12.12 - 12.13.13

12.12.13

• Got up early and worked out for an hour and a half finishing Breaking Bad! It was such a good show.
• Jack was very helpful both in running to the store to get me ingredients for baking, and in helping me clean up the apartment.
• I had friends over for Christmas baking and making Christmas cards, it was so fun!
• Three of them had never been to my apartment before so I got to show them around and show them all the little crafts I've made that I'm proud of, and they liked it.
• I also got to bake a lot - peppermint brownies, red & green M'n'M cookies, chocolate fudgy cookie bars, and spinach sausage loaf!
• And it wasn't too expensive because everyone who came over brought some ingredients.
• Interspersed with baking, we all made Christmas cards. It was so cool to see the very different ideas everyone came up with, and I enjoyed sharing all my craft supplies.
• Eventually everyone left except Rachel, and she and I got to talk one-on-one for a long time while I baked, and it was very pleasant.
• Once she left, I finished watching Love Actually while making more Christmas cards.
• Overall such a Christmas-y, pleasant day!

Some of the Christmas cards I made.

12.13.13

• Got to clean a bunch of gunpowder revolvers at the place where I volunteer. It was kind of therapeutic, so methodical. I like seeing how the guns come apart and go back together.
• Went to help a friend with some of her lab research--basically collecting samples for her to do DNA analysis on. Also methodical, plus she was really grateful for the help. I notice I respond very well to people simply saying "thank you"--makes me want to help all the more.
• Jack and I are about to go on date night to see The Desolation of Smaug, woot woot.

Sherlock, if he were a dragon.