So much for the spring weather....

Forgive my insistence on blogging about the weather. It's a psychological trauma or something :) Im just so amazed. Too much snow for me, if you ask :P It snowed all of last night and throughout most of this morning. Yup. I still walked to class. Im so proud of myself :)) That's the end of my summery hopes. Though I have to admit that its nice and warm. A Boston native (they are as hard to find as Mexican natives) said that snow has the same insulation effect we desert people say sand has...

soooo it's nice and snowy... soft warmish snow! I've decided it's snowman time!! jijijijiji si no puedes con ellos uneteles, no? muajaja

oh. this is harvard yard in the picture. the snow is actually a whole lot taller than that right now. It's probably close to a foot and a half where they let it accumulate... or maybe that's my own desert-girl perception :P but anyways... it's snow. lots and lots and lots of it :)

I met our fourth roommate last night. He is very cute. Big ears, though. But that's alright. Cute is still cute. Besides, Q should not worry bc this new roommate is probably gonna go soon. Pobrecito, he's a mouse. Cute, cute tiny little thing... walked to the middle of my room last night while I was on my nagging girlfriend role.... I saw him from the corner of my eye and turned to see if I was imagining him. he stoped and stared at me, probably to make sure I was a living creature too :P Maybe thinking, "I hope she thinks my big black eyes are cute enough." And finally after a whole minute of intense mutual staring he turned around and went back into hiding. Poor thing. Do I really really have to get a trap for him? I mean, arent there good things about mice in a house? I think I saw a documentary about this scientist who had mice in his house for some purpose... but then again he had other creepy animals too.

Ah well... I'll call the landlord and tell him. Health first. But I have to admit I feel awful.

LEEEAVING... OOON A JET PLAANE....

Well, not me. My family =D

THEY'RE COMING TO VISIT ME!!! WOOOHOOOOOO!!!

It will be a happy Easter indeed :D

Hopefully it will also be a little warmer. I say it's time for some spring weather already. I want them to be able to see the city without ...uh... side effects. Catching a cold during vacation is not fun :P

Life has been pretty normal around here. Just lots of reading. Ive been spending 4-6 hrs at the library or reading at home every day this week. I have to do some serious ahead-reading cuz I know I wont do much that week ...jejeje :"> Im so happy!

I plan on starting my translation of Mark today, and doing some cleaning. Living room and kitchen floors need some attention. and the windows too. and the wood furniture. and the microwave needs to be "washed" and disinfected. I've been on a cleaning splurge lately. I re-arranged my room, cleaned my closets, organized my papers and desk drawers… don’t ask me why, but I find it strangely rewarding. I think that the fact that cleaning is not studying also helps :P

Hmm… other from that, no news. Just studying. Freezing and studying.

the simple things in life

Apple pie :">
It looks way darker "in person." And it smells absolutely great :) !
mmmmm.... ke rico! cant wait till it cools down....
I had such a nice evening! I took my time... listened/danced to a little salsa... changed the recipe a bit.. made it from scratch, even the crust :) Today felt Saturday-ish, from the very start.

I realized this morning that I had no clean clothes. Yup. PJs all day. Went to Greek class and then went to Stapples. Got myself this:

Not the book. The Bookstand!! THE bookstand! Hehehe... it's flexible:

So I can take it to the library. I can fold it and put it in my purse/bag ..aand I can stop hunching into my readings! wujuu
:D
hehe.
It makes me happy.

Other small and not so small things that happened today: Q is coming. Did I say that already? hehe :"> well I got details today, so it sortof happened today :P My friend P went back to work the other day and had a nice day :)! It was sunny out today, despite the new snow. no wind either. My 2pm class got cancelled (wuujuu) The change machine had enough quarters for my laundry. I did my laundry :) I color-coded mi calendario.. I have the apt for myself tonight, which means nice indoor weather and more muusic :D The rice I made to go with my stir fry was PERFECT! hadn't done such great arrocito in a while :D

oh. and my pie is cool now I think. muajajaja....
let's see if it's as good as it smells :">

I can be evil too

see?
do I look evil? insane? no? ok, well I tried! :P took like 5 of them weird pics...
I guess I did step on the boundaries of blog identity security a while ago tho ..jiji..

so, the weather has been a bit nicer. I'm still suspicious, though, especially since we're supposed to have a really cold day tomorrow again. yay.
nothing much going on other from that. oh, one of my professors has been ill with the flu... so there's only been one actual class meeting for that class... it's like being in secondary school again... jijiji... and as you can see I've been using my extra time with the according wisdom :D jijii...

hm... been eating well lately. I did eventually go to the grocery store. jeje... got me some veggies. oh. and some free milk. I think someone's gonna miss it :-P

Mom might be visiting sooon :D! And Q is comin after his sister's wedding reception. B&B and family, hope you guys have a blast! jijiji... happy times, happy times indeed :)

ok... gotta get to class.

uh... yeah.

I am not WILLINGLY going out.
Ask me what I had for lunch today.
I had chicken caldo. Meaning chicken and spaghetti. That was it. Usually, I would add potatoes and cilantro and carrots… an elote or two… some cabbage. I would put rice in it, not spaghetti. I’d add some spices… I would make some bread…

But not this time. The reason? I have almost run out of groceries. I do have some spices. And I had chicken, and spaghetti… aand that was it. so that’s what I ate. The other option was to make a trip to the store. And of course, I had sworn I’d do it. I have to go out at some point anyways, since I need to go get some books from the library. But mind you, I am cold.

I went through the whole ritual again. I dressed warm… yup, I bundled up and everything. I put on my hat, my gloves, and took my keys. I was ready, there was no doubt in my mind. I walked downstairs, opened the door, and then finally thought: must I? No, I mustn’t. I will not.

And I didn’t.

I know.

Don’t say it. Don’t say it bc I just had my mediocre lunch and now I must go through it all again. Only that this time, whether I want to or not, I will have to do it. I will take my hike. Sniff. And when Im done, I will take another hike back here.

Oh Lord.

I hate the north.

D Town

Had a good time. And got some hard news.
It was a strangely great week, considering all that went on.
I'm still pondering on all the things that happened... still trying to make sense of them. I suppose sometimes life just isn't fair. that's all. we have to learn to beat life's odd games of luck and timing. and I have to learn how to best plan my little "interventions." I still have hope.
Q and I had a great time together. we cooked and ate and watched tv. we were laaazy and it was great. being with Q sometimes reminds me of my days at home with my family.
I miss home. and I miss him. I wish I could bend the map... make a dimensional convergence point.. do something to be at two or three places at once.. hehe...
I also need to get me a camera. Q never uses his anymore :P

it is cold and snowy over here. I was very happy to get the package from Roomba Mom... I think I will use the... foot snow thingies a lot. Im so excited! I get to try them tomorrow morning. thank you... it was very sweet of you.

this cracks me up !!

Almost there..

EN PANNE

Atiborrado de filosofía,
por culpa del afán que me devora,
yo, que ya me sabía
dos gramos del vivir, nada sé ahora.

De tanto preguntar
el camino a los sabios que pasaban,
me quedé sin llegar,
mientras tantos imbéciles llegaban...

-Amado Nervo

Poems like this make me wonder at my scholarly achievements... lol...
Sigh...


Looks like I'll have some visitors this semester. It's exciting!!


Still wondering why the heck I didnt just get the trip for the whole week. Im being unproductive anyway. I cant stop thinking about him.
Almost there... almost there.

¡¡¡Felíz Cumpleaños, Misael!!!

Que el Señor te bendiga mucho mucho mucho. Que hoy pases un super día de pelos... que no te encarguen tarea ni tengas examenes ni te regañen por nada... que veas tele todo el santo día y comas y duermas hasta que se te hinche el ombligo.
¡Lo Kero!

Brrr...

It is ridiculously cold.
It's been hard to even get up from bed!
The wind is getting so terribly strong that I feel like my nose and eyelashes might freeze to the point of quite simply falling off.
Ive started taking showers at night.
I fell on my butt the other day on my way to school. Frozen puddle.
My parents should be very proud of the enormous coat they got me a few weeks back :D I luv it. I luv it, luv it, luv it.
Im so glad I've bought my groceries for the next couple weeks, though. Im not going anywhere for a while :P !
It... is... cold.

Paul doesn't split infinitives

My fall semester is finally over.

I took my Greek test today, and it didn’t go well. But it went. And it’s my last final exam. I … am… DONE!

I get a response (I hope!!) on the job application by March 9^th…. I’m really hoping for good news… but it’s a lot of people applying for just a few spots. Im still crossing my fingers. And toes. And eyes and everything :P

So Harvard. Im still not used to it. It’ll take a good long time before Im comfortable here… it was the same with SMU. I guess it always does take me a while to nestle in… and yet I have to admit I still love it. It’s nice being in such a completely different place. Everybody is someone new, everywhere I go is some road to get lost on, everything I eat tastes different… and even the campus is big enough to give me a good surprise once in a while.

Compre un pollo hoy. Uno completo. Claro que la idea no funciono! En lo que regrese del mercado me di cuenta de que no se como cortar un pollo. Asi que tengo un pollillo todo mochao en mi refrigerador. A ver si luego funciona … jiji…

He decidido no sufrir demasiado por las calificaciones. Quiero concentrarme en aprender. Learn, and grades will come automatically. O al menos eso espero! Jiji… pero si. Quiero disfrutarlo. I have made up my mind.

Classes: Greek. Multicultural Counseling. Religion, Secularism, and Common Morality. And finally, the Theories class we all have to take for the MDiv program. Im also sitting in a class, a seminar on Thessalonians. Ought to be fun… if the professor lets me in :P

So… el pronostico? Frio y nublao y medio solitario. Pero a fin de cuentas lindo y ligeramente aventurero… ya veremos.