remula | Thanksgiving Break!

For all the Americans on my f-list, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! =) I have basically gotten nothing done school-wise during my break which is super unfortunate because this upcoming week is Dead Week, which, if you're not familiar with the term, refers to the last week of class before finals. For some people that means "dying" from all the studying before finals, but for architecture, it's more of "dying" from pulling all-nighters and and finishing projects for our final reviews which always happen on Dead Week. Anyway, the point is, I have a final review on ~~Friday~~ Wednesday (I FAIL AT READING EMAILS!) as well as two presentations to do for my CRP classes that relate to my term papers in those classes (both of which I haven't actually started writing, lol) and I was suppose to work on all these things this week, yet none of it has been done. x_x And now, I am writing this post in lieu of actually working. *sweatdrop* Anyway, recap of the last few days!

THANKSGIVING
Every Thanksgiving we head up to LA to my grandparents' house and this year wasn't any different. XP We got to LA around 10AM or so and basically stayed there all day and finally left to drive home around 9:45PM. Anyway, Thanksgiving is always crazy because we have such a big family and it's, like, a ton of people all crammed into a small house. I mean, my grandparents' house is bigger now since they moved a few years ago (their old place was SO SMALL! This is definitely an upgrade, lol), but it's still small when you consider the amount of people. This year, there was about 30-ish people there, though there were still a few people missing. Anyway, we didn't start eating turkey until, like, 2:30 or 3-ish because we were waiting for people to come still with food. Before that, though, we had a bunch of pre-food, lol, because my grandparents kept offering us stuff! But yeah, we had lots of food, including four turkeys! We are a giant family of eaters, it's true. XP Besides eating, we (the older kids) mostly just sat around on the couch watching TV and chilling, too lazy to actually play much with the younger kids (especially because two of my older cousins were sick). The little ones were just playing around outside most of the time and then there were a group of uncles playing poker and the everyone else was watching TV also.

BLACK FRIDAY
Yesterday we went shopping at the mall, as we usually do on Black Friday, lol. It was just aznearthdragon, my brother, and me because my parents didn't want to go shopping, lol. We went around forever looking at stuff, but, as usual, didn't really get much. We got a robe for my mom and my brother got a football and I bought a cardigan thing and aznearthdragon got some boots. It's kind of ridiculous because I was totally looking for boots (and a jacket), but she was the one who actually got boots. (I'm just too picky when it comes to shoes! ;_;)

SATURDAY
Today we went to Sears Essentials because my parents wanted to buy some sweats there and they were on sale, lol. Anyway, while we were there, aznearthdragon and I decided to go looking at jeans 'cause we were like, "Oh, probably need to buy some skinny jeans to wear with boots!" So we were looking at the jeans and half the time, we kept pulling out the flare kinda jeans because all our jeans are that style, lol. (Also, we haven't gotten new jeans in, like, five years! SO RIDICULOUS!) But yeah, we were trying on jeans in the fitting room (we usually share when we go shopping together because it's just easier than walking out to show each other how things look, you know?) and we were laughing so much because we had the hardest time putting on and taking off the skinny jeans. Basically we failed at finding some jeans we liked and also we are not fans of skinny jeans, but I guess it's a necessary evil of having boots you want to stick your pants in! Anyway, while we were there, I also went to look at the boots and there were some cute ones and I really wanted them because they were on sale, but they didn't have my size! I'm usually a 7 or a 7.5 and I tried on the size 7 ones, but they were a little too tight, so yeah. ;_;

After that, we went to the Costco on Morena Blvd. because aznearthdragon wanted to go to that one since it's the only Costco in SD that has gelato! We got a little lost on the way, but we eventually made it and we all got gelato and it is so awesome! Other Costcos need to get on that! (Especially the one near my house, lol.) Anyway, shopped around at Costco as usual and my dad bought me a watch to replace my old one. ♥

My new watch!
It is really nice and I like it, but the only thing I don't like is the clasp part. =/ It's the kind where you push it on the sides to open the clasp and the clasp is the bendy one that bend over (I am so bad at explaining any I can't remember what they're called at the moment, lol) and I really wish it was like my old watch, where the clasp just clipped around a bar and was really simple. Oh well, other than that, it is awesome. XP

Earlier I was procrastinating some more and looking at boots and I ended up buying those boots I saw at Sears online because there was free shipping. XP Also, there was apparently a $5 discount or something because it was cheaper than buying it at the store. XD

Boots (well, only one is pictured, but whatever) I bought! XD
Apparently the heels on the boots are only two inches (sadness!) but they're really cute and comfortable, so whatever, lol. Yay for shoes! XD

Anyway, besides that, I had a minor freakout earlier today because everyone I was trying to get a ride back to SLO from either left today or they weren't in SD anymore and were leaving from somewhere else! ;_; And I was like, "CRAP CRAP CRAP, AMTRAK WILL SUCK BECAUSE EXPENSIVE AND GOOD TIMES WILL BE SOLD OUT!" but eventually I got a ride from someone, so it's all good. =) It'll be kinda crapped in the car because they already had four other people, but I can deal with that when the alternative is an extra three hours and five times as expensive. XP

Lastly, before I go off to semi-pack and sleep, my professor (studio) sent out an email with the presentation times and OMG, I'm on Friday at 4PM and I'm kinda happy (because at least I'm not on Wednesday -- thank you, roommate for signing me up on Friday) but kinda sad too (because I didn't want to be near the end). At the same time, I'm hoping that because I'm kinda later, less professors will show up? (Hopefully? Maybe?) Because I seriously have done zero work on my thesis this past week and I feel like I will have nothing since the weeks before that I was just doing reseach! Also, I looked at the list and I'm kinda going after people who will probably have a lot more than me! ;_;

This upcoming week will be so busy as I try to get some actual work done on thesis stuff as well as figuring out what I will do for my CRP classes. =( I think I'm gonna try to get CRP presentations figured out tomorrow and Monday and get them out of the way and presented on Tuesday so I can focus on thesis stuff the rest of the week. (Hopefully this plan works out!) I foresee not much sleep happening this week. =(((((

Also, I am such a liar about posting recs, but this week was just a blur (even though I did end up reading a couple of fics while I procrastinated, lol), but obviously this week is way too busy for me to even think about posting recs (let alone reading fics), so probably won't be posting recs until Finals Week. I only have one final and it's not until Thursday, so obviously I will have a lot of down time after this upcoming Friday. XP And then after my final, it will be winter break and then I will read all the fics and probably post a bunch of recs, haha. XP

Okay, sleep time!