Where did the week go?!

That's the question I'm just lying here, asking myself. I have to get better about this whole blogging thing. There were a couple of times during the week I thought I was composing a blog, or a journal entry, or something of the sort in my head, but it never made it to any kind of print. But that figures ... that's just what I do -- I'm always narrating some kind of story in my head, but when I actually try to write it, I lose it.

But here are some of the week's highlights, or more interesting moments (in no particular order):

- recieving my bound copy of my honor's thesis. I read it for the first time since finishing it in April, and probably for the first time ever just straight through. Yes, there were little things wrong with it, still, I thought ... but overwhelmingly, I felt such an intense pride. It just reminded me of how hard I worked on that, how much I learned in one year, and it was so cool to have it in my hands like that, bound and printed like a real book. I couldn't stop smiling the rest of the day, I felt like such a dork...

- seeing my apartment for the first time. Granted, the first time I wasn't so excited about it. (A little worried would be the better way to describe how I felt). But the issues where resolved, and now I'm really excited to finished getting moved into it. More on the apartment later...

- tamale making. This probably deserves its own blog entry as well. I'm sure I'll write one later. I mean, we only made tamales one day this week, only finishing about 88 dozen. There's still another 9,800 dozen or so to go ... haha!! I had to laugh at the fact that there was me, the (mostly) vegitarian having my hands in a big tub of meat for 2 or 3 hours ... but it was fun. Well, more the hanging out with the women and working together and such. My back and legs kind of ached after all that time standing, bent over, spreading the matza (sp?) onto the ojas (sp?) and rolling the meat into tamale after tamale ... who knew making food could take so much out of you?!! But really, I enjoyed myself doing it!!

- getting to know more people in Dallas. Self explanitory

- Pete's piano bar on Friday night with Priscilla. I loved that place!! I mean, it was two large pianos on a stage facing each other, two amazing pianists (well, two at one time, four different people played throughout the course of the night) just going to town on those keys, and everyone there singing all these great songs outloud, all night long -- how could I not love it?!!

- lunch (a couple of different times) with Norma. She's the administrative assistent as the center, and one of the nicest people I have ever met. Now she sometimes even brings me food (like the breakfast tacos!) from home sometimes, just because she knows I'd like them! She's also the one that drove me around and helped me find my bank, and is just always looking out for me.

- Olga returned from Louisianna tonight and brought Priscilla and I both back a Mardi Gras mask!! awh ... :D