Reaching for Reefs...where have you been?! Sorry everyone...Since my last post, a lot of things have occurred, both socially and school wise. I just finished my LAST CLASS of my MS degree :::Happy dance::::!!! Now I can move on to focusing solely on my thesis and getting out of here!
Halloween was a blast...even though I had to study that weekend for my last final! I went to a friend's party on Friday night, got a little shwasty, flirted hardcore with two guys, but nothing came from it...which was cool! I made the BEST jello shots ever! They are called "Dracula Bites"....Black Cherry Jello with Vanilla Vodka...to die for, literally! It was my first time making shots EVER and I ROCKED IT!!! Oh, I also made some Graveyard Pudding Cake..complete with the Milano Cookie tombstones that read "RIP" in red gel, gummy worms, candy corn fence, and ghosts made out of whipped cream with mini chocolate chips for eyes! Oh and I was so excited, because I got to bob for apples and had the best time out of everyone at getting one! :)
I don't know if I told you this, but I'm obsessed with Halloween...it's my holiday! I go all out, more so than I do for Christmas! When I am settled down with a family, I'm going to be the house on the block that everyone wants to get invited to for the awesome Halloween party...have a room for the kids to have a small party in with all those games we used to play when we were younger, like sticking your hand in covered boxes and guessing that the "brain" was made out of, bobbing for apples, etc! I'm going to have a small haunted house in the backyard for neighbors to enjoy....and I'll hire a baby sitter, so that once it gets late and it's the kids' bedtimes, we can put them downstairs in the finished basement and let them have a sleep over, while the adult party begins!
Anyway, Saturday night I went to Miami and hung out with a few of my optometry friends. We ended up going out to a bar at 1:30am and stayed til 4am! Crazy! Oh...P.S. Guess who I dressed up as?!!! Hermoine...hell yea Harry Potter Dork over here!! :) I had the official robe, the official Hermoine wand, a 3/4 button up white shirt tied as a semi-belly shirt, grey pleated skirt, and black stockings! I was pissed though, because at the bar I kept getting the question "Are you a Naughty School Girl or Teacher?" No No No! Don't you see the wand in my hand DAMN IT!
At this bar in Miami, I had a guy dressed up as a captain (Mr. Captain..Oooo!) come up and ask me that same question (probably the 5th time at least that night)...we got to talking and I found out he's an ocean engineer who went to the school right next to mine and works in the Bahamas. He tries to split his time evenly between there and FL. We talked about how he likes to kiteboard, how he knows how to play the guitar and how I want to learn, etc etc...He ended up asking me to dance, which I did, but sadly our dance rendezvous was cut short because I was being forced to leave. However, he did get my number and we have been texting back and forth, on and off, since that night.....texting....ahh I hate that everything has come down to that by the way! Whatever happened to having awesome phone conversations and actually hearing the person's voice?!
Last weekend I went to a "Zinfest" wine tasting with a few friends...bought 2 bottles of wine, got back to my friend's house (I was house sitting/dog sitting), got in her hottub and drank a half a bottle by myself! Oh bummer....a hot tub and no one to share it with! :( Oh well...I had fun by myself! :) I went to bed and woke up to the cutest dog in the world staring at me with cute puppy eyes as if to say "Good morning!" and "I loved cuddling with you last night!" LOL
This weekend, I hope to continue my classiness by attending a "Tea for the Horses" benefit with high tea, scones, sweets, and wine tasting....how grown up am I?! JK JK Hopefully this weekend will be more eventful so I can give you guys the dirt you want to know and deserve!!!
In the mean time, here's hoping Mr. Captain will be able to fly back from the Bahamas a weekend before Thanksgiving so I can see him before I fly home to spend Thanksgiving with the fam (so excited to be back in RI...it's been too long)! We're supposed to "hang out"....whatever that means....
If I don't talk to you all before Thanksgiving....have a wonderful time! I hope you get to eat yourselves silly and be with all your loved ones....I will be stuffing myself with my mom's mashed potatoes, broccoli and cheese, and cinnamon yam delight! Oh how I LOVE all the side dishes at Thanksgiving (I could actually go without the turkey)!
Until Next Time,
Reaching for Reefs
