sometimes i am really domestic.

so i'm studying at the leasing office right now, in their beautiful living room, and i went into the office to pay my rent, and look what came in the mail for me!!!! i ordered it off westlaw a while ago, using my westlaw points, but i'm super excited that it got here! i wasn't even expecting it yet!!!! one le creuset french oven, fo freeeeeee :D

also in my order - a set of nice bamboo cooking utensils. yesssssssssssss. 

it is rainy and gross out today, so i'm thankful to be in here where it is warm and pretty and there's free coffee. i don't plan on moving until i know insider trading, which might take all of eternity... ;)

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happyversary to meeeeeeeee :)

celebrating 3 years with the love of my life today... i feel like a pretty lucky girl :)

also, i quite wish he was here to celebrate WITH me, but we did some of that last weekend and we'll do some more next weekend when he's here for graduation :)

in the meantime, i'll have to be content with my tiffany's love notes ring, and a present i ordered for myself yesterday in anticipation of all the traveling i'll be doing this summer:

Vera Bradley Hanging Organizer in Watercolor

Vera Bradley Mini Hanging Organizer in Watercolor

Not really into Vera anymore, but I saw this pattern and really fell in love with it. I think it is beautiful, and if it came in a dress, I'd be all over that :p Lately, I feel like i'm carrying around soooooo many bottles of pills and stuff that I need a little extra help keeping my stuff organized. Well, you saw the four bottles of stuff I picked up last time I went to the health food store, so you have an idea too.... :p I'm planning to use the mini size one in my carry-on when we're in London this summer, so I'll probably put my makeup, prescription meds, eyeglasses, and some spare contacts in there, and toss things like shampoo/deodorant/lotion/toothpaste into the big one and toss it in my suitcase. I like feeling organized, and maybe it will keep me from overpacking... hah :p

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finals study stash!

after a day of hilarious comments and somewhat unproductive studying with david and susie, susie and i dragged ourselves out to ellwood's so i could pick up some hippie medicine... which in theory i shouldn't need it since i have a prescription for ambien (i'm looking at you, caremark) - but am keeping fingers crossed that it works. i picked up some melatonin and coffea cruda, which are supposed to help with insomnia, phosphoric acid to help with "poor concentration due to overwork," and a mental alertness blend with lots of brainfood and memory enhancers. sorta like herbal adderall, i guess, but we'll see how good it is tomorrow! you may have noticed something there that's not a drug, but a little present to meeeeeeeee. rough week. pacifica candles smell fantastic, so i thought i'd try their perfumes. lotus garden smells AMAZING, and the little roll on bottle is precious. i should probably stop buying perfume for a while, but i love smelling good and i get bored quickly...

also check out my sweet leopard print nails. they're those sally hansen salon effects strips (which are really just strips of polish you peel off the sheet and press on to your nails) and i've had them on for over a week. if i do say so myself, they look pretty great still. it's getting time to take them off because i've got a little bit of growth by the cuticle, but i did my toes at the same time i did my fingers and they're in even better shape. winning.
i'm going to go take the maximum dose of melatonin and hopefully conk out. currently celebrating the idea that i just might be able to sleep more than 2 hours tonight. hallelujah! fingers crossed that i won't be updating at 6am again, or watching the clock roll over to 7 before drifting off to sleep... insomnia has turned me into a useless human being. i wanted to take a final tomorrow but i was so exhausted all day that nothing sunk in. i may be reduced to taking two on monday instead and then my 8 hour one on thursday.
isn't law school fun? :p

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GRRRRRRRRRRR.

this is how i feel right now:

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fixed!

thank goodness for the student health center. and still a big f you to my insurance company!

food porn

the lovely susie is over right now, and in true jen and susie tradition, we made food and took photos. look at our brain food spread!! garlic and herb goat cheese, pepperoni, cucumbers, wheat thins, and townhouse crackers below:

and here you can see everything, including hummus, tortilla and pita chips, and the FANTASTIC red pepper/gorgonzola dip that we whipped up:

you can find the recipe for the red pepper and gorgonzola dip here. it is super easy to whip up! we used half sour cream and half mayo, fresh parsley, and jarred roasted red peppers from the italian food section. it is so fresh tasting and is delicious with cucumber slices :) i also got some cherry tomatoes to dip in it, and i'm sure they'll be super yummy too.

i have been in a terrible mood all day because my insurance company is refusing to let me fill prescriptions in store and wants me to do them by mail order... which would have been fine, if they told me that more than 3 days before i run out of my prescription. instead, i had to find out through my pharmacy, and the sweet pharmacist who has been running interference between me and the insurance company had to tell me. she's wonderful and doing what she can, but even she can't override the system. sucks. big. time. and now i have to take time out of my busy finals studying schedule to go to the doctor to see if i can get a whole new prescription so i can take it directly to cvs and they can stop being such dicks about it. fml.

hanging out with sus is def. cheering me up though (love you snusan!!!) :) :) :)

xx

Chernobyl - 25th anniversary (via BBC).