tigers

I'm loving that both of my tigers are winning right now. There's nothing more exciting than a college football game. The tailgating, the food, the friends, and the fuuuuuuuuuuuuun. I have oodles and oodles of good memories such as watching grown men play "little sally walker", observing over-served individuals, eating way too much food, dancing like nobody's watching at a tailgate, visiting with friends (or meeting new friends!), and singing along to both the tiger bands play "eye of the tiger". it's just an all around good thing that I've enjoyed for the majority of my life. And now with Clemson as #7 and LSU as #1, I couldn't be happier. needless to say, today is going to be an exciting day with LSU playing Auburn and Clemson playing UNC. 

When I was back home last weekend and we were awaiting the BCS rankings, I kept confusing people because I would refer to both LSU and Clemson as "we". For example, I would say, "So do you think we will be ranked number 1!?" and they would respond, "no you won't be that high up, probably around 7 or 8"

gosh. so confusing.

regardless,

 go {or geaux} tigers

Mystery Cookies.

This morning I received an email from the student receptionist telling me to stop by her office sometime today. I thought nothing of it and simply continued on with other duties of the morning. When I went to calculus, my friends Adele and Kendra were sitting in the back with little packages of cookies that they had picked up from the receptionist. I hurried down and picked mine up. It was a little wax paper package with four cookies inside. The note attached read:

"Dear Kathleen,

Have a WONDERFUL day. You deserve it."

that was it! nothing else but the delicious, homemade chocolate and pecan cookies. COME ON! you've got to be kidding me! We racked our brains all day trying to figure out who this kind stranger was. We went through everyone. WHO WOULD DO THIS FOR US?

I really am trying to just be thankful for this kind gesture, but I can't stand to not know who did this kind deed. Needless to say, I am really grateful for the cookies. Their unexpected appearance into my life brightened my day and made that physics test seem a little bit "not so bad"ish . well kind of.

thank you dear unknown cookie monster

no worries, you won't be unknown for long.

click HERE to see kendra's take on the situation.

adventures of the poptart

I gave in. Yes, I let down my guards, and was ambushed by an enemy. 

Everyday, I go into the kitchen and decide what I want to eat for breakfast. After looking around for a while, I notice the poptarts off to the side. First, I reject any thoughts raising the possibility of allowing myself to eat such an unhealthy breakfast. How am I supposed to maintain complete brain activity with that useless garbage (I mean I already have trouble doing that...)!? As I keep looking around, the poptart becomes a more appealing option. Grits? no. Cereal? nah. Eggs? too messy. Pancakes? too difficult. Toast? I don't feel like getting the toaster out.

all these thoughts rush through my mind. 

then the poptarts speak to me 

most of the time it ends here. but every now and then (like today) the poptart wins...

then I am defeated by the poptart.

and I'm left feeling lost and insecure

and slightly nauseated.