Hey family! I don't have a lot of time, but I'll give you a quick update on what's happened in the last week or so....

Wednesday the main distraction from normal routine was the Major Fair. I went there after I was done with classes and explored all the majors BYU has to offer. Unfortunately, it left me even more confused about my future than I was before. I'll tell you about some of the majors though.... One interesting field that I learned about was information systems, which is pretty much a combination of business and technology - you update business to the technological level required to run in the 21st century. I also looked at a bunch of biology majors, but I'll reserve my judgment on those until I've taken a biology class or two. I think I'm going to try to get an Editing minor, because that would provide a lot of opportunities... I also looked at some of the engineering majors, and that was exciting because Vance was at the mechanical engineering table! I asked him to tell me about mechanical engineering and he said that if something is awesome, mechanical engineers are there. So, it sounds pretty cool, but again, I don't really know enough about the field itself to make judgment yet.

My political science test was supposed to end at 10 pm on Friday, but when I looked online at the testing center on Thursday night, it said that the test ended at noon on Friday instead. So I freaked out and studied like crazy until the early hours of the morning. I got up at seven so that I could be at the testing center at 8, so I could be at class by 11. I'd sent my professor an email asking what the deal was with testing hours the previous night. Just after I finished getting dressed and was about ready to head out the door, an email popped up from a TA in the class, saying that the test really didn't end until 10. I was super-frustrated, but I went back to bed (in my clothes) and slept for a few more hours, which was nice. However, my alarm didn't go off until 10:45, so I was late. Luckily, it was an optional class that day... Oh, and in math we found out that my teacher got engaged! It was exciting, because she's pretty much amazing.

Friday evening I went to take my political science test. I felt like I did pretty well, although there were a few questions that I didn't know. I did get all the map questions right though :) Before and after the test, I was talking to mom and dad, and I'm very jealous that you guys got to go to an October party. Lucky!

Anyway... Saturday was crazy. I got up and went to BYU's lost and found sale, where I found all sorts of treasures. I got a CTR ring for $2 and a watch for $3. However, the most impressive bargain was on the TI-84 plus I bought - FOR THIRTY DOLLARS. I figured that if my calculator broke again, I would be set without having to pay $80 on ebay, and if my calculator holds together, I can sell the calculator to mom and dad for Marta next year! Perfect. That was exciting. Then I went back to my apartment and made homemade applesauce and oatmeal for breakfast (Oh, by the way, oatmeal is amazing if you put a few chocolate chips in right after you put it in the bowl, and stir it around until they're melted...). It's a lot easier to make applesauce then I thought it was, and that's really nice. It does take a long time though. So, that afternoon I studied a bit and then spent a couple of hours looking through the course catalog. I decided to write down the classes I'm interested in taking next semester so I could make a final choice. My list was two pages long. It'll take some whittling... I also looked at majors and minors. I can't decide on a major, but there's all kinds of minors I'd like to do. Maybe I'll just get five minors and my major can be Bachelor's in Jack-of-all-trades.

Saturday night my roommates Ashley, Amy, Kirsi, and I (Madi was at her brother's mission homecoming and Shyler was at her boyfriend's farewell for the weekend) went to Humor U, which is a stand-up comedy group at BYU that does clean, super-funny humor. We had a ton of fun. There were lots of comments about Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, and there were also some great jokes about BYU life - one girl said that she was composing a new type of romantic ballad. One of her proposed titles was "Break my heart and I'll break your face." That's the only one I can remember at the moment, but some of the other ones were even funnier. After the show, we walked back home and decided we wanted to go have some fun. We took a camera and went out to be crazy. First we took pictures with the Brigham Young statue. That was pretty tame, but Ashley had a hard time climbing up on the tall pedestal, which was very funny. Then came the really great part. There's this big square in between the Joseph F. Smith Building and the library, in which there are several little grassy areas with trees dividing the sidewalk. It's a major intersection. We got a newspaper recycling bin from the Joseph F. Smith Building, put Ashley inside, and placed the recycle bin next to the intersection. Amy, Kirsi, and I sat on a bench about 50 yards away from her. When people passed, we would call Ashley on her cell phone, and she would jump up from the recycle bin and scream. We got some fantastic reactions. There was jumping and screaming from everyone, but one guy was the best: he jumped, screamed like a little girl, and blew a whistle. We could barely breathe from laughing so hard and Kirsi actually fell off the bench... We walked around campus taking some more crazy pictures, and then we headed back to our apartment. It was freezing by this point, so we made hot chocolate and put chocolate chips in it. Yum....

On Sunday, we got up and went to church, then came home, ate our assorted dinners, and went to Hall Meeting. While there, I talked with Heidi about doing a Halloween party on the thirtieth (we have a stake party on Halloween). That was pretty much all that was exciting on Sunday, although we had a really good lesson in Relief Society.

Monday I went to weights training an hour early to make up for missing it on my birthday. By the end of two hours, my muscles could barely move. Oh well... I studied for my calculus exam all day, and then went at 8 to actually take the test. Strangely enough the free response questions were easier than the multiple choice - that's never happened to me before. I missed FHE unfortunately, but all they did was take family pictures, which reportedly took only 15 minutes, so not too important.

Tuesday was an exciting and long day. I went to the library in the morning, and then went to devotional, which was the opening for homecoming week. We learned all about Eugene Roberts, to whom homecoming is dedicated. He was amazing. He jump-started the slowly-dying BYU Athletics program, started the whole tradition of ballroom dancing here, began the program which would become Institute, and made Boy Scouts a part of Young Men's. Wow. I saw the BYU marching band for the first time, and it was intense. After the devotional I went to calculus, and we got out early so I got to go get free homecoming lunch in the quad! It was super-exciting. Free food has become such an amazing part of life now. After lunch, I went back to the library and looked up a ton of books for my politics paper, for which the outline is due next week. Then I went to see the TA for my philosophy class. It was my first time going in to see a TA during office hours. We talked about Sophocles and Socrates, and I was really intimidated that this is the guy who grades our tests. I will be studying extensively for my philosophy test this weekend. Anyways, after philosophy was over at 5:15, I went back to the library and then headed over to the law library to look up some books there. I got home at around nine, and I felt so intense for studying so long...

Yesterday I went to all my classes and then came home. The only thing of note that happened during that part of the day is that I forgot my laptop at home, and didn't have any paper, so I was a paper mooch all day. When I got home I did some math homework and ate dinner, and then went grocery shopping. I really enjoy price-comparing. It's super-fun. For example, I got an 11-pound pumpkin for about a dollar, and I found Jonathan apples for 25 cents a pound. Exciting. When I got home I made some easy microwave fudge (again, way easier than I'd thought it would be) because Shyler's boyfriend went to the MTC today and I wanted to make her day a little better. Then I texted Heidi to come over so we could go feed the ducks stale bread and eat fudge. We talked for a long time about school, majors, roommates, etc. Super-fun. I went home, attempted to do some more homework, got stuck, installed Skype so I could video-chat with Amy across the room, and finally went to bed.

This morning I got up, got ready, and went to the library. I did my math homework, headed to class, and came back to the library. Now I need to study some more and eat lunch, so I will talk to you later!

Love you all!!!

Eliza

Crazy week

Hello family! It's been a long time since I've written a real post, so I'm sorry. Hopefully this (very long) post will make up for it.

The last time I really wrote was the third. That morning I got up late because of crazy activities the night before. I watched the afternoon session of General Conference at my dorm and took notes. Then I watched Wolverine with Robert. Once I got home, my roommates and I had (yet another) crazy party....

Sunday morning I got up for General Conference and made kugen! I'm not sure that I agree with Mom that Aunt Brenda's recipe was better - it was good, but the walnut topping wasn't like the one we have at home. I think I'll have to compare the two. I watched the second session as well, and got a ton of ironing done. That evening I ready my BOM study manual for about four hours, and finally went to sleep!

Monday I had to take my BOM test. I went to all of my classes, and then went and studied in the library for a few hours. I got back to my apartment just in time to go to FHE, where we did a video alphabet scavenger hunt, and then I skedaddled on over to the testing center to take my test. It was way more specific than I had been expecting, but I still got a 90, and next time I'll know what to prepare for, so that will be good! Oh, and I also got my Calculus test back that day - I got a 90 there as well, and with the curve that should be a high A-.

Tuesday was pretty average. I slept, ate, went to class, and studied. That evening, I went to walmart with Heidi and we had a mad walmart adventure. I bought egg rolls for dinner on Wednesday and some sweet potatoes so I could make the amazing recipe mom gave me. Yay.

On Wednesday, (my birthday!!!) I woke up late with a low blood sugar, and missed my first class. Ugh. But then I opened my presents and I was SOOO excited! I scarfed down about 12 pieces of baklava off the bat, and then I got down to opening everything else :) I immediately put the little key adornment thing from Levi on my keychain - I love it! It's awesome in and of itself, it makes me feel loved every time I pick up my keys, AND it completes the color scheme of my keychain. The bag of pendants and a bracelet from Tess was amazing. Did you make those yourself, or did you buy them? Either way, they're adorable, and the clasp on the bracelet is so cool. I was excited to get the book, but I figured I probably wouldn't have time to read it for quite some time... It was nice to get the gum and the pencils as well - you don't think that these things are expensive until you're on a college budget! And I'm pretty sure you guys (or Mom, either way) can read my mind, because I was thinking about asking you to send me Burt's Bees, but I never did. The monkey is now hanging on my wall - yesterday Amy thought it was cute, so I made it scream, and the entire apartment fell silent for a minute... The box that Mom left with me was fantastic!!! Mom, I don't even know how you got to be so amazing. I felt kind of silly for not even realizing there must be something in there besides a coat and gloves, since it was so heavy, but I didn't even think about that. The owl cupcakes were such a cute idea, and I loved looking for all of the little hiding things you put in the jacket. Also, the thank you card scheme was quite devious, Mom. Just so the rest of you know, Mom knows me better than I know myself. The beets and artichokes made my life. Actually, EVERYTHING was amazing beyond my grandest expectations. :) And this was just in my first thirty minutes of being awake!

When I got to Book of Mormon, somehow my freshman academy group knew it was my birthday (don't ask me how). I got sung to, and we also sang to my Book of Mormon professor, whose birthday is the eighth. Then he told us that the curve for the test would be at 92, and one of the questions had been graded incorrectly. This means I get a 91/92! Yay. After BOM, instead of going to Calculus, I went to a presentation/speech/lecture/I don't know what it was, given by Asha Hagi Elmi, a woman from Somalia who formed the "Sixth Clan" in Somalia to represent the rights of women. Her efforts have led to tremendous reforms in women's rights in Somalia, and she is amazing. if you'd like to watch the video, go to <http://studyabroad.byu.edu/archive/results.php> and search for "Asha Hagi Elmi". I would really suggest it. I got out of there just in time for English, and then I went to politics. They were pretty normal, but still rose-tinted because I was happy it was my birthday. I went home and got a little bit of studying done before all of my roommates got home and started getting ready for the party.

Okay, before I get into the happy stuff, let me give you a little rant about some of my roommates: Amy and Kirsi did everything, bought everything, and organized everything. They told me I couldn't do the dishes, but then they had to go do homework after the party because they'd been working and helping for so long. Ashley, Shyler, and Madi showed up to eat, did nothing and paid for nothing to prepare, and then Shyler and Madi left (Shyler went to the math lab and Madi went to visit and flirt with a guy friend), calling to ask us to save them dessert. They didn't even help clean up.

Okay, rant over. I was a little ticked about that stuff afterwards, but I'll start at the beginning. Amy and Kirsi went to the Creamery where they got the stuff for stir fry. We all ate together for the first time, and then Madi and Shyler split. (I was just about to tell you about the decorations, but you saw those in the last post...) I went online, responded to the many birthday wishes on facebook, and then Amy had our game ready. This is the game: there is a candy bar wrapped in many layers of newspaper, taped together (it's supposed to be held by duct tape, but we didn't have any, egad). You have two oven mitts, a fork and spoon, and a dice. Whoever rolls a six gets to put on the oven mitts and use the fork and spoon to rip open the package. They have to pass the stuff on to the next person who rolls a six. The objective is to be the first one to get to the candy bar, rip the package open, and put a piece in your mouth. After the game, we frosted the cupcakes and I decorated them to look like owls with the supplies Mom sent me. They were SOO cute! And delicious (evil laugh).... We had a lot of cupcakes, so we took some over to our FHE brothers. On the way back, I decided to call you guys, so I had a lovely long conversation with Luke and others. (Luke, you'd better follow my advice....) I finally went in to bed, and was a little sad and disgruntled to find that nobody had done the dishes, so I did them. Shyler had gone to sleep, leaving the streamers as I told you, and Madi and Ashley were singing and playing in their room. Amy was studying, and Kirsi was studying in the library. Amy and I stayed awake waiting for Kirsi, but she wasn't home by 12:20 and she wasn't answering her phone, so we got a little nervous. I called all the library security and was in the middle of a conversation with the campus police at 12:35 when Amy got a text from her saying that her phone had been on silent but she was almost home. That was an adrenaline-filled end to a long, fun day! But in spite of some people, the rest of you made my birthday fantastic. It was especially wonderful to talk to you on the phone. It made me miss you, but I wasn't as homesick as I'd thought I would be - I think the care package helped. :)

Anyway, moving on to Thursday. I got up, ate some more baklava, went to classes, studied, etc. After calculus, I went to another of the Kennedy Center's International Relations lecture, this one given by Padma Venkataram, from India. She talked about her efforts to extend the system of micro-lending to lepers, and how that has succeeded. She was also pretty awesome. To see her talk, go to the same website I gave above and search for her name. Thursday evening Heidi and I went to see Star Trek, because that was its last day in the dollar theater, and we both wanted to see it. It was AMAZING!!! You guys all need to see it, b/c you'd love it. I want to see it again at Christmas time. Anyway, that was a lot of fun.

But Friday I woke up sick. Ew. My sinuses were clogged and I had a sinus headache. I missed calculus so I could go pick up some sudafed, which made me sincerely and overwhelmingly grateful that I'd just turned eighteen so that I could legally buy sudafed. I set up an appointment at the Student Health Center so I could get some antibiotics prescribed to treat my sinus infection, which had appeared overnight. The two classes I went to on Friday were miserable. I wasn't feeling quite as horrible, because of my gratuitous drug use, but I just couldn't seem to focus. I went home, took a nap, and then went to the doctor. Because I'd had no advance warning, I saw a doctor who I don't go to regularly. Her name was Gretchen Fors, and she was very nice. I told her all of my symptoms, and we couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. I didn't have strep, but I had developed a sinus (and ear) infection out of the blue. Finally we decided to stop trying to figure out what had caused them and just treat them, so I got a prescription and went to Rite-Aid to fill it. (She had stayed past the time when the health center pharmacy closed so that we could try and find what was wrong with me.) I got my prescriptions, more sudafed, and some chicken noodle soup, and then went back to my apartment. I got there just in time to go to my Relief Society Compassionate Service Committee meeting, where I met the people in the committee and found out what my calling actually was. I went home, tried to study, couldn't focus, and went to bed.

Saturday was a little bit better. I slept in, and then chilled all day. I studied a bit, watched a movie, and then got ready to go on a date. I was feeling better after the antibiotics, sudafed, and overwhelming amounts of sleep, which was very nice. We (Robert took me) went to see the play Death of a Salesman, which was very sad but also very good. Then we went to BYU Creamery (They're making ice cream again, in different flavors!!!!!!!) and home. I had fun, but that was only the beginning of the evening... My roommates were bouncing off the walls when I got there, and we decided to watch Bride and Prejudice. It was amazing, and when we finally got to bed we crashed. (Oh, the ones who watched were Kirsi, Amy, Ashley and I). Shyler was staying the night with a friend, and so I could even leave the light on while I put my pajamas on!

Sunday morning I woke up feeling yucky and sick again. I got up, but didn't go to Hall Council or Hall meeting. I went to Sacrament meeting and then headed home with Amy and her younger sister Sarah, who had been visiting for the weekend and had to catch a flight in Salt Lake at 5. (Sarah had been staying with their other sister, so she wasn't over much, and Amy wasn't home much either). I chatted to Tess on google, talked to some of you guys on the phone, and then conked out. I woke up, ate some random food for dinner, and then went with the rest of the compassionate service committee to introduce our committee and our goals to some of the apartments. I got done with that and then came home and did some reading. I went to bed at around 11, but then I couldn't sleep! I was lying in bed until almost two in the morning. It was way fun. I found out that Shyler goes to bed early (thereby forcing me to work in the kitchen) and then calls her boyfriend late at night while I'm asleep (or she thinks I'm asleep). I think one of the questions on the housing survey should be whether you're a light or a heavy sleeper, and one should be about how much you mope. Anyways, just so you guys know I don't actually say this to my roommates, and I only tell you guys because I need to get it out or else explode. So our relationships aren't really as bad as I make them out to be...

Moving on, I woke up yesterday (Monday) and went to my weight training class, where we had to do strength training again. I tied with my old record of benching 75 pounds 7 times, but then later on I stupidly went back and did 20 reps of 45 pounds, so my shoulders are SO sore today. I went to all the rest of my classes and then came home to prepare for our cleaning check. I had to clean the oven, the stove, the bathroom floor, the back entryway, and the kitchen ceiling. That took me about an hour and a half, and then I worked on some math homework. At 7, everyone but Amy and I was still working on cleaning tasks or studying, so we went to FHE alone. :'( It was an amazing fhe. We frosted and wrapped cookies to hand out at the testing center on Wednesday (because we're in the middle of midterms). It was way fun. Then we went back and had our cleaning check. It was at the same time less and more strenuous than I had been expecting, but we passed so it was all good. Our RA Stephanie was accompanied by our Hall Advisor (who provides over several halls) because it was her first cleaning check, so we had a fun time talking to the advisor while Stephanie looked around. I wrote and decorated thank-you cards to Amy and Kirsi (using the supplies from Aunt Geniel for my b-day) and did my math homework. I didn't leave the room and actually went to bed before Shyler (crazy, huh?).

This morning I watched the devotional on BYUTV and made mashed potatoes. Tonight I'm going grocery shopping and attending a study session for my Intro to International Politics midterm, which is Wednesday-Friday. Other future plans include going to a major fair tomorrow and seeing Aunt Geniel and some friends of hers on the 27th, because she's going to come up and see Greg Mortensen (who wrote Three Cups of Tea) speak at a forum. Life is going pretty well right now, although it's a bit stressful. This post may have to hold you for a while, because I have my politics midterm and then my calculus midterm, back-to-back. I will talk to you soon, and I love you!!!!!!

Love, the family's newest 18-year-old,

Eliza

P.S. Mom, could you pass along the recipe for pie crust??? Thanks!

More pictures

Hey guys, I'm really tired so I'll write a summary of the past week tomorrow, but here are some pictures!

This is that Ihop adventure I told you about. At the moment this picture was taken, it was probably between 1 and 1:30 am. Madi is on the left and Kirsi is on the right.

Here's Ashley, Madi, and Kirsi.

This is me and Amy. Amy is probably my favorite roommate, and she is amazing.

Speaking of amazing Amy, she and Kirsi did the setup for my birthday. The papers on the wall say Happy Birthday Eliza and I now have the "Eliza" hanging on my wall in my bedroom. The pumpkins are from Kirsi's family - we also have a row of little pumpkins along our entrance.

Here's me with the decorations. I love my apron :)

This is the room viewed from the other direction. You can't see them very well, but the streamers were hung beautifully. And the balloons - well, later in the night, we all tried sucking helium to make high voices. Only Shyler, Amy, and Madi could do it...

This is my bedroom door, festooned with streamers. Unfortunately, Shyler didn't like them so when I went to bed that evening she'd ripped them down and thrown them on my bed. Oh well.

My birthday party with my roommates was very fun, though. We decorated cupcakes into owls as per the directions that mom gave me. The junior mints that make the eyes had kind of melted and reconstituted in the trunk of my car, so we didn't eat them, but they made cute decorations. The skittles lasted just fine, though. I also discovered that after 24 hours, the oreos get softer and are delicious. The cupcakes were fantastic, and a hit. Thanks, mom!

Amy and I orchestrated this. The owl was hungry, and I guess that mouse just got too close....

Those are the only birthday pictures I have, sorry... This is me the week before my birthday holding up my Smith's card. I've discovered that coupon shopping is very fun and can save you a lot of money! I'm learning which stores have the cheapest things - Buy Low has the best prices on produce, Macey's has the cheapest eggs and cheese, Smith's milk is the cheapest, and so on. It's quite exciting.

Marta requested pictures of the bathroom, so here they are. When you enter the bathroom, the tub-shower is on the right, and we have a cute striped curtain.

I put my stuff in the medicine cabinet on the far right. Don't ask me why nobody else uses it, because I don't know. I do like the extra space though.

The vanity/mirror set is directly ahead of you when you enter the bathroom. This area gets quite congested some mornings, especially Sundays.

Here's the towel rack wher I hang my towel and washcloth. It's on the same wall as the door is, on the left.

This is the left side of the bathroom. Our upright shower is rarely used - only me and one other girl (I don't know which one, b/c we don't shower at the same time) use this shower. You can't see it in this picutre, but we have a blue shower curtain and rod in front of the toilet, which we put there for privacy.

I got this poster at the poster sale in the bookstore. It was the only John Muir picture they had. The quote blow reads: "Sentinel. This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." John Muir

Anyway, I like it.

Here's what I did with my wall after the last set of pictures. It's not quite current, but pretty close. On the strip of tackboard above my bed I pinned a length of green ribbon to add some color. I hung my pictures using thread attached to the tackboard. It's beautiful :)

I love you guys!

Eliza

Crazy happenings

Okay, last time I posted was Tuesday night. On Wednesday, I studied, went to class, went swimming, froze peaches, and took a philosophy test (not all in that order). Thursday I got up, made applesauce (yum!), and went to get a flu shot (yuck!). Then I went to class and came home, where I made mashed potatoes with chives and rosemary-marjoram pork chops to go with my applesauce for dinner. It was amazing. It was Amy's friend Jessica's birthday, and she'd invited some people over, (she also invited me; I wasn't a party-crasher) so we played games, talked, and ate chocolate cake with homemade frosting and BYU Creamery ice cream. (They just started making ice cream again, because they'd been rebuilding the factory)

So that brings us to Friday... That was yesterday.

Friday morning I got up at eight to give Shyler's brother Jarom some insurance information he needed that she'd copied. Then I went back to bed, because 1) I'd stayed up late Thursday night and 2) The flu shot was making me tired. When I finally woke up I did a little bit of homework and went to class. When I got back to the apartment, I studied for a bit, and then we went to the ward Tail Gate party. They had amazing food - the good hotdogs, sesame buns, watermelon, and all the toppings - even J-Dawg's secret sauce! They had homemade root beer too, and it made me nostalgic for Sister Spangler. Jessica (from Thursday night), her friend Shannon (also from Thursday night) and I played volleyball for a while and then we all went back to our apartments. Everyone else went to the football game (We were playing Utah State, and they moved the game to be on a Friday so the football players and fans wouldn't miss priestood session. I just think that is the funniest Utah thing - and cool too.) and I went to the temple. The guy who checked my recommend was Brother McCord, and HE LIVED IN SONORA 2ND FOR 25 YEARS!!!!!!! I didn't get to talk to him for more than about two seconds, but it's amazing! You guys should ask if anyone remembers the McCords in Sonora. Anyway, the temple was a cool experience - I was there for almost 2 hours, but worth it. When I got back, I couldn't find a parking space for about ten minutes, and then I had to take a hike. That made me think I wanted to go for a walk (albeit not in high heels). I decided to walk down to Macey's, because everyone was still at the game. Then Mom called me and said I had to walk with someone. So I went out in the lobby to knock on doors to find someone who wanted to walk to Macey's with me, and there was a girl named Charity who was going down to the Smith Fieldhouse (all the way across campus in the right direction.) I decided to walk down there with her and if there weren't very many people walking around I would just stay at the gym, and use the gym clothes I already have down there. However, the end of the game was pretty much set in stone (we won, of course) so some people had left early to escape the traffic, and there were lots of people walking around. I decided to just walk down and so I went to Macey's and got some groceries. Then I walked back home and my roommates were there!

By this time, it was 11:30. We all, except for Shyler, decided to go down to IHOPs and have a midnight meal. It was packed after the game, so we waited in line for a long time, and then we ate. I had a meal that had eggs, bacon, sausage, and two Swedish crepes with lingonberry syrup and lingonberry obutter. It was delicious. Then they sang a birthday song for someone at another table so we asked our waitress if I could get a birthday song/ice cream if my birthday was in a few days. She said yes, so I got sung to and got ice cream with fudge sauce, which we all shared. Then I used my Starving Student card to get my meal for FREE! It has a buy-one-meal-and-get-one-free-unlimited deal, and so I just piggybacked off of Amy's meal and didn't have to pay a cent! It was amazing. We drove home at 2 and then decided to watch a movie. Amy and I were the only ones to survive to the end, and we were pretty much asleep by the time it finished at four. So then we slept late and here I am! We had a crazy time and I don't know what gave us the idea to stay up so late, but I think we're way more bonded as roommates now, so that's really good. I have to go get ready now, but I love you!!!!!!!

Eliza