Things I Love Thursday

Great classmates - I am so glad Kristen is in my psych class again this quarter. She was one of my favorite people in my intro class in the fall and it has really been enjoyable getting to know her and have someone to eat lunch and chat with.

Aaron - This weekend was rather miserable due to a particularly vicious 36-hour migraine. Aaron wins my friend of the week award for bringing aleve and a back rub with him on Sunday night. 

Long weekends - Luckily it was a 3-day weekend because, if it hadn't been, I wouldn't have had time to get through all of the work I needed to get done. I was very grateful to not only be able to sleep until 1:30 in the afternoon but also to have the entire rest of the day to clean, do homework, and watch Buffy.

Sarah is home - My dear friend, Sarah, is back from her trip to Japan. I got to spend a lovely evening with her and Ivy and more Thai food than we could possibly eat. We had some fantastic iced green tea, a great snuggle putting Ivy to bed, and I'm fairly certain she raided the cutest stationary store in all of Japan to bring me back presents. It's so nice to have her home.

Matcha Kit Kats - She also brought back matcha Kit Kats. You can only buy them in Kyoto and they are absolutely the best candy in the world. So generous of her to share them because I would have eaten the whole bag on the plane home.

Much Ado - Last night my professor, who knows that most of us are huge Whedon fans just like him, put the Much Ado About Nothing trailer up on the projector before class. I am so very excited to get out and see it soon. I'm not normally a fan of modernized Shakespeare but this looks so amazing.

Being a bad ass - Our facilities manager returned from maternity leave this week. While we were catching up and looking at pictures of her brand new daughter, she happened to notice my tattoo and ask me about it. I explained the current tattoo and my plans for a new one on my birthday. As she left the break room she said, "That's super cool. You're a total bad ass." :)

Winning the day - This afternoon, I met with my boss about my performance review again. Explaining that I was disappointed with it and that, even though my job has changed significantly since I started, the fact that I'm still pretty much bottom rung as far as university positions. We discussed what ways my position could be improved and what I would ideally like to be doing. He has promised me to start the campaign for a position upgrade and is going to fight alongside me to get the better position that I deserve. Four years of hard work have finally started to pay off. It will be a battle and there will be plenty of red tape to wade through but it's finally getting started.