Seeing Kyle this weekend was really great. I surprised him with a bottle of Chrome. It was cute. I was kicking around the idea of buying it for him because he's been wearing axe and that needs to change. So I went to the mall on Thursday and realized I didn't actually have time to go in, I just had time to drive by and then go to work. So I went back on Friday and went in and decided maybe I wouldn't get it, but then I had the lady spray a card for me and i melted a little bit when I smelled it so I decided to buy it for him. I hid it under my receipt from the toll booth on the seat. I wrote a note for him on the back of the receipt and when he got to the car he went to move it and found the box underneath. He was so adorably surprised by the gift. I love gift-giving like that. It makes me so happy to know that he's happy with what he's got.
He did well at the tournament, 6-0, byed through octs, dropped in quarters to chad and tom in a really close round. It was a good debate. It was also really sweet how well he balances having a girlfriend and kicking ass at debate. As a girl who dates debaters, I think I have a lot of respect for a boy who can do both well.
This week, I had three tests on Tuesday. I'm really expecting an A on all of them. However, I could see my grade on Art History II being a B possibly cos I was bad at memorization. It was just hard trying to remember the information for all three classes on the same day and that meant I didn't spend as much time on Art history as I normally do on art history tests.
Jenny and I went to the Spencer Library today to get books for our upper division art history courses. She's writing her medieval term paper on San Lorenzo and I'm writing my african art paper on Ibeji figures. Specifically, I'm going to write about the artistic qualities of the photographs and plastic dolls used as modern ibeji figures in place of the carved wooden figures while addressing some of the reasons for the change.
Oh, and I looked at graduate programs again today. I think my top two choices are Minnesota and Boston. Northwestern is probably off the list. I need to get my purpose statement finished soon. I was going to do that tonight but now I'm relaxing and enjoying the opportunity to not be motivated for once. I could use a break.
It's nice having a close female friend in my major again. I think I've missed Cara more than I realized. And I like Jenny a lot. I hadn't really realized how awesome she was until we talked in Florence when I was upset once. She's really a wonderful girl.
He did well at the tournament, 6-0, byed through octs, dropped in quarters to chad and tom in a really close round. It was a good debate. It was also really sweet how well he balances having a girlfriend and kicking ass at debate. As a girl who dates debaters, I think I have a lot of respect for a boy who can do both well.
This week, I had three tests on Tuesday. I'm really expecting an A on all of them. However, I could see my grade on Art History II being a B possibly cos I was bad at memorization. It was just hard trying to remember the information for all three classes on the same day and that meant I didn't spend as much time on Art history as I normally do on art history tests.
Jenny and I went to the Spencer Library today to get books for our upper division art history courses. She's writing her medieval term paper on San Lorenzo and I'm writing my african art paper on Ibeji figures. Specifically, I'm going to write about the artistic qualities of the photographs and plastic dolls used as modern ibeji figures in place of the carved wooden figures while addressing some of the reasons for the change.
Oh, and I looked at graduate programs again today. I think my top two choices are Minnesota and Boston. Northwestern is probably off the list. I need to get my purpose statement finished soon. I was going to do that tonight but now I'm relaxing and enjoying the opportunity to not be motivated for once. I could use a break.
It's nice having a close female friend in my major again. I think I've missed Cara more than I realized. And I like Jenny a lot. I hadn't really realized how awesome she was until we talked in Florence when I was upset once. She's really a wonderful girl.