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Ohh my goodness. We opened all the windows because they turned off our air, and the breeze is bringing in an enticing aroma from the Dunkin’ Donuts across the street. Dunkin’ Donuts here is like Starbucks in Houston: they’re all 40 feet apart. There are 3 that I can think of off the top of my head that are 5 minutes or less walking distance from my dorm. Ohhh… I’m kind of hungry (No! Bad Sarah!). Allie (roomate 1 of 2)’s mother was in today for parent’s weekend, and she was telling me a college story about how they broke down one night and had heads of lettuce in the middle of the night because they were so hungry. She made it sound like a weird and unusual thing, but really, I really wouldn’t mind some lettuce right about now. 😉 It would leave me better off than a donut would.

So, in spite of the INSANE amounts of work I have (transcribe two solos, prepare an oral presentation for art history that’s 20% of my grade, and learn Oleo in 6 keys), this weekend has been an extremely fabulous one…. Becca came to visit me on Friday! I knew that they were coming, but she and Sean had surprised me and came earlier than I had expected. She even found my school herself! (Mind you this is the girl that gives vague directions and reads maps upside down). We went to the grocery store, and Becca, Jackie, and I made some home cooked… drum roll please… MEXICAN FOOD! Jackie’s from upstate New York, so we didn’t really trust her with anything more than the vegetables ;). Ohhhh… it was soooooo good. I think the previous week I had begun to experience TexMex withdrawals. Seriously. So we cooked for everyone (at the time everyone consisted of Jess, Jackie, Becca, Sean, Rian, Dave, and Myself), and had a jolly old time making ourselves a nice big Mexican Mess. As if the night couldn’t get any better, Laurel and Brad show up with Chris and this guy Jay (who, oddly enough, introduces himself to me as Gertrude), and we end the night, of course, what do you expect from music students, singing like idiots. Woo! Dave and I had already had our 80’s dance fest (we even choreographed our own bit to the Talking Head’s “Psycho Killer”), so it was a nice change of pace.

Saturday night was equally awesome. Alas, Becca and Sean had to leave, but Jess’s friend Ben had flown in from Cali. We had an awesome night as we watched SNL (as it has become the weekly ritual), and Laurel (who is also from Houston) went nuts and made all KINDS of dessert. Before we had been watching some weird movie called “Coffee and Cigarettes”, and the whole movie consisted of mini-scenes over just that, coffee and cigarettes… Inclusive of one with 2 guys from the Wu Tang Clan and Bill Murray, one where Cate Blanchette plays both of the characters, and one with Iggy Pop and Tom Waits.

(We take a minute to acknowledge the chili that has just been brought to me. Chili from Wendy’s, what the hell is that?!?)

And it’s been made official. I’m am a resident of Boston… I bought my first shirt today to christen my residence in Boston.