I survived the trip to SUNY Purchase! Left about 6:30 a.m. and got back about 5:30 pm... 350+ miles of driving, I'm pooped! Campus was nice, 500 acres, 30 miles away from NYC, dorms ridiculously small (converted 3 room dorm means 3 people in a dorm built for 2), 2 bathroom stalls for about 18 girls. Hmmm... all that for an extra $11K room and board! The food choices were good, not sure which of the meal plans that 11K would include, but Linnea was thrilled that there was a vegetarian cafe which had a lot of really good choices, and was yummy. But, it's a bit secluded for a girl who really wants to be in the big city! And, for her field, it has about a 20-25% acceptance rate (music performance), so she'll see. Costs aren't too bad for an out of state student, about the same here in Mass as in in-state student would be! We'll see how NYU, Fordham, Vassar, and Muhlenburg stack up against this one, and how much money they'll give her IF accepted.
Aly, can't believe you're probably on the airplane by now! Safe flight, and see you soon! My cell phone is still broken, so if call me on Sat. on my house phone if you can!
I'm going to eat leftover pizza and crawl into bed and watch tv... Linnea is going to the football game and the homecoming dance afterwards, and then take her ACT test tomorrow morning. Glad it's not me. Andrew is marching with the band at the football game tonight, but doesn't have any interest in the dance at all. Matt will probably curl up with me, knowing the boy! I'm going to miss those hugs when he decides he's too cool to do that anymore.
Kimmie (and I'm calling you that again because you have a certain lightness to you now!) I'll pm you that recipe tomorrow, I'm too pooped tonight. But maybe you can substitute the cocoa for a different flavor and try the cake that way? Don't want to be responsible for you offing yourself on my cake recipe, the rest of the forum would come after me!
Had a showing today, don't know how it went, cell phone is broken, and evidently so is my email service, just called them and there's "a problem in your area..."
Susan, all I can say is if you put on a grass skirt and a coconut bra, I want a picture!
Love to all, lurking and typing!