Children's museum, kids reading room - my haven

Pictures from Sisters' Week

Half of the week the girls (maddie and katie) were with us at my house, the second half they were terrorizing their grandma at her house, while the big girls played games and relaxed.

Maddie could find something to dress up in anywhere, although she did bring her own princess high heels from Arizona. This boa belongs to someone in my house, and Maddie had a blast with it.Maddie & Katie at the Children's Museum in Indy - Pioneer Babies
Katie Elyse
Emily at the Indiana University Memorial Union/Hotel in the heart of campus
Emily, me and Leslie

Only a few months late

I've been wanting to post pictures of my new-ish computer since I got it in January, but no one around here had a digimon (aka digital camera).

Because it was Sisters' Week, there were digital cameras abounding. Here are the pictures:

This is the monitor, speakers and keyboard, as you can see. Katie's adorableness is decorating my desktop for now. Also note how organized my binders are...only because I had company, I promise.

The computer tower - how interesting can it be, you ask? Well, note these 2 things. First, it's beautiful. Silver, white and black. Classy. Second, it has USB ports everywhere, which my laptop did not even have at all. And yes, that is a woofer in the background. Absolutely.

Seestars' Week

I'm not much of an entertainer. Nor hostess. It's actually super stressful to me, having to be in charge and make sure everyone has a great time.

Luckily for me, my sisters are easily entertained, like I am, so I didn't have to plan much of anything. We figured it out as the opportunities came.

Events of Sisters' Week:
- Indy Children's Museum with parents and our brother
- 16 Blocks at Showplace 16 (entertaining, though we missed the first 5-10 minutes)
- Dinner at Vito Provolone's, my favorite restaurant in Indy
- 7 bottles of wine
- Gaming, all night long, every night and sometimes during the day
- IU campus tour
- Kahlua cake
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Mexican Beef Stew
- Chocolate Raspberry coffee
- Oliver Winery

Spring Break was fabulous this year, even if a bit short. Only 2 1/2 more semesters to go!

the good things in life

Even in the midst of a crazy week while wrapping up projects and cleaning the house and trying to mentally prepare for the rush of madness when classes start up again in a week, I experienced something wonderful in the form of the best massage ever.

I'm very particular about my massages - and so far, while the massage therapists have relieved some tension, they haven't been able to rid me of it. Perhaps I'm asking too much - I do carry a great deal of tension in my shoulders - but it's their job, right?

Random person who gives massages out of her home, turns out to be my new favorite masseuse ever. I've never been so relaxed in my life.

Great way to start the break...unfortunately, I had house chores to finish up afterwards. But it actually energized me, so much so that I mopped the entryway and a bathroom, vacuumed the entire first floor (including moving furniture that hasn't been moved in at least a year from the looks of what was hiding underneath), and then finished up the first season of Lost and began the first season of Grey's Anatomy. Both are highly recommended.

Closure

In life, I need closure.

Everywhere and for anything - coversations, failed love affairs, ends of semesters, terminated work groups, whatever - I must have closure.

Caffeine-jacked

For some reason, I'm hyper-sensitive to caffeine. If I have a caffeinated beverage, and am subsequently put in a social situation, inevitably, I'll start talking incessantly. Today, I noted that it's almost as if I'm drunk - only in the sense that I laugh more and talk louder.

I work Thursday nights, and instead of my usual bleary-eyed, silent self, because of a mid-afternoon double latte, I was rather talkative with my fellow worker, Jordan. He's a very nice person, and very interesting to talk to, incidentally. Had I ever been more awake on a Thursday night, or more social, I may have discovered that prior to the mid-point in the semester.

Jordan is into preservation of library materials and works in the rare books library here on campus - the Lilly. As we spoke about a mocumentary that my family made this past Christmas and how during the taping process onto regular VHS tapes sound and visual quality were completely lost - in the middle of all of that, Jordan blurts out:

"I hate magnetic tape. I feel very passionately about this. I hate the magnetic medium as a whole."

I'd never met someone so passionate in their detesting of tapes and any and all other magnetic storage devices.