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True Story

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Fact : Sometimes I am brainless. Meaning, sometimes I act in ways in which it would seem as though my brain had shut down completely for a few moments. Exhibit A: This evening I went over to the dance majors Christmas party in the Richards Building for a half an hour after work before heading up to the sewing lab. It was great! Yummy food, a white elephant gift exchange, in which I got these lovelies: and door prizes, which consisted of itunes gift cards and yummy cans of hot chocolate. On the very last $10 gift card, I could not believe my ears when they called out "Sarah Porter!" I was excited, that's $10 more towards Christmas music and that's a big deal. After the door prizes were over, I threw away my plate and cup and started to leave. My first brainless move was realizing I had left my purse. As I turned back to get my purse I realized that I had also misplaced the gift card. Somehow in the few minutes it had taken for me to throw everything away and start wa...

Dear Holidays, come quickly!

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Here is what I have been looking forward to the last couple of months: #1--Going to California for Thanksgiving at my fantastic Aunt and Uncle's in Palo Alto . As my dad would say, "Palo Alto is paradise." Plus, these champs will be there this year: And I'm sure we will be eating a lot of this: And it's been confirmed that we will be watching this : And oh how we love the company of Aunt Tee and Uncle Ken! I can't wait to step off the plane and smell California and jump into the car with Aunt Tee ! Then after the craziness of the semester we will take off from this: And then end up here: Auckland, New Zealand With these fine people: Doing some of this: Definitely some of this: And celebrating this!!!: Oh how I love the holidays! All that they represent and celebrate, the good feelings that come from them, the people I get to be with, and the memories that are made! These last two weeks of school have been sooooo slloowwwww and I just can't wait for fal...