Quotes Galore

I have heard different things about how to bring up old memories--Maybe by writing funny moments down and putting them in a jar, and looking through all of them at the end of each year.  I think that I'm going to have to start a daily book of quotes.  I write down "quotes of the day" all the time.  I have quotes from friends, professors, and family scribbled on random pieces of paper and in my notebooks.  I think I'm going to have to designate a journal specifically for favorite quotes and quotes of the day.  Today's quote of the day so far: "Cause it really wouldn't be good if our wedding rings turned into pencils"
Enjoy your Monday! 

Pre-Thankyouday

Well, with Thanksgiving quickly approaching, I'm excited to be heading home for the holiday.  Less than 24 hours now! I haven't been home in a solid month and a half (weaning in preparation for abroad, surely).  I'm so excited to see everyone and to see Emmy! I miss my little pup.  Of course I have a checklist for my home-ly activities.
-Check mushroom log (inoculated with mushrooms in class last year...I'm still trying to see if it grows)
-Prune apple tree
-Get out Christmas Decorations!!
-Get some much needed rest before finals
-Eat some yummy turkey and potatoes and stuffing and pie slash home cooked food in general

It's such a tease! I only get to be home a couple days and will be back for several weeks before I'm actually done.  How mean, Cornell!

Elements!

Chemistry is not as easy as it looks, kids.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not terrible at chemistry, and I do enjoy it. (Especially the labs, they make me feel like such a chemist!) But it does have its difficult moments.  To make up for my complete lack of chemistry brains, I thought that maybe I would instead make use of my memory talents in memorizing The Elements Song.  The song, however, has proven itself to me as being very fast and super difficult to memorize. It also takes substantial warming up or the vocal chords and lips to be able to sing the song as fast as it should be, like in this here video:

I am still intending on memorizing this song.  Give it some time!

Abroad Countdown!

Approximate countdown for England-bound me.

COUNTDOWN WEBSITE

Updates

Hi all!
We will not linger on the fact that I have not blogged in months, but instead skip forward to the part where I hope to be better about it in the future...especially as..I'M GOING ABROAD!
I'm so excited about it, as I've never been out of the country.  I'm studying at a small agriculture focused college in the UK.  Right now I'm really busy as I plan and find an airplane ticket and apply for my visa and such, but I'm sure it will be fully worth it and I look forward to living in another country for a little while.  A friend of mine is abroad right now and keeps an updated blog.  I'm sure that she misses Cornell, but it also sounds like she thinks it's nice to get away from Cornell for a little bit.  I can imagine that will be nice. I do love it here, but this semester has been very busy and stressful...a semester's break from that kind of stress will be greatly appreciated.  So here is my potential to-do list for going abroad:
-Learn how to play Cricket
-Start drinking tea
-Purchase Plane Ticket
-Get Visa
-Ask tons of questions to people that actually know what they're doing when it comes to going abroad.
-Watch more Rugby
-Start saying things like "Bob's your uncle" and "Jolly old chap"