Stained Hands and Wet Shoes...

Hahaha. So today was pretty great, and the day's not even over yet! But I'll start with last night. Last night, a bunch of friends and I went to see Zombieland at the KUC theatre...and IT WAS FREE!!! Ballin'! I thought that I would hate the movie, but as it turns out, it was AWESOME (and I now want to have Woody Harrelson's babies...lol). Then we all went on a drive to find a certain house which will remain anonymous...and we found it and almost got caught. It was pretty hilarious. Then we made a rather entertaining (and somewhat awkward) pit stop at Steak 'n' Shake, which was delisherous.

Today, I went to class as usual because the snow didn't begin 'til about noon. I got out of class two hours early since we were just checking in for lab, so I decided to go downstairs to find Dr. Wright and practice my Gram staining technique. The look on Dr. Wright's face when I told him was adorable! Lol. I don't think he really expected that anyone would want to practice in their free time. As a side tangent, I think that Microbiology makes me feel the way that Sam feels about chemistry. I absolutely love it, and find it fascinating. Like, seriously, I look forward to waking up at 7 AM to go to Micro on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. My calling? Maybe...I think I'll stick to pre-medicine for now, though. :) ANYWAY....So the first time I did a Gram stain, I completely botched it because I left the ethanol on it too long. But I did three different stains this time (one with Staphylococcus epidermidis, one with E. coli, and one with both, for those who were curious...), and they all turned out perfect! Yay!! Then Dr. Wright also let me do a capsule stain, which didn't turn out so great the first time, but was pretty awesome the second time around. Yay for good lab technique! :)

So, I didn't realize how bad the snow had gotten outside until 2:00 PM when I left the lab. Campus had closed down at 1:00, unbeknownst to Sam and I, so the buses had stopped running. I had to walk all the way from one end of campus to the other to get to my car (in near-complete silence, with my ex-boyfriend). Awkward, but not too terribly so. At least the campus was gorgeous and empty, with the exception of the 30 or so guys having a Braveheart-style snowball fight behind the DSB.... :D

I left school and went to Slick Pig to get some cheap, comfort-food-y lunch (which I only paid $2.00 for...bangin'), and on the way home, my car ran out of gas. Luckily, it did so right beside the Shell station and I was able to pull in right at the last second and get some gas. Thanks be to God (and I'm not being flip or sarcastic...) for good timing. So here I sit, at home with the whole family, with physics and organic to study for, warm socks, a robe, and the possibility of a snowball fight, snowcream, and snowman building later. What more could a girl ask for? :)