Week Two: Back to TCU!

Monday: Emily and I enjoyed our last few days together by playing Little Big Planet 2 on the PS3 (one of Emily's Christmas presents). We spend a lot of time decorating our "pod" and dressing our characters in different outfits. The game even lets you control your character's expressions, arms, and body movements. The "sac people" are really cute!

 

Tuesday: I've been working on my guitar skills as one of my new year's resolutions. This time instead of getting bogged down in learning theory and the names of chords and stuff, I'm just diving right in and starting to learn songs. I'm finding this approach much more rewarding and have already completed the chorus to a song, thanks to YouTube and other online lessons



Wednesday: I worked on making my mom a new piece of crayon art for the clinic. This one is super easy and can be found on Pinterest. You just hot glue crayons to a canvas, point a hair dryer at it, and watch the crayons start to melt. I choes to use only green crayons so I can flip it the other way, add some fake flowers and turn it into a cute little garden for the OT handwriting room at the clinic.

Thursday: This was my last night with my family at home for a while so to celebrate we went out to eat at Brio. We also got a couple slices of cheesecake from the cheesecake factory which we took home with us and promptly devoured while sitting in our living room and watching Big Bang Theory. It was a great night.

Friday: Finally, it was time to head back to school. Between bringing up my christmas presents, my winter clothes (which I haven't even needed yet-- it seems like it's stayed in the 50s and 60s for a while now!) and grocery shopping beforehand, I had a lot of stuff to unpack.

Saturday was a big day for me because it was my LAST parade/event in general as a member of the TCU Marching Band. We kicked off the stockshow parade at about 11am. Both my parents made the trip up to snap some pictures and video of the occasion which was great! Then later that night was band formal. It had a casino theme and I had a really good time with my friends playing blackjack and dancing until they finally kicked us off the dancefloor. I got my make up done for the occasion and was honored with a gift from the band staff as well as a really thoughtful and beautiful photo album from my color guard friends signed by everyone on the team. Needless to say, it was really difficult to pick only one picture from today, but these are two of my best band friends Amanda and Cristi before the festivities began :)

Sunday was a lazy day, or at least it should have been until I was rudely awakened at 11am by a rogue fire alarm that would kick me out of the building for 30 min and then procede to flash strobe lights in the building, my room, and even the bathroom for almost two hours before a technician finally arrived on campus to turn it off. To keep myself from going crazy or possibly having a seizure from the flickering lights I went out to enjoy the sunshine and pick up the materials for my new craft project. More on this next week...