A Blogging Hiatus Recap

So, dear friends, I've been away for awhile. I've had some mishaps, some adventures, and accomplished a few things. Let me show you a few:

Celebration: I toasted to the New Year with a good looking young man...
Happy surprise: I found a vending machine that serves all kind of addictions...nicotine, chocolate...

Industriousness: I found time to bake, and learned to cook a few new things (my own version chicken chili, homemade chicken pot pie, apple crisp, and macadamia and chocolate chip cookies all went in the 'win' column)...
Stranded: I was officially the last one living on Farwell Avenue to realize it's one giant tow-away zome during snow emergencies. It turned into a ghost town, and I got my car stuck in the snow twice trying to trek out to my dad's house (with it's sweet promise of a garage and plowed drive-way)...

Relief: The first of what is hopefully many acceptance letters to a Ph.D. program, so that I can fulfill my goal of becoming a professor and academically stressing out the--ahem--future leaders of tomorrow...

Chopstix

This is very consciously a shout-out and shameless plug for the Chinese take-out place on Farwell Ave., Chopstix. I'm not sure if they're under new management, or have a new cook, but the last two times I've ordered from them the food was ridiculously fresh, delicious, and generously portioned (I was totally sold when I saw they gave me an extra crab rangoon). Deliciousness.

Well...what do you expect? It's winter in Wisconsin.

It only looks like this 7 months out of the year around here. I'm kidding. Mostly.