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Today has turned out much better than expected. :D (Don't you love it when that happens?)

I woke up feeling kinda crappy, so I lazed around for awhile and caught up on my RSS feeds and the latest episodes of The Guild. But eventually I had to get up and cook... because today was Potluck Day!

One of the cool things about my program is that quite a few of the students are changing careers, and thus they a little bit older and have actual houses. (Craziness!) One such classmate and her husband (also a librarian) hosted us for a potluck. I made a pepper bean salad (three kinds of beans and three kinds of peppers and lots of delicious) that my Mom made the last time I was home, which was a hit.

There was lots of food and drink and socializing. (Yay, I have friends!) Also, I played Nintendo Wii for the very first time tonight. One of the professors came with his family, and his daughters, who were a hoot, taught me how to play tennis. And laughed when despite my intense concentration I missed the ball and spun around in circles, which unfortunately happened a lot. Later, I scored two home runs in baseball, proving that I am, in fact, awesome.

And Ohio State beat Wisconsin today. Go Bucks!

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What a great day! And you did great if all you did was spin around in a circle. There have been tales of Wiimotes taking out lamps and Christmas trees... :)

Luckily I was able to keep the Wiimote firmly in my hand, and if not I had the wrist strap as insurance!

I love surprising!good days. Especially when they involve food.

Also, your salad sounds amazing.

It really was delicious, and I had some left over, so I got to stretch the goodness out for two lunches. Yum!

Yay Wii! I think it's a game system you can actually play! :D

Yeah, I actually did okay! I think the combination of the sports games being conceptually simple and the controls not involving 87 different buttons brought it down to my level. :)

Hehe, I've been playing a lot of Xbox lately. Mostly RPGs though, and I know how much you love those! At least the current one is in space!!!

Does it have vampires?

That sounds like a ton of fun! I miss playing Wii.

It was fun! If I had money and free time, I'd get my own.