5 things that aren't awful

It goes without saying that last week was, objectively, horrible. Bad things always seem to happen on the third week in April.  Can we just cancel it altogether and add in an extra week of summer? It's only fair, since I did have to turn the heat on yesterday...in late April...and that kind of cold is just un-American, really.

Anyway, there are a few things that weren't awful about last week, and they're listed here:

1. Taylor Swift vs. Jackson 5 Mashup

    You might really, really hate pop music. You might hate all music everywhere, and run around kicking puppies in your free time. But no matter who you are - this is addictive.  Was playing it on my phone the other day when a housemate ran in, grabbed my phone, and went, "What is this?" I was like, "Uhhh it's a phone." But she meant the song. So here it is!

2. Pad Thai
    All of it. Spicy and sweet and gluten free.  Marginally healthy, too! (The bean sprouts have to count for something, right?)  I discovered these microwaveable pad thai things at Safeway and I bring them for lunch at work at least a couple times a week.

3. Longer days
     More daylight means I've got more time after work to run errands while it's light out, instead of having to 1) scramble to get everything done before 6:30 or 2) run errands while it's dark, clinging to my pepper spray and hoping the bogeyman doesn't jump out on to the sidewalk.  I joke, but it sucks.  I can't be the only one who noticed the steep decline in campus crime emails ever since we had to "spring forward"...it's not always safe to be a woman after dark. But it's The Funnest to be a girl when it's light out and wear sundresses and run around DC with a little less worry in the back of your mind.

"Derp."

4.  Free Coffee
     Starbucks gave out free coffee last Friday!  I am not a huge coffee drinker, but I really needed some caffeine, and it ended up being a nice little office excursion.  I also discovered that Starbucks has cocoa powder that you can add to any drink.  Since I hate it when my coffee tastes like coffee, you bet I drugged that thing up with cocoa until it was...mocha.  Mocha and yummy.

5. Purple nail polish
      It's on my fingers, and it makes me happy.  Haven't even chipped it yet!  Manis never last long on me (I'm a force of destruction, I guess) but this one is a winner!
    

I'm getting excited for Georgetown Day!  How nice of them to move the keg party to nighttime to accommodate my work schedule - SUPER sweet, you guys!  And there's a faculty and staff wine tasting...it is my goal to have a wine glass in my hand at exactly 5:01 pm.  Cheers to a better week!