Cold Continues

Lighting of the Lawn was a lot of anticipation and not a lot of lights. See above. Also a lot of cold and not enough socks to keep our feet warm. If my mom were here, she would have told me to wear heavier socks.Wow, we have no necks! Photo by Ed Warwick. If you were in our class, you would laugh.

What snow day?

So yesterday it snowed - alll day! But it did not stick and classes or work were not cancelled. This is why snow is a pain when you are adult. Or a twenty-something. It was just a cold, wet day for me. Notice my enthusiasm that I captured in the photo. The day was topped off with a take-home final that looks like it may take an entire semester to write! But I see the light at the end of the tunnel, and we will be released into freedom on December 11th. Then I have NOTHING to do but go shopping(with all my $$$?), go CRUISING in the Caribbean and the last bits of wedding planning until mid-January! I ain't got no job, I ain't got **** to do!

Tonight is Lighting of the Lawn, a UVA tradition...not totally sure what to expect, but I will bring my camera. Also need to find a cute hostess gift to bring to Sarah's "after-party". This is another part of being grown up. When in college did I EVER bring anything to any of my friend's houses? My sparkling personality is no longer enough.

Just Some Bad Eggs

So as I was getting near the stopping point of writing my Curriculum paper tonight, I thought to myself, hmm...brownies would be great right now. And lo and behold, I actually had a brownie mix in my cabinet and I had all the ingredients! Until I looked at the eggs and saw the Best By: date. November 19. That's not too long ago, right? So I hop on google to make sure I will not get salmanila, ecoli, or something worse as I just discovered the uselessness of my health insurance. And I read about a test you can do to see if the eggs will float. If they stand up in the water, you have a bad egg, but if they lay on their side, you're golden. And what do you think happened? Of course, mine nearly defied gravity. So that means no brownies for me. That should be a sign, right? Like get back to work and stop eating! But instead, I am making banana-nut muffins that just require water. Fool proof. But let it be known that I could not successfully bake a potato for dinner. Good thing Billy knows his way around the kitchen! For now, at least I learned something about floating eggs.

5 months!

I can't believe it is December! That means FIVE months until the wedding! I went to the stationary store as soon as it opened this morning and I was very pleased with the results! Now comes the fun part of finding everyone's addresses! But that will be saved for a later date.

In the mean time I have 2 papers and 2 presentations to work on for next week. Almost 1/2 way finished with grad school!

Tis the Season

So I was walking to work this morning, listening to my iPod and enjoying the crisp autumn day, I felt a tap on my shoulder. The girl then told me that the size sticker on my pants was still on! While I would love to publicize that I am now a size 6! instead of an 8, that is not quite what I had in mind. Nonetheless, a feeling of kindness and neighblorly friendliness was returned today and I was oh-so thankful that someone noticed BEFORE I got to work!

Tuesday Top 100

Again, while taking the lead from Katherine, I'm going to attempt the list...as I don't have anything really due tomorrow.

1. I was born in New Jersey, but my parents did not live there at the time.
2. I graduated from East Carolina University and LOVED every minute of it.
3. I am a graduate student at the University of Virginia and it is NOTHING like my undergrad experience.
4. My favorite flowers are tulips.
5. I met my fiance at work - I actually sort of stalked him until we formally met in the mail room.
6. At first I loathed wedding planning, but now I love it!
7. I know what it means to be cool & tough - but I am neither cool nor tough anymore.
8. I have a brother and he is in flight school.
9. My dog ate my favorite swim suit and my parents put him to sleep 2 days later with my suit still in him.
10. I am a military brat.
11. By the end of 2007, I will have been on 3 Royal Caribbean cruises in one calendar year.
12. My favorite food is ice cream - anytime, anywhere, any flavor.
13. I worked as a traveling consultant for my sorority for a year after college.
14. I am an Alpha Phi.
15. I worked for a Boat Owner's Association after the sorority gig.
16. I LOATHE cleaning.
17. My parents live on the water in NC so you would think I would know how to drive a boat.
18. If we move to Florida next year, I will learn SCUBA.
19. I am always on the look out for flat shoes.
20. I have flat feet.
21. I love Chicago and would move there if it wasn't so cold.
22. My back hurts in the cold.
23. I am convinced that I am a bad writer, but I get good grades on my papers.
24. I always thought I was 5'7'' but my fiance says he is 5'6.5'' and that he is taller than me.
25. I wish I could wear flip flops all year.
26. I wish flip flops were acceptable at work.
27. I like grad school b/c sometimes I can catch a mid-day nap AND Oprah.
28. I hate grad school b/c there is always more reading to do.
29. I can run further when I have my iPod.
30. I have no idea how to use a Mac computer.
31. The only meat I know how to cook is chicken.
32. I believe that carbohydrates are not evil.
33. Don't get mad when I text you - I really don't like the phone.
34. I check my email compulsively.
35. I wonder how old I will be when I finally delete my facebook account.
36. I also wonder if I will ever stop watching MTV.
37. I will never get a tattoo.
38. My mom was a teacher and told me to never become a teacher.
39. I have yet to keep a single houseplant alive.
40. I lived in NW Washington D.C. for 2 months and was chased out by the rats. No joke.
41. I like to mow the lawn.
42. I am pretty good at saving money.
43. The stock market makes me nervous.
44. I love being able to walk to school and to work.
45. Up until this summer, the only furniture I owned was a mattress, dresser and a chair.
46. I love wearing dresses.
47. In college I majored in Criminal Justice - I'm still not sure why.
48. I have lived in a new place every year, for the past 4 years.
49. I find it really tough to keep my hair out of a pony tail.
50. I can't wait to get a dog next year!
51. I prefer real mail to email.
52. I don't take school too seriously.
53. I sometimes take life too seriously.
54. I do not like to drive.
55. Hats and sunglasses hurt my head after a while.
56. I met 3 of my bridesmaids my first week of high school and my maid of honor the first week of college.
57. I wish I knew how to knit.
58. I'm a pro at the airport.
59. I really have no desire to visit Europe.
60. I don't like people telling me what to do.
61. Sometimes I keep my clean clothes in the laundry basket until I wear them all again.
62. I am on year 3 of reading I Am Charlotte Simmons
63. I am embarrassed to buy Cosmo at the grocery store sometimes
64. Glamour is my favorite.
65. I get up early when I have nothing to do.
66. I have the hardest time getting out of bed for class and work.
67. No one knows how to spell my full name - Jaclyn - it is NOT the French version.
68. I hate spending money on grown-up things like insurance and perscriptions.
69. I am looking forward to a normal married life next year.
70. I threw my last digital camera in a dumpster by accident.
71. I love shopping online and get even more satisfaction with free shipping.
72. I miss my friends.
73. My grandparents still send me money for Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving & Valentine's Day.
74. I once ran off a plane b/c I thought it was taking me to the wrong place.
75. I hope I can keep up this blog thing b/c I CAN NOT make it to 100 things.

Post 1

As if I wasn't wasting enough time on the internet with Facebook and Myspace, during lunch, Katherine and I were discussing blogging as a new form of distraction. So I'm going to give it a whirl...as I usually have interesting encounters between home and school. Ahem, I mean "grounds" here at good ol' Virginia.

This week is full of projects, papers and finals...so I will indeed be looking for an escape!