There are 8 desks in South Complex, all of which need change made at the beginning of the day and in the afternoon so that we can perform our primary task of giving people change for their twenties so they can give delivery guys tips.

I covered the change run yesterday. I had to carry a large pile of mail to four of the desks (as well as the change) and as I was walking into the courtyard doors of North Case hall, I saw my sister's boyfriend, Bobby. We caught each other's look and he and his friend got up and started walking to intercept me.

He and his friend got on either side of me behind me. "Give me your folders!" Bobby demanded. What was funny about this is that he had no idea I was probably carrying $200 in change in my bag. He wanted the mail.

"You don't want this," I said.

"What's in it?" he asked.

"Health center bills, letters of recommendation for people who want to be Madison professors..."

"I thought the Health center was free."

"Not if you get tests. Those aren't free."

"Okay, give me one of those letters of rec. I'll just white out the other name and put mine."

This can be said for Bobby -- now that he knows who I am, he goes out of his way to say hello, even if saying hello means "mugging" me. This morning, he hops on the counter. "I hear you met my friend Cliff."

I shooed him off the counter -- I would get in trouble if Suzette saw him like that. "I did," I said.

"What were you doing at a Methodist party?" HAHAHAHAHA.

"My roommate's a Methodist. And like, three of my friends turned 21 in like, a week, so there had to be a party."

"I hear you and him are going to split buying."

I shrugged. "Alls I know is that now when I talk about my sisters boyfriend, someone pipes up, 'Yumyum?'"

He stood up straighter, his face drained of color, and he said, "On that note, I'm leaving because they don't know what that means."

I yelled after him, "I know what it means!"

Fact: My mom has a shot glass collection.
Fact: I got my sister a STATE shot glass for graduation. My mom said she was okay with it.
Guess who has the shot glass now?

Laura: mom stole my shotglass.
Kate: Hahaha.
Kate: HAHAHA
Kate: Is it in the cabnient?
Laura: she put it in the display case.
Laura: yeahhhhh.
Kate: *dies*
Kate: I have another one.
Laura: okay good. don't show mom though.
Kate: The one in the display case can be mine then, and you can have the one currently on my desk.
Laura: she might steal that one too.
Laura: why thank you!
Laura: alright, well i have to go clean
Kate: Why did she steal it?
Laura: hahaha cuz she was just looking at it, and then she proceeded to put it in the cabinet
Laura: and i was like "hey thats mine!"
Laura: and she was like "you can't have it until you're 21! or maybe 20."
Kate: How else would you properly measure drinks?
Laura: i don't know.
Kate: Hahahaha.
Laura: i'll have to steal her shot measurer thenn
Laura: when i pack for college
Kate: Heh.
Laura: i'll say she can use my shot glass.
Kate: no, you can have the shotglass on my desk.
Laura: hahaa
Laura: well okay
Kate: No need to cause her to have a stroke.
Laura: and whne i say steal its more like wave in front of her face and be like "oh, well i guess i'll have to take this tehnn..'"



I love that my mom is subversive like that.

Food Blog:

+ Sangria is amazing. I am apparently a master at eyeballing drink mixtures. Sangria recipe: sprite, brandy, fruit (apples, oranges, ice cream cherries), and red wine.

+ I bought a single burner, a 3-quart pan, a cutting board, a spoon, two knives, and a pot holder for my dorm room. Tomorrow for lunch I am going to make chili. YUM.

+ I am really really craving a jacket potato with butter, sour cream, and bacon. Thought about this while I was at Meijer today, but I forgot that I could nuke rather than put a potato in the oven.

+ Meijer has a British Foods section! I kinda cracked up, because it consists of Cadbury biscuits, Jaffa cakes, and PG tips. Unfortunately no decaf PG tips, which were my favorites.

+ I need more recipes. Preferably vegetarian ones, partially b/c I don't want to deal with meat in my dorm room, partially b/c I feel better as a vegetarian. But I also am abusing canned beans. I need more fresh food in my diet. Suggestions, f'list?

Other News:

+ I has a car! The junk needs to be hauled out, the carpets need SERIOUS vacuuming, the bucket seats need replacing, the radio needs presets, but it's now mine for use. Currently it's parked too far away to be tempting on a daily basis, but I seriously grinned all the way from Canton to EL b/c I now had a car.

+ Not only did I buy new running shoes and groceries, but I got lost. I kinda missed the on ramp for the highway I wanted, and got stuck on one way streets. But I made it in the end!

+ My aunts approve of Tim. This means that his maternal aunt approval rating is officially 2 out of 5 aunts. (My mom being one of six girls and one boy.) My grandparents also seem to like him. Well, at least they can converse at length on one of my grandmother's favorite topics: Israel.

+ Sister has graduated. I knew she could do it. (I don't think HS graduation is much of an accomplishment these days...)