Mostly Sports, But Some Other Things Too

So a lot of my life has been sporting events lately. I feel pretty good about it, but I'm also thinking maybe we should diversify our outings. 

Aaron and I went to the Red Wings game. I was like 95% sure he wasn't going to go if Zack and I didn't go, so I decided I'd be nice and go with him. They don't come to DC often, so you gotta see them while you can. Also, the tickets were only $20! And you can buy tickets up to an hour after the game starts, which seems a little crazy. But anyway, that means tickets go down to like $7 if you're willing to miss the first few minutes. So that's useful if you guys ever find yourself in downtown DC with time to kill.

The game was super close and the Wings came from behind to win! But, I noticed the guys in front of us took a snapchat of me and Aaron, which seemed kinda rude. But then, I'm pretty sure they thought we were on a super bad date. Like no touching; not that much talking; a lot of texting--all the signs of a bad date. Jokes on them though! We'll never date!

We we were Kris Kross for Halloween. We looked like this and I had a lot of vodka gummy worms:

The next weekend we went to the DC United playoff game, which Zack was pretty excited about. The sad news was that DC didn't end up advancing to the next round. It's a weird play off system that doesn't make a ton of sense to me. The sad news is that I was pretty sick at this game and Zack also lost his voice.

After standing in the cold for like 5 hours, we had to go home and then come back out for Samantha's birthday! You guys remember her, right? She just turned 23 because she's a baby. It was really fun! We played cards against humanity, which is apparently a game I can get into, despite not usually liking games, especially card games.

We had to leave the party pretty early because the next day we needed to go to Baltimore for the Raven's game! My boss gave us the tickets because he has seasons tickets, but wasn't able to go. I was a little surprised he gave the tickets to me, Stephanie and Zack, because he sort of has a reputation for being part of the boys club. But I definitely think it helps that Zack and I went to an NFL game by ourselves earlier in the season and that I talk Michigan Football with him.

I'd never been to Baltimore before, and I don't really feel like this trip counted because we just went to like Camden Yards and the football field--no sightseeing or anything. But, I guess I didn't realize how close Baltimore is to DC! I think we're going to try to make another trip out--but probably not until 2015, which is a little crazy to say.

The game was really fun! The Ravens won, we had a really good view, it wasn't that cold, there were a bunch of drunk guys behind us, and even though one of them threw up on himself, none of it got on us! (I'm counting it as a victory, because it was a close call.) But, the drunk men did manage to spill beer on us. So that sort of sucked, but not like I was wearing anything important anyway.

The sad news is, this was not good my health and I spent a lot of last week sick. Even Veterans' Day, which was supposed to be a fun day off.  Instead, I just spent a lot of time sleeping and coughing. Turns out it's an upper respiratory infection! Woooooooooo. It's mostly better now though--yay modern medicine.

#blackoutsparty

Which is good because yesterday I went to the Maryland-MSU game with Mattan and his girlfriend (who actually went to UMD)! It was a great time! So the Big House is amazing and I love it. Let's get that straight. But the thing is, this was so much more convenient than if I had tried to get three non students into the Michigan student section. We just bought the tickets, no validation required. We were able to sneak in two beers to the stadium. I got a free tshirt that says "FEAR THE TURTLE," which I think is an amazing slogan. We sat in the third row at the 10 yard line and had plenty of room to dance. Also, a freshman in front of me bought me hot chocolate for no reason? Maybe she was hitting on me. Maybe she was just super nice? Either way, it was only $4.25 so...I only feel a little bad.
I don't know what my rooting interests should have been, but both teams looked a little ridiculous. So I feel pretty good about us winning next weekend. One weird thing was that Maryland students didn't seem to get that MSU is not the same as Michigan. I guess they'll figure it out next week though. Jeez, get better at Big Ten, Maryland. Everyone else knows the difference. 

Some random things I want you guys to see:. I made fancy brownies and my flowers are doing excellent:

 Also, I have 4/15 law school applications in, so maybe I will actually go to law school. Who knows.

EDIT (11/16/14 8:48 PM): 5/15 law school applications in. Woo.

Yet Another Disease in the CART Family

After a very long day of classes, I finally went to the gym for the first time since last April. The reason for my sudden motivation is my concern over developing "Internal Fat Disease."

This is not what internal fat disease really looks like, but apparently that's what Google Images thinks it is.

As the other members of CART house have discovered over the past two weeks, I can consume a full package of Chips Ahoy in the time it takes Michigan to score a touchdown and beat Notre Dame (8 seconds for those of you who for some crazy reason didn't see the game last weekend). I am now on my fourth package of cookies since we moved in on September 1st. Hence, my concern over "Internal Fat Disease." I may be small on the outside, but my insides are most likely bursting with fat.

X4

Now, while I was at the gym on this monumental day, I invented the BEST WORKOUT IDEA EVER! It's a very simple process:

1) Decide how many minutes you want to spend on the elliptical/treadmill/whatever other machine

2) Divide that number by 3

3) Make a super awesome playlist with the number of songs that is equal to the value you got from your calculation in step 2 (assuming each song is approximately 3 minutes long)

4) Get on the machine and hide the timer

5) Start exercising and begin your playlist

6) When the playlist ends, you are done! You are well on your way to preventing "Internal Fat Disease"

Not a good playlist. Mine was better.

I Learned Something Sad Yesterday

 Yesterday, I woke up in the morning to find that my glands had swollen to the approximately the size of baby hippos. Because this was abnormal, I decided to go to UHS (University Health Services, in case you don't know acronyms) during my break between classes.

UHS is a nice place because it's free, but sometimes it's frustrating. I had an hour and a half break, and hoped that this would be enough time to get myself to see someone who would feel my bulbous glands and then say something like, "Hey, stupid, you just have a cold, so go home," and then I could go to my next class and everything would be happy.

That didn't happen.

Instead, I spent an hour and fifteen minutes waiting, and then the second a doctor looked down my throat, she immediately said, "You have puss on your tonsils." I was kind of offended. That might not be rational, but I was. Then she jabbed my throat with a swab, which was also kind of offensive, but in a different way. She also sent me to the lab to get my blood drawn, which sent me into a panic because it meant that I was going to be late for class, and clearly my health is less important than Asian-American literature. Especially because my professor frequently gives us food at the beginning of class. Last week, we had popcorn and mooncakes. On two separate days, because those don't go together.

Anyways, I ended up being really late for class, but that's not even the sad thing that I learned. The said thing that I learned came when my doctor called me while Rachael and I were watching Teen Mom. The doctor said that they had my results in and told me, "You'll NEVER BELIEVE what the results say!" She said it in a really cheerful voice that falsely lead me to believe something really good had happened. Like maybe they found the cure to cancer in my blood, or something. Instead, I have mono.

Sad mono face

And that's the sad thing that I learned yesterday.