2012, a thursday

Apocalyptic winds + sliding glass doors that are poorly sealed = hardly any sleep for me. Mostly laid in bed waiting for a tree to smash through the doors, or for the doors to just shatter from the vibrational stress. Up at 6am to work out, astronomy, physics recitation (just took an assessment test and I know I did horribly because the physics reading I just did would’ve been good to know beforehand). Groceries, planned to get field geology supplies and Thai food but ended up falling asleep on the couch for a couple of hours (store for geo stuff no longer open). Physics and astronomy homework, physics reading, now it’s cupcake time.

2011, a wednesday

Yoga, ‘Torchwood’, vegged out, TV with Mom and Dad, read more of ‘Johannes Cabal’.

2010, a tuesday

worked out, spent most of the afternoon doing transcription for a friend. treated myself to chinese delivery.

2012, a wednesday

Physics was nuts – there are over 750 students enrolled and not enough seats. Sed/Strat was pretty straight-forward; the other Kara in the geology department sat next to me. Field geology…yikes. It’s going to be super intense, but at least Ian’s taking it too. We ended up doing a whole class and lab session (that’s noon–6pm). And I didn’t bring lunch because I thought we’d be in and out. Was semi-delirious by the time I got home and ate. The crazy winds started up – 90mph gusts – and I spent the rest of the night filling in my midterms/homework due dates (all of my astronomy and physics midterms fall on the same days. fantastic.) and doing my Sed/Strat reading. Fell asleep sure that a tree would come in through the sliding glass doors and smush me.

2011, a tuesday

Yoga, lunch with Mom, we watched ‘Ramona and Beezus’ which was adorable. Watched some ‘Torchwood’ until it was time to pick up Dad from work and go to City Limits for taco night, except none of us ended up ordering tacos. Home, talked to Maria on the phone for a few hours, tv with Mom, read, bed.

2010, a monday

worked out, stayed in all day and read magazines and comics and listened to the rain. watched the first half of season 4 of ‘dexter’.

2012, a tuesday

First day of classes; getting up was rough. Astronomy seems cool; prof seems like a good guy. No Sed/Strat labs, so done for the day! Did my astronomy reading, took a nap, enjoyed one last and unexpected night of relaxation.

2011, a monday

Slept in, processed some Australia photos. Helped Mom make a new dish for dinner, watched new TV with Mom and Dad.

2010, a sunday

had a great lunch at artisan cheese gallery and stayed after to help meghan pick out cheeses for her dinner. took a look at meghan’s new camera and pretty much decided it’s the answer to my camera woes…but that doesn’t mean i have any money to buy it. read some comics in the afternoon, then went to elaine’s to watch the golden globes. she made a great french dinner, we had lemon cake, and then after over a year i finally finished season 1 of ‘gossip girl’.

2012, a monday

Last day of freedom. Made braised leeks for lunch, watched ‘Sherlock’, ‘Eureka’, ate way too much chocolate.

2011, a sunday

Watched the Bears win, went for an extremely cold walk. Watched the end of the Jets/Patriots game, ‘Stolen’ and the Golden Globes.

2010, a saturday

worked out, decided to bake. made lemon cake and it turned out pretty good, even though i messed it up a little. was supposed to go out but got tired and decided to stay in instead.

2012, a sunday

Didn’t do much of anything – watched a bit of the Golden Globes then the first two episodes of ‘Homeland’.

2011, a saturday

Watched the Northwestern basketball game; sadly, a loss. Trivia night in Bluegrass with the family! Ate way too much, ridiculously cold outside.

2010, a friday

did more trip planning/scheduling. coded. did not go out because i am lame saving money. instead watching old eps of st:tng and this week’s tivo.

2012, a saturday

Yoga, random stuff around the apartment, nap, finished ‘Dexter’, ate way too much peanut butter.

2011, a friday

Slept in, went to Shanghai with Grandma and Mom for lunch, then went to Tiffany and Brian’s for a haircut. Stayed and visited for awhile, then home, made cherry pie muffins with Mom (taste great, oddly soggy), then Mom, Dad and I went to a new(ish) BBQ place in Milan called Skinny Legs. It. Was. So. Good. Dad got a full rack, and Mom and I had half a rack each. The ribs were slow smoked and were perfectly done with a thin crispy layer on the outside. Rented ‘Winter’s Bone’ and then I watched some ‘Torchwood’ before doing a little yoga and going to bed to read.

Something new: Skinny Legs BBQ

Dad and a full rack

2010, a thursday

worked out, coded all day. watched the premiere of ‘project runway’ with cameron and ate some particularly delightful soup.

2012, a friday

Worked out, errands, ‘Dexter’, crossword puzzles.

2011, a thursday

Woke up early, watched ‘Doctor Who’ all day and finished season 2. Made pumpkin turkey chili with Mom then we all watched ‘Insomnia’ which was way better than I remembered it. Christopher Nolan, you can do no wrong. Wally Pfister, you are amazing.

2010, a wednesday

went to the grocery stores, hung out and rested my now very sore muscles. cameron and i hosted a very successful game night – we played apples to apples, mafia, three rounds of celebrity, and charades. we also drank seven bottles of wine. we must do this more often!

2012, a thursday

Still sore. Went to campus to get my physics homework/tutorial notebooks ($53 wtf). Apparently they’re completely tearing out Broadway and repaving it, so it took me longer to figure out how to get to the opposite side and park than it did to go to the bookstore, buy books and some school supplies, and walk to Woodbury to pick up some transfer credit appeal forms. Spent the rest of the day working a bit on the Mars project, then watched a LOT of ‘Dexter’. Tried to savor my one s’mores cupcake for the day, but ate it so fast I can’t believe I didn’t choke.

2011, a wednesday

Packed, Steve took me to the airport, flew back to Illinois. Read the whole way, stayed up late and finished up ‘Black Power War’. I can’t tell if Iskierka is going to be awesome, or an incredible pain in the ass.

2010, a tuesday

despite being very sore, forced myself to do the same punishing workout again. coded all day and night. joined goodreads.com.

2012, a wednesday

Too sore to safely exercise. Snowing like crazy. Pretty, big, fluffy, slo-mo snow, but still snowing. Snowed all day. Walked to my meeting meeting on East Campus, got my keycard for the new building (!!) and then had another long, snowy, cold walk back home. Made a sausage pasta kale thing for dinner, Brianna dropped off the awesome s’mores cupcakes I bought from her sister’s fundraiser. ‘Happy Endings’, ‘Eureka’, realized I forgot about the most recent season of ‘Dexter’ so going to try to knock that out before the end of the week.

2011, a tuesday

Continued to be a hermit and do nothing but eat and watch ‘Doctor Who’. Was sore, but made myself do yoga anyway; will probably pay for that tomorrow.

2010, a monday

too sore to work out. coded all day.

2012, a tuesday

Worked out, saw ‘Hugo’ which was intensely disappointingly boring. Ate something that didn’t agree with me and spent most of the evening laying in odd positions and Googling what to eat if you have an upset stomach but are also hungry.

2011, a monday

Slept in, spent the day vegging out, eating bad foods and watching the first season of contemporary ‘Doctor Who’. Just finished eating a particularly delicious dinner I made. Plan to force my sore muscles into some yoga before bed.

update: I just ate the dulce de leche macaron Jula gave me and HOLY CRAP. Must be what they feed you in heaven!

2010, a sunday

tried my new workout video; it kicked my butt. ran some errands, then met renee and terry in burbank for ‘youth in revolt’. went to brit’s in pasadena afterwards for cornish pasties.

2012, a monday

Day one of P90X. We’ll see how long this lasts. It actually wasn’t too bad; a lot easier than some of the other circuit training workouts I’ve done. Unfortunately there’s no good place to put my pull-up bar in this apartment so I’ll have to figure that out by week 3 or 4, which is when I estimate I’ll actually be able to complete a pull-up. Made a big crazy smoothie for breakfast, got some groceries (lots of leafy greens!). Spent the rest of the day looking at recipes and finishing up ‘the Big C’.

2011, a sunday

Fantastic day! Met Lora and Ben in Larchmont Village for Coolhaus ice cream sandwiches; I got the cabernet black pepper on brioche and it was deeeeeelicious! Walked around the Village and petted the puppies and kitties that had been brought out by a rescue group for the farmers’ market. Went to Liz’s and watched ‘Madea’s Family Reunion’ with her and Laurel and Aimee. Liz was watching it for her Liz Tells Frank post, and the rest of us were watching it…to see how much torture we could endure, I guess. After that, met Jula at the Arclight for ‘Blue Valentine’. Randomly, Andrew, Kristina, and Meli were at the same showing. The movie was great, but rough. Home to make an awesome dinner and started watching the new ‘Doctor Who’ from the beginning.

2010, a saturday

went to lunch with maria, then hit the mall for some returns and browsing. watched ‘star trek’ blu-ray special features, picked up vince, picked up subway for dinner, saw ‘daybreakers’ which was pretty cool. plan to go to bed early.

2012, a sunday

Another chilly day. Stayed inside all day, did not even bother to shower. Made AMAAAAAAZING apricot chicken, started catching up on ‘the Big C’.

2011, a saturday

Yoga, ‘Rabbit Hole’ with Elaine (really good, really hit me hard), out to Church & State with Vince, Patty, Jason, Elaine, Meghan and Megan. Delicious delicious French food. Not crazy expensive, but I did manage to spend a fair amount between 3.5 courses. Charcuterie plate with terrines and olives. Heavenly escargot in a butter garlic sauce, served in tiny ramekins with a puff pastry cap. Fantastic mushroom tart with gruyère, pine nuts, carmelized onion and garlic confit. A pear tart for dessert that was so good I was trying to force myself to eat it slowly, but could not. Too full/tired/moody to go out, so stayed in and drank sleepytime tea and watched ‘the House Bunny’, which I really wanted to love, but it was just meh.

something new: new yoga video recommended by Lora, Church & State Bistro

2010, a friday

worked out, did laundry, went to happy hour with friends, then to sweet lady jane for delicious cake.

2012, a saturday

Suddenly cold today, and snowy, so stayed in and finished catching up with ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Doctor Who’, then started catching up with ‘Prime Suspect’.

2011, a friday

up early, doctor appointment, errands, dinner at sapp with lora and ben for boat noodles (yum!) and then walked to the thai dessert place and bought a bunch of stuff. took it back to my place and watched ‘psych’.

something new: boat noodles at Sapp Coffee Shop

2010, a thursday

worked out, ran errands, read, met the girls for ‘nine’ at the grove.

2012, a friday

More errands, saw ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ which was disappointing. Bummer. Giant salad for dinner, ‘Sherlock’ rewatch to recap for season 2.

2011, a thursday

up early in case elaine’s tv got delivered in the early part of the time window; of course it did not come until almost an hour after the window. errands, dealt with banking mishap.

2010, a wednesday

worked out, coded all day.