I'm too forgetful and keep losing my post-its :(

Disregard most of this post, I just feel like listing all of the things I need to do to give me some focus.  It's the home stretch of the semester and always the time that I get fed up and fall short.  I do NOT want to do that this time!  Endurance!

Unfortunately, my random autoimmune problems have now decided to make themselves known once more.  Great.  At least my food is now digesting! (knock on wood!)

This semester:

Japanese:

1. Homework x 6
2. Quiz x 5
3. Exam x 2

Immunogenetics:

1. Exam 3
2. Final Exam
3. Read  around 1,000 pages of "supplemental" material

Calculus

1. Final Exam
2. Homework x 10
3. Learn trig substitution

Chemistry:

1. Homework x 3
2. Exam 4
3. Final Exam
4. Attempt to learn everything I was supposed to have learned in this whole semester in a hail mary attempt at making a decent grade.

This is not an exhaustive list, but really, it's not necessary to put "read pages blah blah blah" as it's own separate thing.   This is a lot of work.  I'm pretending that I'll get a lot of work done over Thanksgiving, but that's such bullshit.  I'll be lucky if I'm able to study for the quiz that I have the Monday after the holiday, never mind all this other junk!

The snooty gay manager at Panera burned the cookies today and for some reason I feel really vindicated by that.  Like "hah! So what if you judge my fashion sense and physical appearance!  I can at least not burn cookies!".  I spend way too much time here.

Why am I not knitting something?!

I am a domestic ninja.

I at least FEEL like a domestic ninja. I'm making roast chicken, spiced apples, and honey ginger glazed carrots for Brooks and me and the total cost of cooking it myself versus purchasing this meal at a restaurant is staggeringly low in comparison.  And I buy good ingredients!  If I wanted to I could save even more money by getting groceries at Wal-Mart or some other non-Whole Foods store.

Seriously. This whole meal is around 4 dollars a plate.  If I'd wanted to order this from a restaurant it would cost me at LEAST 12 dollars.  The only difference?  Personal effort.  I must admit, after doing 14 hours of schoolwork (or more) on any given day, the LAST thing I want to do is cook.  Often I just eat bananas or celery or something else that can be eaten raw. However, cooking can save me so much money and lead to me eating balanced meals.

I can make homemade CULTURED butter for 75 cents per 1/2 cup!  Retail price for that is 3 dollars per half cup or more.  Again: I have to actually take the 20 minutes to MAKE butter.

I'm knitting a variety of scarves, hats, and plushies for my friends and family for Christmas.  Every year I make and old-fashioned clove-apple air freshener and it lasts for YEARS.  I really enjoy domestic activities and I'm pretty good at them.

I just wish that being domestically inclined were more socially acceptable.  Or rather, I wish that preferring to do household work than money-making work were more socially acceptable.  Not that I have a great love of cleaning house, but I think it's actually IMPORTANT to do those things to take care of my family.  When I'm married and have kids I think it's just as important to make sure my family is well-fed and that the household is running smoothly as to have a paycheck coming in.  If it's financially feasible I would PREFER to stay home and make sure that shit gets done!  Maybe not forever, but at least while I have small children.  I don't want the whole 'Mom gets home from work, is too exhausted to cook, it's McDonald's for dinner again' scenario to strike my family.