bounce bounce bounce

school is back up and running heading into my second semester as a graduate student. i love school. at first i thought it would be too hard and maybe i was getting in over my head. somehow i rock at school even when i think that i am clueless. just saying. this semester i am a teacher's assistant for two undergraduate classes, taking methods, behavioral medicine I, colloquium, and three hours of research. its a full time job but i am doing what i love to do so it seems less like "work".

in other news- Brandon had an entire birthday week. his mother made dinner for him on his actual birthday- the 14th which was a wednesday. this was a family affair with his siblings, parents, and grandparents.

i threw a surprise birthday party friday night. i invited his two closest guy friends and their wives and a mutual friend and her boyfriend. six guests, him, his brother, and myself. of course this was an omni affair so i made fajitas. mine were tofu, bell peppers, onion. yum! i also made this neat little graham cracker smore pie thing that i plan on whipping out again when i have a get together. there are not many vegans in memphis so you have to cook the SAD diet. what can ya do? but i will tell ya, no one turns down vegan fudge!! anyway. we had a ridiculous time playing catch phrase. Brandon somehow got a hold of a darth vader mask and wore it for about half of his party. our game got loud and outta control. it was great! needless to say, he had a wonderful time. i had a good time playing hostess/chef and getting to talk more with the wives.
note the darth vader mask to the left of Brandon. he took it off for a second to make Brian make that face. :P