.