We’re Still Alive

Things have been relatively normal around here for the past month or so (can you believe that?) so we haven’t had much to blog about.  After several nights of willing ourselves to stay up past 8pm, and doing this around 7: we overcame the jetlag and moved on with life.  The most exciting thing that’s happened has probably been the time I accidentally knocked the shower curtain down and it took everyone in our suite to get the darn thing up again. 

The semester is flying by and the 100 days until graduation mark has come and gone.  We’re dealing with the impending separation like true adults- pretending it’s not happening and attempting to never talk about it.  Denial is working for us for the time being.

This past weekend Gretchen and I each had separate adventures- me in Pittsburgh and Gretch at home.  Keeping with the “being adults” theme, I got my ears pierced (I may have panicked slightly before it actually happened…) and she risked her life ice climbing.  I think it’s clear who the more adventurous roomie is. (ME.) 😉

We’ll part ways again in a few hours for ‘spring break’ so who knows what shenanigans will go down.  Hopefully we’ll have much more to post when we get back.

Jet lagggg (and the fun it brings)

As MG said, we’re home, but I’m not sure if our bodies know that yet. We have been catching up on sleep pretty well, but our Neurobiology night class on Monday was pretty rough for both of us. At 8pm (which felt like 2:00am), we were learning about glial cells and myelin sheaths. Yeah, the nerve endings in our brains were not picking that up. After yawning our way through we collapsed before 11pm. There is a positive to this though… MG has miraculously become a morning person just like me! I am quite aware that this will not last, but it’s been nice to have her awake in the morning with me. I suppose that’s a little selfish, but true. We have also said some pretty ridiculous things to each other in our sleepy states. I would give you an example, but honestly I just can’t remember any at the moment. Oh well. One thing I do remember (due to photo evidence) is the that MG and I had the most delicious frappuccinos from the airport Starbucks:

I’m sure you can see our our happiness despite the jet lag. Well, the semester is now in full swing! Hopefully we can catch up with it soon.