Melissa Miles McCarter

Reporting from...go see Maricel and you will see my West Coast doppelganger wax poetically about things such as stocks, Target, and sick days. I was inspired to write in my blogger again today, after seeing this mediawhore reporting from writing online. I talked to my friend Maricel today for awhile, and I told her about my attempt to become *slurp*alcoholic*slurp* last night. You have to remember that Arlington is a semi-dry town, where you can only buy malt beverages instead of wine and liquor. However, I decided I was going to try to adopt a vice and start drinking. So last night I went into 7-Eleven at 2:30 am, plopped down milk, orange juice, a slurpee, and Smirnoff Ice. But the woman, who was looking doubtfully that I was even old enough to drink, told me I was way pass the time people can buy beer (I didn't correct her that I wasn't buying beer, but a malted beverage). She informed me they stopped selling beer at midnight. There went my attempt to start drinking. And now I am back to my non-alcholic wine.

Don't forget Spring Forward

I bought three books: Cuckoo's Egg to give to a student, A Perfect Spy for myself, and Homocide: Life on the Streets to give to a friend. Right now I am listening to the audio book version of this last book--the tv show Homocide is also based on this book. It is so much cooler than NYPD Blue or Law and Order. I bought all these books for seven dollars at a little used bookstore.

I have a bunch of papers to grade this weekend--the semester is almost over and I still don't know what I am doing this summer. But this is the up in the air time of year. I am going back to Houston over Easter Break , but I still don't know how much time I will spend there this summer. But I found out that I will only be teaching one class next semester, and working as a Graduate Research Assistant. I am curious what my schedule might be, and how much time I will spend on campus (maybe I will teach TTH, and then have a really long weekend!).

I think I am going to make the other have of the butternut squash I have--I think I have a Vitamin C deficiency since I have been craving fruit. And yes, I do think of squash as fruit. :)