We are tuesday people.

Wait. What day is it? Tuesday? and Im blogging? WOAH. I know. I know. i dont usually blog at the beginning of the week, but I have had a good monday (shocker) and tuesday, and I feel like sharing my happiness.

1. I turned in my first essay (one of only two major assignments) for my Comp Lit class yesterday, and the paper was comparing Harry Potter and Oedipus. Yes, i spent 2000 words explaining how Harry and Oedipus have similar qualities and therefore are both heroes.

2. Claire and I have become running buddies this semester. I am glad that I found someone who has a similar pace, and we run well together: we push each other to "run strong" and I am the navigator :) So yesterday we had a lovely run, which is always nice and refreshing.

3. I made lamb curry last night for dinner and shared it with kate. My meals are slowly improving. the dinner and chat were both lovely.

4. There is a club in the city centre of Glasgow called Nice and Sleazy, which has an open mic night on Mondays, which apparently is pretty well known (Oliver Wood from Harry Potter sang there a few weeks ago- no i did not see him). Kelsey, one of the girls from UNC goes there every week, so I joined her last night, and this place was anything but sleazy. The open mic night was in a basement area that is lit only by christmas lights lining the ceiling, and the spotlights on a single stool and microphone that are on a stage. The music was excellent- basically anything acoustic just melts my heart. But the manager/mc of the night looked like Corey Smith and had the voice and attitude to match. Kelsey is also a 'regular" (yes im a little jealous) so she knew alot of the regular singers and they would come up and talk to us. It was basically an amazing few hours, and I will definitely be going back next week.

5. The Phillies beat the Yankees last night! Woot :)

6. Today, Claire, Iona, and myself made chocolate chip cookies from scratch! I found the nestle toll house cookie recipe online, which was great except my measuring cup with was pints and mL and not cups and teaspoons. Therefore this recipe required alot of math. But somehow, the three of us figured it out and now have a small mountain of chocolate chip cookies (chocolate chips made out of galaxy bars...yum) sitting in our kitchen. Happy Day.

7. In a few hours, for two pound tuesdays, we are going to see Fantastic Mr Fox. I dont know if I missed the Roald Dahl phenomenon, but apparently his was very popular and an ever present part of Iona and Claire's childhood. I am not going to lie, I am excited about this movie. I know nothing of the plot, but I know the cast is excellent, with people like Meryl Streep, George Clooney (and as iona pointed out- he has such a nice vioce ;) ), Bill Murray, and Owen Wilson.

8. While trying to think of a creative blog title, I came across a good quote from Tuesday's with Morrie- a book that changed my life when I read it many years ago. So decided that a quote from that book would be my title. I also wanted to include the following quote, just because I like it:

"Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won’t be dissatisfied, you won’t be envious, you won’t be longing for somebody else’s things. On the contrary, you’ll be overwhelmed with what comes back." -Morrie

To say the least, i have had a good beginning of the week- and I think it will just keep getting better.

Until my next adventure,
love
Rach :)
xox