Improv Everywhere

So I heard about this through a friend. Thinking about being in one of them, they do improv events all the time. Check out the website by clicking on the title...this is my favorite.

Weekend Getaway

Sooo picture from that Meet and Greet night at Rumors with my 2010 Psychology MA class (we are so tiny) It's kinda blurry, I'm working on getting a better picture up soon. From the left -- Adrienne, Ali, Erin, Darcy, Amy, Jill, Katie, Sarah, Saundra, Patrick, Brandis, Vera, and ME!

There are about 3 missing from that picture, I believe.

Anyway, this weekend I was in Indy doing an impromptu birthday visit to my mom. Came in on Friday at about 5pm and went straight to dinner at La Hacienda (with live music from middle-age rockers, it was kick-butt wicked) then on to see the movie "The Women" - the third remake!!

First was in 1939, then one named 'The Opposite Sex' in 1956, now this one with an awesome female cast. It proved to be a great remake. My mom and I laughed to the point of almost peeing multiple times, eww gross. It had sad moments but for the most part was great and truly showed the ups and downs of life and dealing.

Then on Saturday my mom, James, and I hit the DSW shoe sale for her birthday gift. She got these snazzy ballet flats and a pair of soft spot clogs; they are so awesome I also got a pair. If you've never worn a softspots shoe you are seriously missing out. They feel like you're wearing just socks when you're actually wearing heels!!

Then on to cheesecake factory for delicious-can-only-eat-half-a-piece cheesecake which gave us the energy to go to Kohl's and shop some more. I got a new purse and earrings there and replaced my wallet that has seen it's last dollar.

Oh, and I also got a pair of strappy white heels. Did I mention I have a shoe problem?? I do, there it's admitted now. hehe

Finally finished off the night with dinner at MacCalister's with Samara and Leila mostly talking about wedding stuff (Samara is getting married for anyone who doesn't know) She has picked a date, which is helpful for Leila and I to plan the bachelorette party and wedding shower, whoohoo for fun times. We are wearing fern colored dresses, although the guys are being stubborn about wearing champagne so I think Samara is trying to get them to agree on something besides blue...lol.

And now I should study for the Stats exam that's on Wednesday so I'll update soon with more pics, promise.

Daily Craziness

So today was nuts. Started it off with waking up to Laura in the kitchen making coffee...AT 4:30am!!!! She was up because she needed to complete a memo for her boss, or something. Didn't really fall asleep after that, so read for fun instead woot woot. Then at 8am had to drive Laura to Georgetown for a class that was rescheduled at that very inconvenient time. She would have driven herself, but I had a dentist appt. at 9:30 and needed to car to get to it.

Anyway...then I proceeded to get lost going back to the apartment because from 7am to 9am you can't make any left turns off of the road I was on. Of course, that was the direction I needed to go, and when I finally turned and got going the right direction I was in the middle of nowhere. Took me an hour and a half to figure out how to get back the direction I needed to go, and I managed to walk into the dentist appt. only 2 minutes late.

Dentist was an emergency of course; I needed a filling replaced that had fallen out on Sunday. He was awesome though, and only charged me half the actual price he usual charges because I paid with cash. Again, greatness!

THEN.....Went to class; that was calm. Had a meeting afterwards with Dr. Bryan Fantie. This is the professor I may be working on my thesis with (now) because the person I originally wanted is not available. He is great though; he is willing to work with me and make sure I am working on a research project I find interesting and have the opportunity to work on numerous other projects to get experience. After my meeting with Dr. Fantie I had a meeting with Dr. Kearns about SA (Self-administration) techniques. He is going to show me how to perform brain surgery on rats, and apparatus connection techniques. It's invaluable experience, so I'm thrilled he's willing to teach me.(That's Dr. Fantie in the red shirt, in the picture)

And now I'm craving pizza so we're going to Ledo's Pizza down the street. It's slowly working it's way to becoming one of my top pizza places. Yum Yum they're white pizza is delicious.

PICS!!! But not of DC, sorry....

So when trying to load my camera's pictures, I happened onto graduation pictures. I thought I'd share them just for the heck of it.

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This is Laura and I right before the graduation ceremony out on our back porch, at the old apartment. (We kinda miss our pseudo backyard)

This is my dad and I at Panera Bread (the second best sandwich place next to MacCalister's due to their greek salads) Notice my nicely straightened hair...hehe....took me wayyyy too long to do, and yet somehow I do it almost 3 times a week now.

Gram and I during the Religious Studies Honors Ceremony; my parents, gram, and James got to meet my teachers and other Honors Students. They gave us our stoles for GPA and such, and presented papers that were well-marked or published. I got one in the Religious Studies annual competition -- 3rd place, woot woot. It was on the divergence of Medicine and Religion. (Probably only fascinating to me...hehe)

My family standing in the dedication chapel after the Religious Studies Ceremony, we had a great time; I'm so glad they all were there.

My family and I after the Big LONGGGGG Graduation Ceremony. I was so windy we were having trouble holding our hair and clothes long enough for a picture. I lost my cap at least 4 times and had to take off my shoes to stay balanced in the wind.

My mom and dad, and I braving the wind in the parking lot for a graduation picture. I had the realization from this picture that both my parents have grey hair, and I love it. I absolutely love the fact that my parents are older and wiser and still looking good!!

And finally a pic, also in the wind although trying to hide behind a tree, with my dad and gram. I"m holding onto my clothes...lol

Red Underwear

Yes, that's right. After years and years of doing my own laundry I managed to finally turn a whole load of white into pinks. The culprit....a red pair of underwear. The greatest part of this story is that I have washed the same red pair many many times before and never had that happen; who knows what I did wrong this time. But lucky for me, and Laura my roommate, I now have a bunch of pink underwear and she now has two pairs of pink socks. Woohoo! Did I mention neither one of us likes pink?

Beyond that, I have taken some pictures and will post them as soon as possible. Some of my apartment, school, and a meet and greet thing I went to on Friday night. All the people in my program, minus one who couldn't make it, went out for a happy hour get together at a place called "Rumors." It's in Dupont. (Yes, by Dupont Circle, which even walking I managed to get lost on for 45 minutes) Our numbers have dropped since orientation, we now only have two guys...and about 15 women. We originally had 20 in the program. It's an intense program so I hope the rest of us stick it out. So far getting close to everyone is really helping that possibility. We all feel like we can depend on each other somewhat to keep each other on track.

I am still looking for a thesis advisor; it's a lot harder than you'd think when your interests are specialized. But I have time, and I am seriously talking to a woman named Caroline Weissbrod -- she works in child clinical psychology, so it would be a perfect match as an advisor. I am doing research currently under Dr. Mance, but currently she is not allowed by the university to take on thesis students because of funding. Hopefully if Dr. Weissbrod doesn't take me, Dr. Mance will get the okay in the future. Both work in stress and coping with a focus on children and adolescents, which is exactly where I want to be to prepare for child advocacy and child psychology.

And I just realized it is almost ONE in the afternoon and I still haven't showered and got moving. Must do that and get some more laundry done.

Pictures to come, I promise!!