Friday Five, Sort Of / Instalife

1. Wells and I carved jack o'lanterns last week, and I made mine into a cat! I used the pumpkin guts to make muffins, and I'm definitely into the idea of cooking and using pumpkin, it was pretty cool. We had to throw out the pumpkins after a few days though because they were rotting.

2. I printed out some Halloween pennants and pictures to use to decorate our apartment; these were some of my favorites.

3. I went home last weekend, and got this shot of the sunset on my drive back through Western Maryland. I miss those mountains.

4. This week was homecoming week here at the University of Maryland, and I answered 6 UMD trivia questions correctly and got this little stress turtle as my prize!

5. I seriously need to get back into my study grind for this semester. I haven't been taking school as seriously as I should (which contradicts my previous post about how important my grades are to me, I know) and I really need to get my ass in gear if I want to get my ideal grades.

6. I bought some Christmas lights at Target the other night and hung them up in my room. Something about the bulbs kind of messes with my vision, but I don't care because they make my room look cool anyway.

7. The other night at a party a few floors above mine in my apartment building, I ended up holding a snake. I think it was a ball python. It was pretty cool until it started going up underneath my collar, basically encircling my neck. That's when I started to freak out a bit.

8. Wells and I went to the homecoming men's soccer game tonight. We ended up standing in the freezing cold rain for an hour before leaving at the half, and on our way back through campus we both stopped on the sidewalk when we found The Biggest Leaf We've Ever Seen! So I picked it up and carried it back on the bus, through the pizza place where we got dinner, and up to our apartment, where it is now pinned to the wall.

9. This week was tough. I was upset and pretty exhausted by the end. Tests, difficult homework, and freezing cold torrential downpours. All in all though, life isn't bad!