Ryan won free tickets to the Valentine's banquet so last night we went off to the Chattanoogan for An Affair to Remember.
We borrowed a top hat from a passerby
Can't you feel the love?
Chris wonders what has driven Jonathan to the brink...
Due to the secrecy surrounding the nature of my banquet dress, this is as much as you'll see...
The guys
On Sabbath afternoon we took a trip to the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.
I've never see anything so amazing inside! It's almost like a dreamworld.
I think I like the Delta area best.
Oh, where is my Ryan. . .
Sometimes you just need a girls' weekend
The current convention of the weekend...
This could be useful. In case you can't find a bathroom, they've got plenty in the ballrooms...
After some shopping, we came back home to scrapbook. What a mess we make!
Carrie and I took a walk on the frozen pond over by the prinicpal's house this morning. This reminds me of my Canada days when we used to go ice skating on random ponds in the great outdoors.
We are ready for some warmer weather! By the time we got back home my face felt like it was freezing off.
Listening to the ice crack as you move around makes you a little nervous but it's a really pretty sound, its almost musical, like the sound of a glass armonica.
Carrie the wanna-be figure skater
On Friday we went with Hollie and Brooks to the Olive Garden to celebrate 3 birthdays: Ryan, Hollie and Brooks. I like the expressions in this picture: I'm frustrated cause Ryan's trying to trick me with a "how many?" game while Hollie gives us the look...
Girlfriends
Saturday night we played Ukrainian Manners (or a lack thereof), a game where you have to write to 100 while somebody is rolling a die, trying to get a 6 or 1 so they can steal your pen and write their numbers. Ryan Heilman won both times...
Stephanie still thinks she has the pen but Ryan's actually writing while Jaclyn rolls the die. Ryan is poised to grab the die once Jaclyn grabs the pen from Ryan.
All's fun and games until somebody's nose gets scratched grabbing the pen!
5:45-7:25 Get ready, breakfast, read/write 1 pg research article review, write 1 pg bibliography (I expect kudos on my procrastinatory (this is not a word, I know) efficiency from my tutors, who know who they are) 7:30-8 Organ practice
8-11 Research
11-11:15 Review in prep for teaching presentation on lung auscultation
11:15-11:45 CK for lunch with Ryan
11:45-2:25 Instructional Evaluation (present aforementioned presentation and critique classmates)
2:25-2:45 Discuss thesis topics with Dean of Nursing and how to teach EKG’s (for when I will be teaching a class in Adult 2 in March)
2:50-3 Walk around church parking lot and stare at sky
3-3:45 Organ lesson: many composers (Mendelssohn, Bach, and Buxtehude) = playing like a multiple personality = highly frustrating but intriguing
3:45-4 Home, bring the trash can up from the road, answer my day’s worth of MSN conversations, read a few e-mails, begin this list
4-4:40 Trip to Wal-Mart (made possible by our new Collegedale Wal-Mart!)
5 Waffle supper (so I have breakfast for the next week)
6-8:30 mainly downtime (HALLELUJAH!)
8:30-10:?? Proof Stephanie's American History paper for McHitler, organize myself for next week, write a thank-you note, discuss paint colors for my apt with my uncle, finish the dishes
10:20+ CRASH and be almost thankful that my schedule tomorrow (and the next day) will include mainly one thing: WORK
*Note to self - things I did not do today: drink water, exercise, and spend more than 5 minutes with devotions but honestly, where was there time?
