St. Louis, Here I Come...

We leave tomorrow morning at 6AM (blahhh!). We have a vast itinerary, so expect lots of photos next week. Have a good weekend!

Hot Child In the City

Blue and I took a day trip to Hot Springs yesterday. We started off by taking the back roads to get there and stopped at one of our favorite hiking spots in the Quachita National Forest on highway 9. I made Mozart pose for a portrait:

Once we made it to the city, we drove the scenic road through the park and then parked and explored for several hours. We stopped off for some spring water too, of course. Because of the cold, blustery weather we really wanted to get in the hot springs, but we decided that the locals probably wouldn't be very happy about us splashing around in our birthday suits in the public park. We compromised and just stuck our hands in the water to warm up. We took the highway home and stopped off in LR for some yummy Italian food at Bene Vita.

Sigh....

This is the third day we've post-poned our spring break trip because of the rain...and it's still raining. Even if it quits today it's still gonna be too soggy out there for camping for a day or two (and we're running out of time b/c Blue's vaca from work ends Wednesday at 4PM). Super sigh! We might still trek to Memphis, and St. Louis this weekend is still on for sure. Poo on rain!

Happy St. Patty!

I don't know that I'll be participating in any Irish debauchery, but, hey, the day is still young. You never know what might arise.

Well, It looks like I decided to go on spring break a little early in blogger land...

It's just been one of those weeks where its the same old, same old. With my real spring break in mind and looking out my window at this poopy weather and thinking of the poopy weather they are predicting for the next four days...I'm wishing I was here:

I've decided that this summer I want to spend an optimum amount of time in the sun, sand, water, etc. Anyone with me? We need to plan a fun trip...nothing extravagent, just a relaxing summer get-away with a big group of friends (and really do it, not just say we will).

No Mozart, You Can't Sleep with Me!

Uggghhh! When are these gigantisaurus storms at 3 and 4 in the morning going to end?? They are totally messing up my sleep pattern. It doesn't help that Mozart is terrified of bad weather. I woke up the other morning during that first bad storm with his front paws up on the bed attempting to climb in without waking me up. Obviously, he was not successful. Last night (or should I say early morning) he came in hyper-ventilating and wouldn't calm down without a twenty minute petting session. My heart goes out to the guy, but I wish he'd realize that when you're inside the thunder and lighting can't get you.

Anyways, other than the above, the weekend was good. On Friday we had a Jake party when I inadvertently rented two movies starring him (Gyllenhaal that is). We saw Proof and Jarhead...both good. On Saturday I worked, did homework, and made it to LR late in the day to see my family for a while. Then I met up with Kristen and Kat at the Rose for some girl time. It was fun. Sunday was spent on school work. I've totally got next week's spring break in my sights! (Unfortunately the weatherman is saying that it is going to rain on all four days that Blue and I have planned for our mini-vaca. We'll have to see what happens. Stupid weatherman!)

Blurbs

-I'm so glad I finally made it to Survivor night last night. I felt like I was five years old again with all of the delicious kid food that everyone brought. Alas, no Survivor for three weeks though. Poo on basketball!

-I'm finally approaching a state of low stress. I took my physics test yesterday (I don't know that I did well, but, hey, at least its over with. I only have to make a C in the class.). I only have a calculus test separating me from the sweet freedom of spring break!

-My little brother that I love so much flies in from St. Louis today and we'll be home all week on his spring break. I <3 my little bro!

-Speaking of spring break...the results are in. We had our hearts set on Savannah at first. Then we decided it was too far and too expensive for us right now. Then we started planning on going to both eastern Tennessee and Asheville, NC. Blue's been to both of those places though already. Now we're talking about going to a few places around AR that neither of us has been to like the Cossatot river, Eureeka Springs, etc. We'll also make a trip to Memphis somewhere in the mix. Nothing is set in stone at this point though, and, knowing Blue, he'll change his mind last minute and we'll end up in Savannah after all.

-Blue and I are thinking of coming to LR for the day on Saturday and in turn might be up for some hanging out that evening. Yea! I'm so glad the weekend is here!

Spring Break, where are you????

I am fervently longing for spring break. I've got two fabulouso trips in the works. The more definite trip will consist of my mother, sister, me, and Peter's girlfriend flying up to St. Louis for the weekend to visit Peter at Wash U. It will include lots of sight-seeing and shopping. The other trip, which is still under development, is a road trip with Blue and Mo. We're planning on stopping in Memphis and then heading to one of three locations for the remainder of the journey. Help us decide where to go:

Savannah, Georgia (gorgeous, but far away)













Asheville, North Carolina (a little closer, but involves mountainous driving)













Fall Creek Falls National Park in Tennessee (the closest, but may be the least exciting though exciting none the less)

Where should we go on our spring break road trip?
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Physics is Trying to Kill Me! (and other weekend adventures)

This past weekend went by way too fast. The main event was having my baby sister Jillian (she's 15 now, but we all still consider her the baby of the family) spend the night at my house on Saturday. She's been begging me for months and I finally caved. She and Blue and I went out to dinner and then rented The Brothers Grimm (not so good) and Parenthood (one of my favorite movies from the late '80's). Other than that I spent the weekend getting a lot of stuff done so that I have nothing to distract me from the three remaining days I have to study before my second physics test coming up on Thursday.

Physics might just do me in this semester. Why do they even call it physics? It's just a another word for math class. I did not do so well on my first test and I'm having difficulty feeling confident that I'll do well on this second one. It's not that I don't have a good professor. She's totally cool, and she's interested in trying to teach so that we can learn the material. She's not some professor riding the high horse of his Phd whose only interested in impressing the class with his vast knowledge of physics at the cost of everyone's final grade in the class. The problem is that UCA has reduced the semester by two weeks over the past couple years, yet everyone is still trying to teach the same amount of material. Fast paced physics class plus trying to learn Organic chem. two and stay current with what's going on in calculus class = bad combination. Sorry for the rambling. I got to get it out somehow.

Maybe I'll try using this answer on my test.

WHAT is that SMELL?

Oh yeah, it's the stinky Bradford Pear trees. I love Spring, but I'm not able to love it to the fullest extent because of these horrible trees. They smell like rotten cat parts. For those of you who went to UCA, you probably remember that they have them all over campus. That means that I get to smell them at least twice a day. Alas! I'll just have to enjoy the beautiful weather and sunny skies with a clothes pin on my nose.

Just what I needed...

Blue has been battling a cold over the past couple days. Lo and behold, I awoke this morning sounding like a combination between B. Arthur (from Golden Girls) and Darth Vader. My throat is dry and scratchy and my voice is almost non-existent. To top it off my head feels like its floating 2 feet above my body. I just hope I can muster enough brain power to finish studying for my Organic test tomorrow. It's gonna be a beast!
On a side note I found this funny site that makes stuffed microbes. It's called giantmicrobes.com. Ha! Check some of them out below. (And yes, that kid has a mullet...I do not.)

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