TGIF TGIF TGIF

i read a facebook status this morning that said "Good Friday: the ultimate TGIF" so true, right? happy easter weekend everyone, enjoy the long weekend! i wish i didn't have to work tomorrow so i could venture out of town and see more faces, and maybe run around town looking for cadbury eggs with babie annie like last year. i miss that little princess brat. i guess i'll just have to eat some extra cadbury mini eggs here to sooth the pain ;) although, i did just eat grapes and ice cream for lunch so maybe i should back off the sugar for at least one meal...... maybe. i think i need to go work out now.

jellybeans & rainbow color schemes

why do reeses taste so much better when they're in the shape of christmas trees or easter eggs? why did i just eat way too many starburst jellybeans? these are questions i do not have the answer to. but, i do know why i have a tummy ache. stupid delicious little jellybeans. i also know that right now i'm really digging these super bright jellybean colors.

  

yay for bright colors and spring things. sidenote: i would almost cut off my left arm for those coral dolce vita  wedges. 

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Cupcake Machine

i'm sitting in the ag. science lounge room eating lunch right now because my genetics lab got let out early and it was the closest area with open tables and chairs (and i was starving)... i wish you could hear the conversations i'm hearing, for example: "dude, did you memorize all the weed species?" "I wonder if my soy beans are doing well" "i need to review wheat science"... thats right, beans, weeds, wheat science....  where am i? i have entered the twilight zone. or maybe just fargo. maybe i should ask them for tips considering the one time i tried to plant an herb garden in a window box the only thing that didn't die was the cilantro...

meanwhile i'm sitting down here looking at pinterest and reading the women's health blog... they're probably wondering who the blonde in the corner chomping on an apple is. and i'm wishing that apple was a cupcake.... recently sprinkles cupcakes made a cupcake ATM. thats right, you can go to the machine, put in money, and out pops the cupcake of your choice.... do you think i can get on of those for my apartment? actually no... that would be a disaster. but check it out:

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beer margaritas and staying positive.

i love how tulips push through the brown ground in the spring time. like little pops of color in a very often gray season. i did a LOT of homework last weekend... but there comes a point when you can not sit one minute longer starting at your computer screen or the bioremediation article in front of you. on saturday evening i took a deserved break and added a "pop of color" to my otherwise gray weekend. i played lawn games with friends, grilled, and made margs. because sometimes you just need to take a break and have a marg. i'm trying my very hardest to stay positive and remember that i have only about 5 short weeks left of college.... omg, scary. someone give me a job please. until then, sunshine and margs...and that green dress, i love that green dress.

Beer Margaritas

1 can limeade concentrate

1 can (fill the limeade can) of silver tequila

1 can sierra mist

1 can of light beer

mix all ingredients in a pitcher

throw in a few lime wedges 

enjoy! fiesta! 

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drowning

this is going to be an academic/work hell week..... so don't expect to hear from me. i will be locked in a cage (library/work) chugging coffee and trying to keep my head above water and not to pull my hair out.  and probably living on a diet of mini cadbury eggs and cutie clementines. because thats what's in my backpack. so healthy.... aaaahhhhhlsdkfjlskdjfoiweflskdjflakdj. what a mess. i'm trying to listen to Enya to calm myself, i don't think it's working....

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happy weekend

happy weekend! i''ll be working all weekend... but wishing i was here, at the Hotel Ubud Hanging Gardens, Bali, Indonesia. looks like an ok time right? 

salmon

it's funny how writing scientific research papers has the same effect as tylenol pm... i am so groggy today. maybe it's the weather? maybe it's because i'm wearing sweat pants..... trying to hard to be productive, but i think "senioritis"is finally starting to get the best of me. school is just hard right now, and i thought senior year was supposed to be an easy one? HA.

no more complaining. must stay positive... just keep swimming, just keep swimming....

positive things: peanut butter fingers snacks (watch this for an explanation), blankets, my dad's old crew neck sweat shirts, spring showers, aaaaaand foil grill packs.

last nights dinner. salmon, lemon pepper, garlic, a cutie clementine, spinach, and broccoli all bundled up in tin foil and grilled. SO SO GOOD.  plus omega 3s and greens. i should make dinner like this every night, it's really not fancy and it only takes 15 minutes on the grill. nate's was similar, except he had lemon pepper chicken breast, spinach, and a potato (yes, nate chose meat and potatoes over greens and fish... shocking). 

speaking of salmon, great color for spring, am i right?