Vacation Babbles

It's that time again--seminar time! My clinical seminar (or basically the thesis of pharmacy school) I will be presenting in Kalamazoo in early January. So, much like all of September and October, a significant majority of my "spare time" is spent staring blankly at trials involving the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. And no, it's not interesting. >_<

And, much like September and October, I am trying multiple tactics to avoid working on it. One of my favorites you've probably already guessed is updating my beloved blog. O:-)

I spent the past week visiting my lovely sister in Monroe! It was a busy couple days, but we got to go shopping together at multiple craft stores (another money-spending vice for which I have no self-restraint) and play LOTS of old school Nintendo games. In fact, we stayed up until the wee hours almost every night watching me SUCK at Zelda: the Ocarina of Time. And I'm not just being modest, I really do suck. A lot. We also got to have lunch with my Grandma, which was very nice, and I spent lots of time cuddling with her guinea pig. *squee!* One of my favorite things we did was visit her office where she works, which is a historic building in downtown Dundee. I got to see how it looked before it was remodeled and then she gave me a tour and introduced me to her coworkers. And.... then we judged them in the car on the way home. >:-D It was great fun and I was very sad to leave on Friday. :(

For the weekend I visited Mike in Ionia (and if I don't mention him this time he's just going to WHINE ABOUT IT). :P We ended up getting our Save the Dates finished except for about ten which need clarification from grandmothers or other relatives before we send them. I loved how they turned out and I can't wait to start working on the invites as well. We also ended up visiting our friends Nick and Colleen whom I haven't seen in ages. We went to a sushi bar (where I declined sushi and ate regular Chinese food, naturally) and got Colleen's dress ordered. On Sunday evening we ended up making cookies (which turned out delicious) and using every Rubbermaid container Mike owned. I mean geez. That's a lot of cookies.

Monday it was back to Flint again to help the Mom decorate the house, finish up my seminar handout, and take care of some Christmas shopping. I wouldn't be so hard up for cash right now if I didn't love so many people, OMG. The list gets longer every year. ;)