southwest.

the flight attendant on my flight last night had her own spin on the safety spiel before takeoff. it went something like this:

"good evening. to buckle your seatbelt you do that and to release you do that. if in the case southwest airlines becomes southwest cruise-lines please follow the disco lights on the floor safely out. this is a 4 hour and 35 minute flight, exactly. so ladies and gentlemen that means that this is a no complaining, no whining, drama free flight. thank you, now sit back and enjoy your flight."

i had many an adventure yesterday. one of which included being slightly star-struck. photos and stories coming once i sort out all my thoughts.


p.s.
matchew, i left a box of goodies in one of the closets in your apartment. let me know when you find it.

last hurrah.

my last day working at AU has finally come and gone...and once again the end is a little bittersweet. but its time to go home, i can feel it. if the geese are flying south thats my que to go west.  

i finally finished my project this morning and once i was done i had the biggest sense of accomplishment.

right afterwards marc and sharon picked me up for lunch at daybreak. i'm really gonna miss those two - come visit! =]

i said my goodbyes to the new entrance. and then when to Lula's and Chocolate Cafe with Beatrice and Matt.

tomorrow night i'll be back at home. irv's gonna pick me up from the airport and it's going to be the best/weirdest experience.

i can't wait.

window jumping.

matthew is so sad that i'm leaving. today at work, he threatened to jump out of the window.
no, just kidding. this is the whole ordeal he has to go through each time he wants to close the window.

change pt I.

irv's farewell party was this weekend. he's driving to california as i type this. i've been waiting for this to happen for so long. so how come now it feels like its all happening so fast?

yogurt, noodles and marshmallows.

this past friday night, the plan was to meet up with andrew and matthew for some frozen yogurt. little did we know, the night was going to turn into a mini-eating marathon.

we met up at red mango in downtown naperville. its delicious and they claim its also nutritious. i think i still like pinkberry better though, but only because they give you more toppings.




of course after eating something sweet we wanted something salty. somehow we ended up at noodles & company.

irv and i shared a mediterranean pasta dish called penne rosa. possibly the best pasta dish i've eaten at a restaurant in a very long time.




and our last stop was, once again, for dessert at ethel's chocolate lounge

irv and i shared a wonderful cup of marshmallow hot chocolate. i've never had marshmallow hot chocolate before so i don't have anything to compare it to, but it was pretty good. basically a melted s'more in a cup.




needless to say, good food and good company always makes for good times.

sultan's market.

hands down, the best falafel sandwiches i've ever had are from sultan's market in chicago. i've been back for a month now, and i was finally able to make it over there for dinner tonight.




definitely one of my favorite restaurants in chicago. i'm gonna miss this place.

milking parlor.

the andrews university dairy had their milking parlor open house this past friday. i thought it would be interesting to check out, so i dragged matthew along with me and this is what we found.

"The modern facility’s process is now streamlined, allowing the simultaneous milking of 40 cows three times each day. The milking machines have automatic take-off devices that sense when the milk flow has dropped low enough to remove the machine and stop milking that cow."

the milk then goes into tubes down below the cows and into the basement.

"i am never eating animal products again!" says matthew.



i'm in the middle of reading the book The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter. by Peter singer and Jim Mason.

it is an extremely eye opening book. if you're not sure where your food comes from, i recommend reading this book. who knows, maybe it'll even inspire you to become a vegetarian, or at the very least become more mindful of where your meat comes from. =]

pencils.

today was just one of those days at work....

the network was down so i couldn't do anything. which also meant that ammi couldn't do anything either. so justin turns to her and says, "you weren't hired for this, but...you can sharpen these pencils."

so up to the attic we go. turns out the the sharpener couldn't take the heat and overheated after sharpening one and a half pencils.

p.s.

happy early birthday ammi. =]