Things that make Me  

• Bargain books at Barnes & Noble. (Totally scored a hard cover copy of Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris for $5.)
• Strawberry Milkshake Oreos.
• Husker football. (Even though the last two games have caused me to wonder if we have any defense, but oh well...)
• Fraggle Rock, Season 3 DVD. (Just because.)
• Fridays.
• Pandora radio. (Accuradio has been cast aside like last year's shoes.)
• Lists.

1. Late suppers at Perrain's are a wonderful thing. (T leaves BR soon.)
2. I  strawberry milk.
3. Summing up my weekend in one word: SLEEP.
4. Bruises take a while to heal on me.
5. This is going to be a  very long week.

1. Tumbled down the bleachers in my high school gym during the "Star Spangled Banner" before a basketball game while still an awkward teenager.
2. Slipped and fell in the middle of the street in Minneapolis, while leading a pack of graduate students I just met at a national conference.
3. Ran into the side of the building where my first office was located at LSU. Why? Because I was trying to avoid stepping on a cockroach.
4. While celebrating my 22nd birthday, I decided that in order to avoid tripping over my own shadow again, I needed to use the side of my apartment building to guide me home. (And keep me upright.)
5. Slipped numerous times on the ice while walking to and from my apartment to work during my first year of grad school at UNL. So many times, that my friends that worked in Campus Recreation kept a running total. As that was the location where I tended to fall.

1. Much like the lovely Lamb Chops song from my youth, I have the cold that never ends.
2. Yesterday ended up being way more productive than originally thought.
3. Cane's is evil.
4. TBS should be renamed to The Family Guy Network.
5. Jobs need to become available in Nebraska. Soon.

And, then, there's the Emmy's. Honestly, I enjoyed the fact that almost none of the 'experts' were correct in their predictions, but still...wow! Apparently the voters were still a bit miffed about The Sopranos finale. (Although I did  The Family Guy opening number!)

I guess, when you are right so often, that it should be expected that you have an off weekend once and awhile, huh?

1. Slept. I mean in 12 to 14 hour increments. And guess what? I am almost 100% healthier than I was on Friday.
2. Finished reading The Well of Lost Plots. I'm taking a Fforde break for a bit. Mainly due to the fact that the 4th book in his series is not available for me to horde at the moment. Darn you bookstore! Have decided to jump on the Meyer bancwagon by starting Twilight. Which I'm quite enjoying. I'm such a lemming.
3. Enjoyed watching College Gameday from afar. The Husker Nation was impressive, as usual. Plus the fact that two of my good friends were there, and I tried to see them...but I didn't. Sigh.
4. Ignored mean texts from non-Husker fans. C'mon. No one should like USC enough to taunt any other team. Honestly. They are quite evil.
5. Talked on the phone a lot. Twas good getting caught up with my Midwestern peeps.

1. Reading a good book/Finishing The Well of Lost Plots.
2. Watching the progress of Humberto on The Weather Channel.
3. Sleeping.
4. Drinking hot beverages, such as cocoa and tea.
5. Resting, so that I can enjoy the weekend.

But, alas, I am in the middle of my busy season at work, and as the only person in a one-person office, taking a sick day is almost a pipe dream.

1. "I just haven't been sleeping well lately."
2. "My sinuses hate me."
3. "Darn pollen/mold count!"
4. "It's nothing. I just stared at the sun yesterday and the sneezing just caught up to me."
5. "I just bought stock in Kleenex."
6. "I've always wondered what would happen if I mixed my allergy medicine with two doses of Airborne."
7. "I'm acting."
8. "I caught whatever they showed on Discovery Health last night."
9. "I'm allergic to meetings/work."
10. "You smell bad."
11. "Who coughed?"
12. "Once you finish said project, you'll feel better."
13. "It's just stress."

1. When I stress, I buy books. Yesterday's purchase, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
2. I chose to buy that book due to the fact that the bookstore didn't have this book, Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde.
3. I mean, honestly, how I am to maintain my OCD-ness without reading all 5 books in the Thursday Next series without that book on hand? (They did have Thursday Next: First Among Sequels, but I chose not to pick that up...yet.)
4. Wanna make a bet on when I will pick up the other two books in the Twilight series? The bookstore had both of them on hand. Does it matter that I haven't read any of them yet? So what if there's a chance I won't like them? It is part of my hoarding nature to collect them all.
5. Other books that may be purchased yet this week include: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story by Christopher Moore, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Pond by Christopher Moore, Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him by Danielle Ganek, The Chess Machine by Robert Lohr, Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking by Aoibheann Sweeney, White Teeth by Zadie Smith. (List subject to change depending on mood, time of day and sales racks.)

1. FYI - The Macaroni Grill changed their menu yesterday.
2. Today is my last meeting free day for the school year. I assume as much, at least.
3. The Glade Intution isn't half bad. For a razor. That was free.
4. I have entirely too many piles of paper in my life.
5. My bedroom is now 100% Goodwill-donation-bag-in-waiting free! Woot!

• Too much sugar intake - darn you Lucky Charms!
• Too much cleaning - darn you chemicals!
• Too much pollen/mold/allergen of some sort in the air - darn you Nature!

• Cleaned the oven.
• Laundry.
• Cut coupons from the paper. (Lots of good ones today.)
• Finished reading Lost in a Good Book. (The Thursday Next series is growing on me.)
• Provided 'advice' to MoSus. (As I'm not a licensed therapist, I speak only in hypotheticals.)
• Finished watching Season 2 of The Muppet Show.
• Cheered the Huskers onto a narrow victory.

1. Friends who can bake. Especially Becky for the yummy strawberry birthday cake and truffles. And Moe & Jules for the delicious oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. (Hence, the reasoning for today's goal.)
2. Friends who lunch. Fried food tastes so much better when eaten amongst friends.
3. Family who call, e-mail, message, etc. It's nice receiving greetings from across the miles.
4. Friends who send flowers. For the third time in my life, I've received flowers on my birthday. Thanks, MoSus!
5. Meetings that get canceled. Especially when they are on your birthday.
6. Books. Just because.
7. Ferrets who cuddle. Both of them were very friendly last night. And not in that way, perv.
8. Home-made strawberry cake. It was so good, it needed to be mentioned twice.
9. Kim Possible marathons. I know, I know, I'm 30. Have no children. I should stop watching The Disney Channel. And stuff. But, that would be admitting I'm old. And I'm not. Yet. 40 is the new old.
10. MySpace and facebook messages. They just make me .
11. Coffee. It's a good thing. How Martha of me.
12. Giggling with my sister over the phone. Who knew that we would eventually get along? Mom was apparently right about something.
13. Husker football. Most of the game was televised last week. The entire game better be televised this Saturday. And, you can bet your bottom dollar that it will be shown next week. (USC game) Go BIG RED!!!

• Renwed my Louisiana driver license
• Worked
• Enjoyed more than a couple truffles
• Drank too much caffeine
• Tolerated a bunch of "how's your last day of youth" comments

1. Lunched & shopped with T. 
2. Bathed & groomed the Jumpin' Husker Ferrets.
3. Finished reading two books. Both from this list.
4. Alphabetized my cds & dvds.
5. Harassmed my loved ones via the telephone.

6:24 - I  Hugh Laurie! (Note to self: Look into finding one of his books...soon.)

Happy Birthday, Em!