snow day!

it had gotten really cold all last week, and finally on friday it snowed!  college station may have gotten a total of 1/4 inch, but by golly it was enough for campus to issue out a snow day.  worked for me, because i work on campus :)

this was the view out my front door on friday morning

people up north would laugh in the face of this..um...snow? was it really snow? ah well..3 day weekends are the best.  BUT the heater in my apartment went out at 5:01 on friday, too late to call the front desk for help.  so me and taylor braved the icy roads *cough* to try to find a space heater.  target, heb, big lots, home depot and walmart were all sold out.  i guess none of us texans like the cold.  luckily i remembered that i had 2 space heaters, albeit archaic, at the lab and we went and got them.  they worked really well, and after i decided that the decrepit little things wouldnt catch my place on fire, i woke up nice and toasty on saturday.

we didnt do much over the weekend.  we played the new donky kong game on the wii.  i recommend it to anyone, sooo fun.  and it's two players so i let taylor jump on all the bad guys because i have horrible jumping trajectory skills.  on sunday it warmed up and it turned out to be a really pretty day.  i went on a 5-mile run/jog/walk thing.  it made my butt sore, but i liked it and it made me feel totally guiltless about spending the rest of the day on the couch. 

speaking of workouts, i am down 7 pounds!  i am way too excited about it.  week three of dieting/working out and i'm still going strong! i'd like to make it a round 10 before this weekend (we're doing valentine's then, because the real day is a monday..boo) but i dont think that'll happen.  still! i'm surprised i've made it this far, so i decided i want to see how much i can do.

till then, the europe itinerary is still in the works, and i am crocheting a blanket for..somebody.  dont really know who yet.