Why Thursdays are great.

It's about 5:30pm now...and I'm still in my pjs. Excellent. Yep, I don't have a single class on Thursday, which means, I get to stay home and do whatever I darn well please. In other words, I get to stay home and study and read ALL DAY. Now, technically that's not all I did today. I made the stupid mistake of uploading months worth of pictures to facebook last night and so I added captions and tags to all of them this morning. Holy cow, who knew that could take SO LONG?! Then, I spent a nice long time on the computer reading all about research ethics when dealing with human subjects. I can now say that I am certified by the IRB that I have taken the CITI research something-or-other course and that I can now conduct research with the Univeristy of Utah. I don't know what that means either. Actually, the reading was surprisingly interesting. It was about research studies, your right of privacy, informed consent, etc...

Then, I spent pretty much the whole afternoon unpacking the last of the boxes! I'm officially moved in! I left all by books and computer/desk stuff in the boxes the past few weeks, but now I've got myself a nice little office/study area in the basement, just under some windows that let in great natural light. (Which is good because I'm attempting to live without the lights pretty on all day to lower utilities.) I just hope that I don't have to move too soon. Technically the house is on the market. If it sells, I have a month to find a new place. Not ideal, I know, but for those of you who talked to me in the two months prior to finding this place, you know how hard it was to find a place I felt good about and that I could have Riley in. I guess I felt the risk was worth it. I still think it is, but I would die if I had to pack it all up here too soon. That, and I really like my ward. Fingers crossed.

While I'm on the subject, I think I'll include some pictures of the house. I just ran around taking them as is, so excuse the mess.

My new home.

What I could squeeze into a pic of my room. The mess on the bed is what's left of my unpacking this afternoon.

My personal bathroom. Yes, I like Purple.

My happy place: aka my closet. Forgive the mess...it's acutally usually really clean.

This is what I did all afternoon. Now I'm all set to be a perfect little student.

This is where I'm sitting, updating my blog. I have all the cords and everything all over till they finally send our wireless router. Stupid comcast.

My new table! I LOVE it.