I was cleaning out my suit case this morning and I found something weird.  Granted, this happens every time.  I found rocks in my suit case once, there’s always tags hanging from the thing from prior trips when I’ve flown, or taken the train (my preference, no doubt), but this time I found something I wanted to eat!  Granted, I didn’t eat it, but I wanted to.  Chocolate is chocolate, even if it’s 2 1/2 years old… okay, okay, maybe not.   So what was it?  Three of those chocolates that are shaped like gold coins, with the gold foiling.  They still smelled like chocolate, but when I opened one of them up, they were all white and chalky.

Let me reiterate, on a final note, I didn’t eat them.  I tossed them in the trash can in the bathroom where Anakin wouldn’t get them.  Along this thread, I’ve begun packing my things for my trip.  I need to get my behind in gear, too, because I have to leave at 4:15 a.m. on Friday morning, but I have a heck of a lot of stuff going on before now and then, including a two classes, a paper, and a mid-term — which is going to be frightening and which I’m very worried about.  Of course, before I can write a paper for tomorrow nights class, I have to finish reading the book.  I also have to go grocery shopping so Matt can eat while I’m gone and and do some laundry.  Gah, so much to do and so little time to prepare.

Hmm, wonder if I can get those gold coin candies at Wal-Mart at this time of the year?  Probably not, huh?  Ah well.

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If you’ve been reading this blog, or Pretty Pessimist, then you’re probably aware that Matt and I have been living in a tiny little town in Central Texas for about the last 5 1/2 years.  You may also know that while I have moments of happiness here, where I’m comfortable living in such a small town, I also generally don’t like it.  I’m a city girl, I prefer to live in a big city, in an apartment (we currently live in a house, of sorts), and have all the amenities of city apartment living at my beck and call.  There’s just so much lacking in small town living.

For instance, when we lived in Waco, if we wanted something we could go out and get it.  Want a new computer, go to Best Buy or Circuit City or need new clothes, go to Lane Bryant.  Here, we have none of that.  If I want or need something, I have to either order it online or go to Waco to get it and Waco is a 90 mile drive.  I hate that.  I like being able to go out and get what I need or want without any trouble.  I mean, we do have Staples, Radio Shack, and Wal-Mart, but it’s not the same.  Staples is too expensive, Radio Shack is LOL, and Wal-Mart is… well, Wal-Mart.  It irks me to no end.

I’ll just be so glad when we can move back to civilization.  I have two years of graduate school to go, beginning this Fall, and then we’re off to California to where civilization occurs regularly.  I simply cannot wait!

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I got an email this morning advertising photo graduation announcements by Pear Tree.  Like a sucker, I clicked on it and instantly wished that I’d gotten this email before I graduated!  All the graduation announcements through Jostens are traditional, with the school’s seal, but these are fun!!  I honestly think I still get stuff like this, along with the congrats packages in the mail, because I just graduated.  People get confused about pending graduation vs. already graduated, clearly, but sometimes I’m glad anyway because otherwise I wouldn’t see cute things like this.

I guess I do still have a graduation coming, even if it won’t be coming for another 2 1/2 years or so… maybe I’ll look into getting them when I graduate with my MA!   Assuming, of course, that I remember, which is always a problem for me.  Oh, and did I mention that they’re actually cheaper than the traditional ones?  Yeah, very cute and cost effective!!

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