FInals Congratulatory Party

Had a GREAT day today. I drove to Milpitas to The Great Mall with Moo and we shopped around and ate lunch at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Although everyone has been raving about how great it is, it was probably the WORST meal of my life. I got the vegetarian burrito and it was smothered in cilantro lime dressing. Gross. Moo hated his too, barely ate much and it was $18 for the two of us. I did find quite a few good deals though, Juicy pants for $30 plus an additional 20% off ... AMAZING. Oh and also I stopped by the Asian bakery on Woolfe street in SJ ( cupertino) to get green tea rolls, and a bean paste roll, best bakery, especially since SLO has NOTHING like this. Then I had a great time at night hanging out with Greg/Fiona/Leslie helping them prepare for their chem finals ( 108L / Chem1A ) over all successful day, happy to be done with actual work for the month ... oooo and the year : ]

Getting Back in the Swing of Things

Well, back at Santa Cruz for a week then on Monday I have 2 finals ( Math 22 and Ochem) back to back. At least I am almost done for the quarter, I feel like Christmas break will be well deserved. I can't wait to go home, with no homework, and actually get to workout, and eat normal food, and best of all, take showers with no shoes!!!! I am so excited to be leaving SC. I feel like the longer I stay here the more I end up hating it. I really hope this get's better because I don't know if I will be able to make it another 2 years if it doesn't. Yesterday was the RA gift exchange. I was happy it went over well since I planned it. No one forgot a gift, everyone brought a snack, and everyone was willing to participate, yay. I feel like it really helped me feel like I am more of a part of the group. I gave Rox a Spongebob ornament and a deck of cards and she LOVED them. I got a really awesome cookie mix jar ( the ones with all the ingredients and the recipe in a mason jar), from Sam Perez. ANyhow I am happy that things are going better, maybe I will reconsider reapplying. I think Tabitha would really appreciate it, and I feel like I owe that to her.

Thanksgiving

This year more than others I have realized just how much I have to be thankful for. I'm thankful for having a place to stay for the holidays with people that love me and would do anything for me. I am thankful for having health insurance and being able to get the things I need to checked out. And I am thankful for having the oppertunity to explore my options fully before having to lock into something I am unhappy with. At this point it seems pretty ironic since I hate college, but atleast I have had the opertunnity to learn that for myself. Too many people don't have the money to even see college as an option less alone the oppertunity to go to a UC , key research institute, and have the ability to take full advantage of everything the University has to offer. I hope that others can take this day to look around and see everything they have to be thankful for and everything they would like to do to make themselves and those around them happier with what they have.