I hope you weren't waiting long. I hope this night makes up for time lost

I'm just going to start winning things on the internet. I've decided. so winning powers, come to me.

Also, at some point, I will be starting a "we go out and eat" food blog with my boyfriend. We've talked it to death. We don't have a title, and I think that is what is taking it so long. But believe you me, we go out to eat every weekend at least once, sometimes more than that, and we run the gamut on tastes (aka I try everything and I try to get him to try things for me) so it will be interesting. And we like doing things together, so this should be fun and will help continue to keep our minds working. Don't wanna get too old where we can't remember anything!

Not much else is new. I'm doing pretty well in school, if I do say so myself, and I just need to start filling my days with things. I signed up for a new program, called IN2Books, where I have a student pen pal and I write to them about books that they've chosen for both of us to read. Which is very exciting, for sure, because I love reading and I love kids! And I think the idea is great! If you can show kids that adults want to read and enjoy reading, I think that is some pretty awesome positive publicity for reading of books. And while I've been kind of behind lately, I DO really enjoy reading. I am currently reading two books, just because I got too excited about both of them to start one at once. So I am going to try to get back into reading.

I also am going to start jogging, I think, even though it's freezing and I probably shouldn't be running before my knee. But, I have supportive gym shoes and I want to start being healthy and more active. Since I don't have a job and only go to school two times a week in the evening, I spend a lot of time sitting around at my house. And while I semi-enjoy it (I get lonely a lot, is my only complaint), it is nice to be active and I do like to keep my body in shape. It was much easier in college, since I just went to dance practice and worked out before eating FOR FREE. That's the issue I think. I liked having a gym membership, but I don't like paying for it and I don't know if I can justify paying for it at this juncture. I might in the spring at the Loyola gym, but I'm not positive. So I'll run and stretch and do some exercise videos. Set up a nice little routine. It's not like I sleep in all day, I usually wake up around 7:30-8am, so I keep regular hours as if I were going to work. I just don't want to get out of that habit for when I do eventually work or next school year where I go to a school for 2 and a half days out of the week. So. I like to try to keep my body on a schedule so it's not shocked into something ridiculous.

I also want to plan a trip to Springfield so that Patrick and I can try the chili place that was on Man Vs. Food that my parents went to when we lived there. I mean, I probably went there, but I'm sure I wasn't munching on some chili at age 9 months. Hahahaha. But if I was, it would explain a lot about my life. Because I certainly do love chili.

Anyway. That's the deal for today. I am making stuffed peppers for dinner and Melrose Place comes on. All of these things are very exciting.