Ben plays drums. Ben is a...??? Indian!

I was feeling a little under the weather this morning, so I decided to call in sick and take the whole day off to work on homework, do the reading, finish my diagnostic eval project, and study for my midterm. But of course, being the procrastinator that I am, I got distracted by what mysteries were hidden in the back of my cupboard and found:

I think I can handle setting my work aside for an hour or two... when life sends you Ghirardellis white chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, & dried cranberries, make cookies!

my name is Mary Kate, but my friends call me Markie

I must be getting old because this past Valentine's Day weekend (hell, for the past month really!), I've had hella friends break the news to me that they're getting married! While proposing on Valentine's Day wouldn't have been my top choice (boys...), I'm really happy for my friends and only hope for the best ^_^. I just hope one of them will have an open bar at their wedding!

as for myself, this weekend was really great and I'm glad it was paired with even better weather! I always love 4-day weekends because I have time to relax while still get all my shit done. It's been such a busy quarter for us post-baccs. We finally got to sit down, hang out, and really enjoy each other's company to PBRs and rum&cokes. I also got to catch up with some of my other friends at Dana's game night, and surprisingly, work wasn't so bad this weekend (with a little help of Jesse of course ^_~). I also got a new iPod touch, which is amazing! I think my dad originally got it for my mom, but she never used it so they decided to give it to me, so I'm trying to enjoy it without wondering what I did to deserve this.

Valentine's Day was also really great! This was the first time I've ever really spent the holiday as a couple. I was supposed to take my mom out for VDay brunch since my dad was flying in from Canada later that day, but apparently, she had gone out drinking with her friends the night before and may have drunk a little too much, hahah! Keep in mind, my mom gets drunk before she even finishes a glass; she had 4! When I called her Sunday morning about brunch, she had just gotten home to tell me that she was too hungover! Hahaha, it was kinda adorable. After picking up my dad from the airport, I got to do a little VDay stuff with my parents before I headed out for my own plans with Chris. He surprised me with dinner at lark, the sister restaurant of LiCOROUS where we went for our first date, and the food was delicious! We each had a 3-course dinner with dessert, each meal with a wine pairing. And of course, because Chris doesn't drink, I ended up drinking 6.5 of our 8 glasses, hahah! Man, I am my mother's daughter. We continued our VDay plans the next day with a day date checking out the Light Rail and hanging around downtown. It was such a great weekend and now I'm sad to have to go back to school and work :P

you treat Valentine's Day like your first date and at night, like your last date