Its here

Matt took a picture of me with the box yesterday. It was huge! The delivery guys had the wrong address and so they didn't show up until about 5:30pm which means that I took half a day off for nothing. Oh well, I had a really tasty lunch and I may or may not have been eating a wedge of bleu cheese right before they showed up. mmmm, bleu cheese. When we bought it It came with free Geek Squad set up which we thought was ridiculous. It totally wasn't. The guy was super-duper nice and knew how to set up all the crap we have attached to our "family member". He also knew all the menus and settings that would be best for our set-up. Maybe the best part of it though was how pretty he wrapped up all the cables and whatnot. It looks so nice now. Not to mention that we just sat there and stared for like forever. I think I'm in love. Also its kinda huge. Not too huge, mind you. I'm not sure thats possible, but pretty huge.

Week three--Start!

I didn't mention it in my previous post but in an attempt to be more healthy, and since all of the rest of our exercise comes from walking to and from the bus, Matt and I have started working out.  Our apartment complex has a gym and its only a five minute walk from our apartment.  So far we've been doing a pretty good job of going, even when we don't really feel like it.  Its only the third week but already we're starting to see changes.  Matt is building muscle and I don't pass out after running for five minutes.  Yay us!  As an added bonus, our health insurance offers and incentive program for working out and eating well. 
We had a relatively quiet weekend.  Nathan had a birthday party on Friday night so we hung out with everyone to celebrate for a while.  I made bruschetta that had way too much garlic, as if that is possible.  I also put some roasted tomatillos in it to mix things up.  It seemed to go over well.  Besides that though, not much happening.  I was feeling under the weather on Saturday and Matt is in the middle of writing a paper so things were pretty quiet. 
On the science front, I managed to complete an experiment last week.  I having been planning to do a northern for a couple of months and with Paul, the tech from the Searles lab, I finally did it.  I even got it done without getting an radiation on myself for any place else that wasn't supposed to have it.  Bonus!  I also got it done right the first time.  Now I just need to repeat it one more time and I can check that off my long list of to dos.
Matt and I are super excited because our newest family member will be delivered tomorrow.  After nine days of waiting and over a year of saving, it will arrive tomorrow!!!  Maybe we'll take a picture of the three of us and post it later this week.  I can't really think of anything beyond that. *sigh*

Snow Day!!!!!

Matt came home with the pictures that he promised and now I share them with you. There is one from the little balcony outside our door, and of both of our cars with a blanket of snow. Oh, so much fun. The university ended up shutting down at 3:30pm and has a delayed opening tomorrow. I think its cute how you can only see a little nubbin of my antenna peeking out of the snow.

Quick holiday wrap-up

We've been home for a while now but I'm only now getting around to blogging about it.  I have a headache and its snowing so I'm still sitting here in my pjs watching the Inauguration coverage.  Matt and I split for the holiday for probably the last time. Its too rough for us to have to separate for that long and at a time when you are supposed to be with your family.  I spent my Christmas in Temple City this year with my mom, Tom, Chris, Moe and Thumper.  Thumper isn't as warm as Matt is but he is almost as cuddly, so it wasn't too hard to sleep at night.  My brother took me shopping at Company D, which is the store that is exclusive for Disney castmemebers and their families.  Being a Disney fan, I was in heaven looking at all the Disney things that I didn't need.  To top is off everything was on sale between 50-75% off and then Chris's 20% on top of that.  It was awesome.  I got a new hoodie that is a castmemeber only item, so Chris had to buy it for me.  We had a really nice Christmas day.  Mom got tamales, Tom made pozole, and Moe and I made too many desserts.  Oh! I also made pimento cheese, a southern favorite, for the first time.  It was kinda awesome.  The family streamed in and I got to see a lot of my cousins that I only get to email or text or chat with here and there.  There was way too much food, tons of fun and an auction where I won lots of stuff including a wine bottle that I had no time to drink. 

--hot chocolate break--

Sorry, but I have a perfect view of our snow covered wooded area in front of our apartment and one of the parking lot.  Both covered in snow!  Real snow!!!  I took a moment to step outside to see it all with the wind blowing snow in my face.  Its so beautiful, and cold.  I was confused when I first walked out because there are all these little blue-ish, green pebbles everywhere.  It took me a minute but I figured out that they must be salt to keep the walkways safe for walkin'.  Teehee, I've never seen that before.  I have this delicious dark chocolate hot cocoa that we got from Target and I put little marshmallows in it so now I feel ready to continue.

Matt spent his Christmas In Michigan with his lovely family.  Luckily we both have video cams in our laptops so we still got to see each other.  We then met up in Florida for a family trip to Disney World!! w00t!  I was super excited when we got to the airport because my dad and Debbie revealed that they had got me a first class ticket!!  It was awesome, it was one of those planes that has a tv in every seat.  I watched movies, had a few drinks and a lovely vegetarian breakfast.  The only thing that sucked was that this was not too long after the big snowstorm in Vegas and it was still very cold.  There was ice on the wings and no de-icing vehicles, so in order to melt the ice the pilot decided to wait for the dawn and then sit in the shade.  Long story short, we missed our connecting flight and then had to run, literally, across the Atlanta Airport.  We made it to Orlando safe and sound eventually.  The first class ticket wasn't the last of the day's surprises.  We didn't depart the Magical Express at the  Beach Club Villas like normal, which confused me.  Instead we got off at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, where I found out that my parents had bought a new time share there when they opened up recently.  Its a beautiful hotel.  Our rooms were savanna view, which meant that no more than ten feet from our room were wild african animals grazing.  It was lovely to look out each morning to see a giraffe munching on a tree just outside. 
Well, I've taken up a lot of time/room, so I'll finish my tales of Disneyworld and beyond.