Autumn Cold Season

I am sorry that I haven't updated lately. My household has come down with a cold or the flu. And I had 2 major research papers due this week, plus my largest ceramics project ever needs to be finished by monday. It is supposed to be a phoenix rising out of flames - but it looks more like a goose cooking in a fire. It doesn't have wings or feathers yet, and its head looks a little whacky. It needs major attention.

I am preparing the apartment for my parent's visit next week. So far I have done ... um... well... nothing. In fact I am beginning to panic. My mother is a clean-freak. And I am not.

I haven't even gone grocery shopping for the Thanksgiving meal. I am sure I will get to the store to find every turkey sold and have to settle for turkey hot dogs instead.

I did, however, manage to do ALL of my Christmas shopping online and have it almost taken care of. I still need to shop for the hardest person to shop for in the whole-wide-world: Jamie. I never know what to get him and always manage to fudge it up and get him the tackiest, thoughtless, hideous, most wretched gift ever. This year I enlisted Slavica to go shopping with me to find him some new clothes or a new jacket. (Or both.) Good thing he never reads my blog, huh?

My day today started off horrible. I didn't sleep but 3 hours last night due to my severe procrastination of writing my anthropology theory paper on Edward Bruner. And I had - up to that point - also thought that I was only getting a C+ in my philosophy class. But today when I got to class, my professor handed me a grade sheet that said I was getting an A! Weird! I almost leaped out of my seat and hugged him. By 1:30 I could no longer hold my eyes open, nor could I breathe out of my nose, so I headed home early. And crashed as soon as my head hit the pillow. Jamie found me unconscious at 5:00 and told me dinner was done; he is my angel!

I am heading out to see the new Twilight movie tomorrow with Slavica. We read the book series and fell in love with Edward. Nothing could keep us from seeing that movie tomorrow. Not even a blizzard.

Thanks everyone who has sent their congratulations on the Pine Ridge Project! I am super excited, but have decided to lay low on it until next semester. I have an independent study with Dr. Amick to make all the necessary plans. So I am going to just wait until Jan. 11th to get the ball rolling again. Final exams are lurking and I need to devote my time to studying and preparing to close out this semester.

Cheers! And Happy Thanksgiving!