We're Heading to Brooklyn!!!

In case you forgot...

My last vacation before hopefully graduating
+
The husband getting guaranteed leave for New Years
=
New Years in New York!

No...not exactly Manhattan NY. We're too poor for that, but we scored a decent rate at a hotel in Brooklyn. (my father's reaction: You're staying in BROOKLYN?!)

I'm super psyched.

Here's my to do list:

1. Skate at Rockefeller Center (yes, ridiculously overpriced, but honestly, when I will I do that again?)

2. Possibly stand in the crowd of the Today Show like an idiot. Only because I want to ice skate FIRST THING in the morning because I hate waiting in line. I'm thinking of holding up a sign that says, "Hey camera man, FREEZE on ME!" (stolen from college roommate who wore a cow costume to the Today plaza with a sign saying, "Hey Camera man...Mooooove on over to me!" I don't think it was Halloween either).

3. The Rockettes! We have our tickets and we're going on the last day of the performance. Yet another reason to start those new years resolutions now: great legs.

4. Brooklyn Museum of Art

5. MOMA if I can convince the husband.

6. Brooklyn Botanical Garden would be nice if it wasn't winter.

7. Visit a church to give my thanks to St. Joseph (he helped sell our house). Yes, I'm superstitious. No, I'm not religious. Yes, there's a difference.

8. Walk 5th Ave to see the window displays. Secret: When I was in middle/high school I wanted to be a window dresser. This dream was crushed when I realized that retailers all used the same window design that was mailed to each store. Also crushed when Lincoln Rd on Miami Beach went from trendy & gay mom-and pop pedestrian mall to trendy & gay chain pedestrian mall.

9. Eat at Arties: 1 potato pancake, 1 pastrami sandwich on rye, and rugelach. Lots of rugelach.

10. Burn off above meal by running in the NYRR Central Park midnight run. I will do it. I will pay to run 4 miles in the bitter cold. At midnight. (my mother says: "Oh, that's great. you're staying in BROOKLYN, you wanted to walk 125th street, now you're going to run in Central Park at midnight and get mugged?!")

could I be any more excited?!!!!

You've Come A Long Way...

So I've been on blogging leave of late. I imagine you all thought I was off somewhere, like Paris.

I wasn't.

But the holidays were good, and apparently Santa knew that I've been on my most best-est behavior.

The sweetie picked up a *gasp* Le Creuset 5 1/2 round oven! For. ME! Ok, maybe he was being slightly selfish in thinking he would get awesome meals cooked in that hefty piece of equipment. He's right to think so. I made chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, brocolini w/ a balsamic vinegar sauce (made by moi), and that uber-yummy herbed basmati rice. All this from the late blooming girl who thought Jell-o had to be baked.

YAY!

What did the sweetie get from Santa? An ultra-cool Garmin 305. The thing is wicked smart. Almost scary smart. So smart that I might have to buy one for me if I ever graduate and earn a pay check!

Other news:

There was a 1/2 decade (aka 5 year) wedding anniversary involving a surprise dinner reservation at Melting Pot (oddly, I had a fondue party (my first ever) at the townhouse shortly after moving in, but have never done fondue at a restaurant...or other person's house). Flowers were also ordered AND SENT TO THE RESTAURANT. Seriously. When did the sweetie get so smart & romantic?

I leave you with the begining of the end of the anniversary dinner, or why I had to remove my belt in the car on the way home.

Eye Candy: ZERO calories.

Drumroll please....

Pathophysiology grade: A-

Waiting Game

so the Research exam went well enough...final grade: B+.

I thought for sure I would get an A in this class...of course, this was BEFORE I met the teacher. Now I just have to wait for the final patho grade. and it's driving. me. nuts.

I've checked for my grade oh, about 6 times today....granted, she did say that grades probably wouldn't be posted until Friday or early in the weekend. But there's a party tonight and I REALLY wanted to celebrate...

fingers crossed for me!!

DONE!

With the first semester of nursing schools!

5 more to go (2 semesters + 3 sessions).

Of course, who knows about the final grades. I can probably kiss the A in Patho good bye though.

Tis Ok. I had a golden margarita on the rocks.

Luck

Final final is tomorrow for patho. My grade right now without the final? 90.33!! ARGG!

I've been studying nearly all of today (minus the near 30 minute run and trip to Dairy Queen), and am EXHASUTED...not to mention nervous.

good vibes my way....send em.

Stress is...

Stress is: holding onto a grade by the skin of your teeth.

Realizing that while the patho final at once looked doable (according to the blueprint), it's infact, still very very scary.

Fingers crossed for me. Research final Monday; patho final Wednesday.

A 'Mild' Snow

This is what they call 'mild'

I'll tell you something. THAT is not mild to a Florilinawarian. Especially when Sir Issac Newton decides to take over the wheel. How many more days till Spring? oh right..105...

Snow Update

Question #1 has been answered. It's now snowing hard enough that it does indeed leave wet marks all over the ground.

But the Florilinawarian has another question: Does it thunder during snow storms? This might seem obvious to you meteorology geeks (eh hem, Ryan) and you northerners, but I never gave much thought to snow weather since I grew up along Hurricane Alley.

Has anyone ever noticed that 'snow' is a four letter word? Much like f---, sh-- and work?

Dust

Usually, when I'm doing course lectures online/cd-rom, the blinds are closed (avoiding distractions). For some reason, they were open and something grabbed my eye.

It looked like dust was flying around.

Little white specks of dust.

SNOW!

I'm not sure where it's going because I don't see anything white on the ground. I guess this means the snow is melting, but this born and raised Floridian, one time South Carolina resident, and now Delaware student (aka a Flora-lina-warian) is wondering why melted snow doesn't form puddles or wet marks on the ground.

Some more important questions include:

do you use the windshield wipers when driving in snow?
And can a convertible top hold snow?

Now excuse me as I recheck to see if my patho exam grade has been posted. Fingers crossed, please!

Um...clothes please?

Did anyone else catch today's episode of Everday Italian?

I turned it on a few minutes after it started, and I'm hoping I missed something, like, maybe an explanation for the wardrobe.

Here's my, "I'm sure there's a reason for her wearing what looks like a robe over a negligee on tv" excuse:

The food must be so easy to make, you can do it first thing in the morning, right out of bed. (at least she is fully dressed for the dinner party afterwards)

Ryan's response: "WHOA! Can you email her and find out where she got that? I think you should wear that."

Typical.