14/8 and counting

7/11 of break is over. That is quite sad. I haven't gotten to spend enough time with my Austin friends at all--it's weird; I don't think about Austin much when I'm at Stanford, but when I'm back home I realize how much I like my old friends and how much I enjoy being with them. And so it's sad that we only get to see each other sporadically a couple times a year!

Yesterday I spent all day with Daniel.....we saw Happy Feet with other old LBJ people, went to Borders and browsed, then went to Barnes & Noble and browsed some more, ate a warm cinnamon roll (which I thought was good and he thought was bad), hung out at his house, sat back and pretended to be useful while Sam cooked spaghetti for dinner...it was a really nice and peaceful day. Today I baked cookies with Justin (my brother) all morning: chocolate chip, chocolate chocolate chunk, and sugar with strawberry jam. YUM :D Hannah and Aaron came over at night and we watched Bride & Prejudice (really funny if you've read P&P) and talked until past 1 am and that was also really nice and peaceful.

I very much dislike the fact that soon after classes start again will be recruiting season for summer internships. Applications aren't so bad, but I am really quite terrible (really!) at interviews and so I dread them and they stress me out a lot. And unfortunately they're important. Grr.

ten year olds these days

Yesterday my brother told me he was learning about muscles. I pointed to my calf, and he said that was the "gastrocnemius," and then he pointed to his side and said those were the "latissimus dorsi, but I thought for a long time that they were the latissimus dorsocks!"

Latissimus dorsocks. I didn't even learn about those until I was 16. Seriously, kids these days.

my house

Two pictures which summarize my day well:

1. Our pantry, aka why we will survive for two months even if there is a tornado and we're stranded in our house with no outside contact.


2. After day 1: our house now has one clean room! :D YESS....now onto the other five or so rooms.

not food

I forgot how Austin-y Austin is. I love driving back home because I know where everything is (at least everything I want to get to right now). And all the streets are wide and uncrowded and unscary. And my car is beauuuutiful.

too much play

Apples to Apples was fun. Apple vodka was fun. Laughing with Winnie was fun. Orchestra concert was fun, especially because so many people came :) and made banners that said "We <3 Helen" and I felt very loved. It was quite wonderful...so I've had a pretty good weekend. Haven't managed to get more than 6 hours of sleep though (I thought weekends were supposed to be time to catch up on sleep?). We drew straws for Secret Santa! More fun. I think I need to do more work....

It's almost crunch time. Paper due Friday, one final Sunday, one the Monday after, interview Wednesday, final Friday. Then home! :)