One Good Thing

Been a bit stressed out lately, but I have something to look forward to: Boston for Presidents' Day weekend! I've never been there, always wanted to go, and now finally am. (Thank you for the brilliant idea, Derek.) We get to stay in a nice hotel too: The Bulfinch (at least the photos make it look luxurious).
If only I could become a professional traveler: that's a job I would enjoy and excel at!

Hey Everyone!

It's existential crisis time! I suck at everything except the impractical. I don't have a job, school is discouraging, and I don't know what I want to do with my life. I'm not good at anything that makes any money.
I am, however, good at:

• Organizing events
• Organizing homes/books/files
• Decorating interiors
• Cooking
• Reading
• Analyzing

Anyone have a job opening that puts these skills to good use? No? That's what I thought!

When I'm mature enough, I want to get married and have three children, and take care of them properly. No day care for those little brats! (Actually, I think daycare is what turns kids into brats.) But it looks like I won't ever get married, because no one is good enough. And even if I did, I probably won't be able to punch out three kids anyway because of the goddamn diabetes. Pre-Women's Liberation women didn't know how good they had it. I hate 2010!

(I'll still post Mexico photos on the weekend; this is just a momentary rant.)

Photos and Entertaining Vignettes Coming Soon

I'm back from Mexico, but I'm tired, school just started, and my apartment is completely disheveled from packing/unpacking. But I plan on posting riveting Mexico stories soon, maybe this weekend.

It was a Happy Holiday After All (Sorry About Previous Grumble)

So, uh, I think I was being oversensitive about the present fiasco. I'm going to blame it partially on hormones. Sorry about all the complaining. I ended up having a good Christmas after all, it just ended up being the day after Christmas instead.
Saturday was a busy day. In the afternoon my parents, grandma, and aunt and uncle came over for tea and dessert (store-bought panettone and homemade leftover bread pudding). I think everyone had a pretty good time. Everyone chatted, opened presents, and ate.
They left around 4:00, and then I made plans with my friends Joel and Kris who were in from out of town; Wisconsin and Los Angeles, to be exact. We were all friends in high school, and would sit in the hallway having lunch every day. They came over for dinner, along with Alex, and it was a perfect dinner party, plus poop jokes: we stood around the kitchen drinking wine, joking, and laughing while Kris made salad (no parsnips) and I worked on the ravioli. Alex brought over a nice bottle of wine and some special beer from a Quebecois brewery called Unibrau. After dinner, I served up more bread pudding for dessert (heh, heh), and offered ice cream to go along with it. Although the ice cream dates back to Hood to Coast (August), it had never been opened, so I figured it would be OK. It was not. Apparently, I had made astronaut ice cream. It was hilarious! It was so dried out that it wouldn't melt. I threw it out, but I believe it is still in a solid lump in my rubbish can.
Digestif time, and Clyde Common was a solid choice. The evening was a lot of fun.

Here are the guilty parties (photos not from Saturday night):

Joel

Kris

Alex

Where I'm Going Next Week

First Stop: Mexico City

Then a short flight to Merida

Ooh, Tulum

Across the peninsula to Campeche

Last Stop: Back to Mexico City. Coyoacan, to be exact.

Finals Finito

I'm done with finals, and overall, they went well...except...except I ran out of time for my last one and didn't get to say much on the essay question except for a vague outline of what I would have said, had I enough time. Ugh. And it was my favorite class too. I just got so caught up in making sure all the short questions were right, that I ran out for the big, important one. Stupid Laura! But since it's graded on a curve, if I actually did do well on the questions I did answer, then maybe I did passably overall on the test. Hopefully. But if my law school career ends abruptly, you'll know why.
So now I can do whatever I want without guilt. Tomorrow I have a doctor appointment in the morning, and then I believe I might bake banana bread, make Christmas ornaments, buy a tree, read a book for fun, and then go to John's super-exciting party (there's even a play!)--all guilt-free. And, in 15 days, I will be on a Mexico adventure with my honey. Mexico City, and then jungle adventures in the Yucatan. Hooray! Maybe I will try to buy 70 subway tickets in Mexico City like I did in Madrid, and have the attendant laugh at me!

A Word From Our Writer

In the midst of finals.
Regularly unscheduled writing and reading will return in a week or so.
Thank you for your patience.