Went to holiday xmas party, got a gigantic bonus that paid for my ticket home, and all the holiday spending, got an iPod shuffle, Kristen kept me sane.

Allyson kindly left out the part where I fell off the wagon and climbed into a vat of guacamole. I think I consumed 3 DAYS of calories in one sitting.

I actually left early. I felt the need to flee before dessert.

I see a lot of cardio in my immediate future.

I've gotten everything wrapped and boxed up. Have a bit online left to do, and have to make a decision paypal vs gift cards. But done as far as the stuff that has to be shipped. My parents still have few gifts, but I'll shop when I get there. (ahahah...uh.)

I went overboard picking out schliel farm animals figures for my friend's daughter. But hey, I can. And they are so cute! I just wish they had the geese at the store. Oh well.

On the list for tonight are a manicure and hair dyeing. We'll see how far I get considering I'm just starting to cook dinner now....

Weather held.

Went to holiday xmas party, got a gigantic bonus

I just wanted to read that again because it is right and just.

Today has been fairly unproductive. Instead of grading papers for school I contracted a serious case of "grade avoidance syndrome" and went and got a pedicure. So now I have "Christmas Nails" as my nail person would not use the wonderful dark black/purple polish I adored. (they look like an elf bled all over my nails...)

Tonight I will try to finish the posting for the evil class on reading development my school insisted I take. Evil Draconian Devil Principal...he looks like a piece of carrot cake. (too white hair, orange skin and starched within an inch of his life)

No laundry to do!! DH took care of all of it. Now he's running out to get video's and take-out. I really think I'll keep him around for a few more years.

Looks like I'm getting my wish for cooler weather, though. A front is pushing through and it will be a high of 65 tomorrow!!!!!!! All next week is supposed to be in the 60's! I can't wait to plan my wardrobe!!!

No laundry to do!! DH took care of all of it.

Man, I'd give up all claim on a root if I had a husband who'd do my laundry.

yeah, I'm really lucky.

Hooray! Upstairs neighbor just asked me to look after her cat for the next three weeks. I can only do the first week actually, but she was good with that. But the important thing is, this totally opens the door for emergency dog care in the future.

I made the couscous, with some paranoid extra precautions (disposable gloves and face mask). By the time I finished cooking I wasn't really up to attending a party. But it was nearby, so I dropped of the dish - which they were appreciated because they were short of vegan main dishes.

(I make this curried couscous thing which kind of evolved over the years into something more and more elaborate. It now contains couscous, garbanzo beans, a tiny amount of peas and carrots to add add color and sweetness, walnuts, cashews, almonds, raisins, green peppers, onions - flavored with curry power, cardoman,garlic, olive oil and broth. Normally I use chicken broth, but since that is the only animal ingredient in it and I knew there would a fair number of vegans I substituted a decent vegetable broth -- adding salt because the veggie broth was lower salt than the chicken broth I normally use. The flavor was fine. Because of the using a dark veggie broth the color was this dark beige I associate with a certain kind of hippie food instead of the bright yellow it normally is. )

The people from the party dropped off a chocolate cake they had made to celebrate my Birthday. There is no way in hell I will want cake over the next few days; I'm pretty sure I won't want anything but hot liquids. They should have kept the cake for the party, but there is no polite way to say so. I'll keep a few slices for eating and sharing when I feel better (freezing them if that takes more than a few days), and give the rest to a friend or the local community center.

Evil Draconian Devil Principal...

Amused because yesterday's word of the day was draconian.

he looks like a piece of carrot cake. (too white hair, orange skin and starched within an inch of his life)

Our Governor is your Principal! So sorry.

I'm watching Snow Globe on ABC Family. The characters are kinda adorable.

eta: Oh it just got more fun since Delores Herbig from Dead Like Me is in it too. (sorry don't know actress name)

Heh, I totally know the actress by that name, too.

Brenda, I was puzzled as to why you were so cheered that you got asked to catsit. I mean, those must be really super kitties to be around....

I had a good day, notwithstanding the fact that I spent most of it at a programming class, but it went fast and was full of moments where I! Understood! Stuff!. It helps that we're learning to do in Java what we've already covered in C#, and also that Java is way more explicit. But in general, my brain seemed to be on its best behavior in a while.

Or the stuff I'm supposed to be learning is actually sinking in. Whatever.