Refreshed

A new look for the blog--I like it, bright, colorful, kinda summery, definitely fitting me and my personality (right?). It was very distracting making the changes. Soooo much to choose from, and I discovered all of this shortly after breakfast this morning, so I sat on my laptop in the room I'm staying in, absorbed in color schemes, font, etc. But then I had to get my lazy butt up because Aunt Cheri called, and I really wanted to go grocery shopping with her! So we did. She had gone with Uncle Brian for breakfast and for her hair cut, so I had nestled down on the outdoor porch with an English muffin, hot tea, and an apple. The best part? Two young deer were perusing the backyard, completely unafraid! It was really awesome to watch while I munched.

After the phone call from Aunt Cheri, I really did hustle myself to the bathroom to shower and get ready because yesterday I really didn't do too much. (More on that later.) I actually get to wear a skirt today, though, because it's 85 degrees outside. Mostly cloudy, but I see some sun rays out the window right now, so I might need to head out and get some vitamin D in a bit. After our lovely trip to Meijer, Uncle Brian and I polished off the rest of the sushi that he had bought earlier in the week. Absolutely delicious, and quite a treat for me, since I haven't had any real sushi in years! I just got done helping out with some house work; nothing too strenuous, just some sweeping and a tad bit of vacuuming.

But going back to the rest of Thursday... I was making oatmeal in the SOC (as I said in my last blog), and the fire alarms went off! (No worries, I hadn't been using the microwave yet, so it wasn't my fault!) But I left the SOC (with my id so I could get back in), and I went out in the parking lot. Of course no one else was in the SOC that early, but a few caf workers were out there. It was also a day for construction on the roof of the Bernhard Center, so there was a crane at work in the parking lot, and everything was blocked off from cars. Simply lovely, sitting there in the sunshine in the parking lot, watching the giant crane do its business. Who knows what the fire alarm thing was all about, but I'm almost positive that it wasn't a drill...

T-shirt sales were pretty amazing on Thursday! We sold over 70 shirts, which is our record this year! It's really a lot of fun selling because I get really into it, picking out people from the crowd to give my schpiel to about Bronco Bash. I love it when the first year students get excited about it, too!

After shirt sales, I met up with Aunt Cheri right away because she got off work early. We went to Walmart to get dirt (haha, buying dirt at Walmart!) and then I went to a greenhouse with her (my first time at a greenhouse!) We bought flowers and plants for some pots that Aunt Cheri had back at the house. She fixed them up very nicely that evening. For dinner, we had grilled chicken terriyaki, fresh salads, and chicken rice-a-roni (sometimes I feel like this blog is a food blog, but I love sharing the yummy things that I eat over the summer!!! MMMMM!) Allie came home from class on Thursday, and we watched So You Think You Can Dance while planning out camping trip to Mackinaw. (We were gonna three-way call with Kristina and Tara, but I found out yesterday that Tara's charger got left back in Galesburg for the week.) Oh and Aunt Cheri made us cookies! They were so delicious right out of the oven! I couldn't remember the last time I had a cookie hot out of the oven! (I said that AS I was taking a bite out of the cookie and had to translate for poor Allie! Haha!)

The next morning Allie and I didn't sleep in much because we had been used to waking up all week, so we got right to work at making PANCAKES! I'm really beginning to love eating AND cooking pancakes! I added mushed up banana and peanutbutter to my bit of batter and made it thick and fluffy, just the way I like it! (I added some chocolate chips while it was cooking, too! SO YUMMY!) We were nice and made Mike a pancake, too, which he discovered conveniently, JUST as it was done being cooked! After chillin a bit, Allie headed off to pick up the boyfriend from his orientation (I saw him when I was selling Bash shirts on Thursday!). When they got back, we had lunch, and I sent them off on their weekend camping trip. So THEN I spent the rest of the afternoon lazing about, reading, staring off into space while I sat on the back deck, watching a little tv. It was pretty nice just chilling out and relaxing. When Uncle Brian got home, he had a giant PIZZA! Aunt Cheri wasn't too far behind him with ICE CREAM! I enjoyed the pizza, which was from a place called the Pizza King. Then we watched Avatar. I got sucked right into the plot--pretty good movie! And it was extra-great, simply because there was an ice cream break in the middle!

Today, I'll be heading over to Jill's apartment to keep her company while Brian is away. We're planning on some movies and some foods. She mentioned something about dinner and dessert or somethin like that, so we'll see....