It was strange to be here on Thanksgiving, when everyone else went about their days as normal and I was stuck in a bit of a haze wondering why mom wasn't making me help cook something. And, while MLK day doesn't really have any traditions in my family, it was weird today, too!
I did get to celebrate a bit today- I handed in the last two essays from last term! It's done! It's my "term one sine die" (for those of you non-legislative folks out there, sine die is what the Washington legislature calls the time when the legislature adjourns- latin for "without day"). It will be nice to 'only' have to concentrate on one term's worth of courses now!
And, in addition to turning those essays in, I picked up an essay I had written for another class from last term. It was the only graded assignment we had, so that grade determined whether we passed or failed the course. No surprise, I passed. But it's good to know! :-) One class down... ;-)
And, to finish this day before inauguration day, I baked cookies! A friend from my course came over to help. Want to guess how many we made? 20? 30? No.... Try 72. Yep, I've got more cookies than I know what to do with. I left a huge ziplock full in the kitchen to share with my hallmates, and I think I'll end up taking some to class on Wednesday.
It's a recipe that my family always makes for Christmas, and I didn't have a chance to make them for Christmas this last year. I decided I needed to bake them for another celebration... and inauguration tomorrow is the perfect excuse!(Note: Yep, those are eggs on my windowsill. I still think it's nuts that people here don't refrigerate eggs. It scares me. That's one element of British culture I won't be adopting... but, since I don't have room on the two tiny shelves of the refrigerator I share, I put them on the chilly windowsill). :-)
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