Fragmented thoughts

The weather has been consistently cold for a week. It is dark when I wake up and dark when I sit down to eat dinner. I've replaced my wardrobe of tanktops and tees with sweaters and turtlenecks. All of a sudden it's not strange anymore for me to be drinking hot cocoa at work in the afternoons.

I got to hang out with old housemates Sarah and Amanda this weekend and really missed the bond that our whole house (christened "the pirate house") had with each other. We ran into Clint who we met on the Tennessee trip (Kiss My Grits) this summer and I missed our chalet in the Smoky Mountains.

New housemates are fun too, though. Saturday night I had bonding time with Kristen and she, Rob, and I made spinach quiche for our church potluck on Sunday. Later we picked up Sarah and one of Rob's friends and watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith at the dollar movie theater. I'm so glad Ann Arbor has a dollar theater once again.

Back at work now...and they installed a new computer at my desk. I don't know too much by way of computers but I can tell you that this new one looks ugly yet powerful. The keyboard is silver and shiny - very fancy. Gin Blossoms is playing as I'm mourning the fact I'm unable to download AIM or iTunes on my new computer.

The Psych GRE is in just over a month and I'm beginning to feel nervous. I drew up a preliminary list of schools I might look into and I'm at 15. I need to winnow it down to 10. A list of 10 is still long as applications costs anywhere from $60 to $100 so I suppose I better start saving up for it.

I'm actually going to cook when I go home today. I haven't cooked in a week. A beautiful bouquet of roses now sit on my dining room table. Sitting next to the roses is the pile of books I'm currently reading: Why Not Women, Real Sex, Wanting to be Her, The Cross of Christ, Deep Unto Deep. I'm also hoping to start my Tom Clancy book soon.