The Bright Side of Life

Memphis had its first REALLY REALLY cold day. I saw a few posts about people wearing blankets, but I never thought someone would be so kind as to donate one to the don't-drive-here pole!

That 2nd should be a 5th. I'm very excited because one of the dumplings is donating a parrot pinata... a PARROT pinATA!

Choice shots from freshman year. Need choice shots from Sophomore year to finish this heart. I figure I'll print some when I'm home next... Probably the weekend of the 21st. :-)

Some new decor for my tablet... Made with Tetris stickers! Very vibrant, very fun. Easy (kind-of) to remove. 

Dumplings and I out for dinner! We actually had two more tables filled but this is the one I was at. From the left: Paige, Dominic, Keith, and Lauren! Dumplingsssss

I just realized that this was actually Paige's plate and not my own. Whoops! Anyway, these burritos are like five bucks and that is like half of it. Oh my goodness.

This last Saturday (so, yesterday) there was an event at the Memphis Botanical Gardens that I went to with Morgan. The food was really good, but knowing my stomach, I just nibbled. Luckily there was a Wendy's about two minutes away so after sampling everything we drove over and I spent 2 dollars on a more filling meal. 

The menu! The things we tried were crossed off and the check marks were the ones I liked. Overall pretty great! 10/10 would recommend. We got in free because we're UoM students and bought a 20 dollar food ticket that we split. 

I don't usually put the pictures first but I figured I'd change things up a bit. Things have been pretty great in Memphis. Honors is planning a ton of fun events in the next few weeks: An anti-valentines party, volunteering at a writing event on campus (called Hunka-Hunka Word-in-love!), and a final fundraiser for Up Til Dawn that we're calling Balloons for Babies! Then next week we've got a Mardi-Gras murder-mystery party that I and a few dumplings are planning. ;-)

I'm meeting with someone on campus tomorrow to discuss an internship opportunity for the summer of 2016. At least, I think it's the summer of 2016. It's in Washington D.C. at George Mason University. It seems pretty fun!

I'm also trying to solidify my dorm plans for next semester. I mean, I have plenty of time to change my application, but still trying to work out what's going down. I think that's the worst part about college-- waiting for people to get back to you. Waiting on application results. Waiting on emails. Things either move too fast or too slow!

Classes are going well, too. Well, I mean, some are super boring but I try. 

Everything's been pretty great. I figured it'd be a little harder cause of winter and cold and other reasons, but it really hasn't been so bad. I might even get to use my mustache baking pan this week. And I maybe even finish my laundry.