Another Crazy Week

Sept 6

I had one of my worst procrastinating moments in a really long time today. Went to sleep last night around 3, woke up at 8:15, got out of bed at 8:30, started writing my 3 papers at 8:45, and finished around 10:20. Now, one paper was a journal entry for my seminar class, so that wasn’t too lengthy. Then a 200 word essay for World Lit, and a 2 page essay with field notes for Sociology. But still… that’s a lot to write in less than 2 hours. Then I had to print the papers, but I didn’t realize that I needed a printing card. So Nastia helped me print my Soc paper, and then during my next break I got my card and printed my other paper out. But then I found out that I had Lithuanian homework due that day, so I had to do that between classes as well. Never again self. Never again…

Oh, and on top of things, my throat is swollen. Not just like sick swollen, but like allergic reaction swollen. I don’t know what happened, but I don’t like it. The swelling kind of went down now that the day is over, but we’ll see what happens tomorrow. Not a good way to start the week… Hurry up Friday!

Sept 7

My throat got worse today. I definitely look worse than I did when I got my wisdom teeth taken out. That’s really sad, and kind of scary. Of course I would choose the time that I leave home for a long time to develop an allergic reaction to something random. Fantastic. Good job self.

Sept 8

Happy Community Day. Too bad my blister was gross, otherwise it would have been fun to join in some of the games. But waiting in line to get my face painted with Gabby was a much more effective way of spending my time. Along with waiting, I also got to fetch the hotdogs for Gabby and me. Ever try a hotdog with cucumbers on it? As different as it sounds, it really works. I dare you to try it. Finally it was my turn, and the wait was definitely worth it, cause Stephanie is truly talented at what she does. I loved my face painting, but I think Merunas’ was beyond special: a rainbow with a pink unicorn. But it would have been epic if he had gone through and gotten the unibrow done.

Have you ever shared your Ipod with someone? Ever been worried about what kind of music you have on it? Songs you claim “you never listen to” but yet they’re still on there? Ever want to show someone something really quickly, and then it turns into an hour-long conversation? This happened tonight with Ieva, a beautiful young woman from Latvia. She came downstairsto draw or to do some homework, and I was down
here wasting time waiting to see if anyone would be on to talk to from back home. Ieva came over and started talking to me, and asked about my two silly bands [one of a Jesus fish, and the other a frolicking Spongebob :)] and other “American” things. We talked about how exactly we celebrated Halloween and Thanksgiving. So as I showed her this picture from 2004 (Sorry Sam and Caroline, but it was one of the few pictures that I have of Halloween, and she was so excited about it lol.. such fun times). I
had the opportunity to share things that seemed so normal about my life, things that I found trivial and pretty uninteresting and nowhere near important.

Sept 9

Thursday… so close to the weekend! I apologize greatly to Gabby, Martha, Calvin and James for blowing you guys off today. Guess I’ll never live this one down! But good news, my throat didn’t swell at all today. Not entirely sure what my body decided it was allergic to, but apparently I haven’t aggravated it since.

Sept 10
Happy Independence Day Moldova
(Even though it was back on August 27).

Oh, what fun cooking adventures tonight. So, after my ridiculous craving for some mozz sticks and a Philly cheesesteak, Gabby and I decided to attempt to make some mozz sticks. We picked out the closest things that looked like something tasty, and headed back to the dorm to test our cooking skills. Now, remember, we don’t have a fryer to just dump them in, otherwise I’d be a pro (thanks Breezeway). So we got a skillet, put some cooking oil in, and piled the mozz sticks on top. Now, I let Gabby be top chef of the mozz sticks, I made my cheese/potato filled dumplings, and Martha made pasta with her chili sauce mixture stuff. I think this may have been a fail of epic proportions.. though I do not blame the chef. We weren’t adequately equipped to properly make these things… But it was fun to see everyone try some of the cheesey mush.

Then out to Memelis to join the group for some Karaoke singing. It was a lot of fun.. Oh Memelis… <3

Sept 11

Never forget- September 11, 2001. Forever in our hearts <3.

Sept 12

Today was saved to fulfill all of Gabby’s dreams. Or at least the one she’s had for the past week or so: To see Mr. Creepy Ghost Dude. Plus, my Soc professor told me to do something I wouldn’t normally do. But lately, I’ve been doing a lot of wandering around without a definite path of where I’m going. So we took off in the general direction of the water, and we found it with nearly no problems. And there he was, Mr. Creepy Ghost Dude. Gabby was so excited :). We took some silly pictures, which you can see on Facebook.

Why does the weekend always have to fly by?!?! Once again, I’m having the worst feelings of procrastination. But it’s not as bad as Monday, I will never have that happen ever again…

P.S. Planning in your procrastination helps… Right Kate?