I'm famous!!

Well...not very. But the school's photographer took a picture of me at the dog day, and it's on the website. So that's cool.

my buddy Maya

I know I wasn't going to post anything else before finals (which would have been an excellent idea, but....yay procrastination!), but I wanted to brag. Because this morning, when I woke up, I looked at the forecast and said, "Charmaine!! It's going to be super warm today!"
The forecast was high: 38 and low: 34. Which is super warm...for this time of year in this state, but in general, it's not that warm. It's kind of almost freezing, actually. But I'm really proud of myself (and a little terrified) of myself for getting to this point, where I can almost wear a sundress at this temperature. With cardigan and tights. And only if I expend some of my energy throughout the day convincing myself that I'm not actually cold. But still!
It's been a weirdly warm week, actually. It rained on Monday, and I don't think it's gone below freezing for several days.
I am actually in Minnesota, right?
Right??

Today I did a little more Christmas shopping, which was both a good idea (I'll be home crazy soon, and I need to be prepared!) and a terrible idea (finals are crazy soon, and I need to be prepared!). But Charmaine and I went to Midtown Market together, which was great fun and highly productive present-wise. Also there was this:

 

 and THIS:

Also, my dorm is pretty cute. We have all of these cheesy signs everywhere, with "thought-provoking" questions on them. Sometimes I accidentally read them, which is always unfortunate. But I really liked this  person's response.

And on Doty 4, we have a big expanse of blue paper which our RA said we could write on. So I drew a snow man with a scarf, who has since accumulated arms, a hat, sexy eyebrows, and a mustache. I have the best floor.

This really is my last post. Really. Because I need to work.