...is it really Saturday?

Well, the housing expedition did not go expected. But, it looks like we found something great all the same. Basically, we might get to live in a 3 bedroom apartment, which would be awesome. I'd get to live with Selena (who I live with now and is great) and Maria (who I've gotten to know over the past semester and who is also wonderful). Things are definitely looking up!

Basically, today is the last day of my spring break and I don't know how it flew by so fast. I've had a really good time so far and I'm just not ready for the week to be over with and for school to start back up. However, I am interested to see how the next semester (side note: I basically call the rest of the time after we get back a new semester. I think Tonia and I were talking about it and it just caught on) goes because every time I come back from a long holiday break, something always changes. And, from conversations I've had with a few friends, things are going to be changing a lot. Should be fun!

Speaking of fun... my day today was full of it. My parents took me to Ikea, then out to eat in the West End, and, to top off the greatness, to the Art Museum. My dad, while we were walking around, said that today reminded him of when I was little and we would go on trips to the museums in Houston. Looking back on my childhood (ok and now too when I'm honest), my parents were (are) pretty awesome at fostering creativity. There's one huge example of this that always sticks out in my head as one of the coolest things my parents did for me when I was little: They bought one of those turtle sand boxes for me but, instead of filling it with sand, they put beans and macaroni noodles and little beads in it and would give me empty containers to make instruments with in it. They kept it in our kitchen so I could play while my mom and dad cooked dinner. I later found out that they kept it inside the house because it was one of the only ways to keep me from complaining about not getting to go outside to play. Apparently, my favorite activities as a kid were playing with sidewalk chalk (basically drawing all over our driveway), and going to the pond to feed the ducks with the left over bread from whatever meal we were eating.

I think I'm safe in saying that not much has changed in that aspect of my life.