They were uber super.

by Andrea H.
Last things first, I saw Harry Potter opening day with my friend Kylee and we fargin' loved it to death. She hasn't read the books but has watched the movies, so it was kind of fun having her there sighing "Oh, nooo..." and gasping when she didn't know what was going to happen next.

Thoughts on the movie itself: extraordinary, thrilling, captivating, and emotional, and I really do appreciate them chopping the last book into two movies because then they don't change so much of the book to fit inside two and a half hours of film. I haven't read the Deathly Hallows in a fair amount of time, but for as much as I can remember, the movie was quite true to the book. There's nothing worse for a novel fan than to have the movie change too much.

Now for first things last, I wanted to mention the boy in Spanish class again. The other day, he mentioned that he worked at the police department on campus, which is why he was going in the same direction as me, as he insisted that he wasn't following me, hahaha.

Anyway, after class the following day, we walked out and he asked if I wanted a ride to my car. Then I looked over to the left and I saw two of his police buddies waiting for him with one of the golf carts I've seen people drive around on campus, and I was thinking, "NO WAYYYY, COOOOL!" because I'm a square. I totally accepted and that's when he said that he's their boss, so it was pretty neat being chauffeured across campus at night, even if it was freezing cold and my teeth were chattering behind a big smile on my face.

Out one day.

by Laina
No, it isn't a good thing at all that I've gotten used to waking up at five every morning. Because I know you just asked.

Well, a couple of things. I decided to hang out on campus at the cafe for some good eats and an essay writing session. Also cool beans, two friends from my organic chemistry class last semester popped up and sat with me. We reminisced, talked, joked, and I was eventually commissioned for a portrait. It was good to see them again. They're very good, smart people.

Then they had to leave for class and I studied Spanish some before the test that took me fifteen minutes to complete. I'm always the first one done, but today when I started rustling my papers, the boy who sits next to me noticed me getting up and started collecting his things to leave, as well.

Abs, is this going where I think it's going?

Maybe.

We ended up walking across campus as it was getting dark, discussing class and asking about my job, because we just happened to be going in the same direction until I reached my car where he wished me a good evening. Which would all be fairly innocent if he hadn't seemed to deliberately leave the classroom the same time I did. Am I reading too much into this little happenstance?

Anyway, I'm not quite sure what to think about him yet...

Like a man.

This has been a pretty good week. There's been considerably low stress levels and it is truely blissful.

I'm sleeping a lot.
I'm getting off from work on time for my short shifts.
I finished my writing assignments for this month.
I don't have Spanish class today.
I made a new drawing. Used some methods for keeping proportion and it mostly worked out. Yay!


We went out to dinner yesterday for my step dad's birthday.
I went on a little shopping spree today:

cream-colored lace peasant top
3 ribbed turtlenecks (purple, dark brown, and medium grey)
black floral lace tights
silver leggings
simple white camisole
black faux leather jacket
black boot slippers

...all for $108.78 (as opposed to $254). I do love Kohl's.

Harry Potter is on the to-do list. I managed to get opening day off from work, so I have the capability to go to the midnight showing if I wanted to. I just don't want to. It would completely screw up my sleep schedule since I have to get up at 5am every morning.

I'm also manning up pretty well about moving out of state next year. I remember feeling anxious about leaving home, but now I'm kind of looking forward to it. Hopefully everything will turn out well enough.

Just cuteness.

Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift apart.

Boy, do I.

It's been so long! But it's only because I'm radioactive with laziness.

I got in a bit of trouble at work the other day. Apparently we aren't allowed to hug other employees. But hugs are my favorite. Mm. It was a sad day.

Luckily, my classes are just as easy as I thought they were. I managed 100% on my last two exams. Really, though, it'd be hard not to.

The bathroom renovation is going on slowly but surely. My step dad is the only one working on it besides the occasional electrician, so he had to do all the demolition, construction, painting, and tiling so far.




The cabinets have been installed and the floor tile is in. The shower is taking so long. Apparently the style my mom chose is way difficult to do, so we'll see how things turn out. There'll be a white grout for all the tile in the end, so they'll all really pop.

I also managed to take a few photos of flowers I bought from the store. In some of them, I used my bokeh trick by having something reflective behind the subject via crinkled aluminum foil. It was an interesting experiment.


My brother calls every Sunday from boot camp at Fort Benning, Georgia. I can tell he misses home. We've been exchanging letters, and while he has so many exciting things to say about what he's learning, all I have to write is that one of my Sims characters has mastered all skills. I'm such a dork.