This week has been fairly uneventful, especially compared to the last one. After getting back from Phoenix we got through the rest of the week and made it to the weekend. Then slept a lot over the weekend. We also went downtown for our friend John's B'day. It was an interesting time, as going out to dinner with me always is. I know that each chef thinks they are going to be the ones who can make something for me, but really it probably isn't possible to be original with all the restrictions that I have. I try and humor the managers and the chef's, but really when the main spices you can have are salt and pepper, the only thing to change is the ratio. Also on Saturday I made brownies and snickerdoodles. I made the brownies with hazelnut meal and tapioca starch and they turned out really really good.
Friday I played volleyball. We were messing around playing basketball (well, I was showing how poorly I play bball) and a ref was like, "You are in the other gym." The gym was nice and big. We think that big was the key because we were able to serve and get it in since we weren't so cramped. We ended up winning and that was nice. We've got play-offs in a few weeks now.
Sunday we went to a baby shower. Several of our friends are pregnant and so it is about to be baby shower season. This particular shower was interesting because it was co-ed. As Chris said, "You say shower and it immediately implies that I don't need to be there." I had made the brownies for the shower and everyone loved them. Most people couldn't tell they were Carolyn-safe brownies. Maybe I'll figure out how to box them and ship them to people.
This week proves that school has started as I have quizzes in both of my classes. They shouldn't be too bad if I can simply remember the DNA base structures. My biochem TA and I are going to come to terms though soon. It is just this feeling that I have. She doesn't speak English well, and doesn't seem to understand people's questions so that makes it that much more difficult.
Anyway, I suppose I should get to bed. We've got blowing flurries (it would be blowing snow if there were more coming down, but I think we've gotten an inch of snow fall in the past five or six hours). Its just enough to be obnoxious and not really do anything but drift. Hopefully we won't get lots of ice on the walkways. It did warm up over the weekend so a lot of the ice melted, so that was nice. Overall I think things are going well here in Chicago land. We'll see if it holds true when it gets bitter cold again this coming weekend.
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