HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLBY!!!

Hi! Just wanted to write a quick update before I aim to have one of my most productive days in a while. Today is Colby's birthday so in attempt to be a fabulous girlfriend, I bought him a piece of cake last night before I left campus, got home and cut a tea-lite up to make it smaller and sang him "Happy Birthday" at midnight, no decibels spared :) The cake ended up being old and stale .. he was cute and ate a few bites anyway, but stopped after about 3 - for any one who really knows Colby, he doesn't pass up anything sweet - so it was terrible. I almost died, but what else could I have done at midnight in Dominica 6 days before my Mini? I have some tricks up my sleeve - so today should be better.

Monday night Colby made a deliiiiiiicious dinner of BBQ porkchops and roasted potatoes and corn - topped off with S'mores for dessert just in time to watch the Steelers get to 3-1 in overtime against the Ravens. We were sitting at our kitchen table, which we moved into our bedroom since we were watching the game on the Slingbox on his computer (since ESPN never works for Monday night games! grrr) and he was like, "This is about as good as a Dominican day can get .. pork chops, tatoes, corn, the Steelers and my girlfriend." *I may have had to prompt him to add in the end, but he did say it :) hahaha It was tons of fun and we were crazy when the Steelers won by a field goal in overtime.

Mini 1 is Monday and I am chugging along. Second semester is crazy. I can't even begin to explain. I am getting there though. We had a quiz in physio yesterday and I missed 1 question only -- because it was a stupid question -- but whatever, not bad! Hopefully things will stay that way :)

Countdown to CA: 2 months and 20 days. Not bad!! We have had clean water and running water for the last few days which has been fabulous. Laura and Mikella got to come home from the hospital. Sam and Andrew are engaged. Meredith got into Grad School at the University of Aukland. Amanda got a fulltime job. Erin is moving into the marketing department at the Ivy. Zach is safe in Ecuador starting his new job. My Nonnie is well enough to write me a letter, which is a lot better than how she was when we had to leave. Everyone seems to be doing well back at home :) Miss you all! Sorry if I didn't write about your exciting "life news" - its early.

Write soon!

Time to get cracking! Pharyngeal arches, nutritional biochemistry and dorsal column medial lemniscus here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woo hoo!

by Marissa ♥