It's Paradoxical

I have been trying to sleep for the past three hours.  I gave up on my bed and decided to eat some food.  My midnight snack of choice?  chips and salsa.  I look forward to the strange dreams that ensue, if I ever fall asleep.

Earlier today I was watching a movie and fell over sideways and slept for an hour.  Before that I took a nap in a library, and another nap when I got back from the library.  All this nappage would suggest that I need a lot of sleep.  So what did I do when I got tired? I went to bed.  Apparently, that was a bad decision.

It's currently October 31 and that means Halloween.  So, Happy Halloween!  I'll be celebrating by taking a physics test.  Yippee.

Oh, There's the R

I know you're all curious.  Did that keyboard come in today?  Can I type like a normal person again?

Well, the answer is yes, in case you couldn't tell from the picture above.  I'm so excited.  In fact, after I started typing again, it felt weird to hit the R key.  And this new keyboard is awesome.  You probably never realized it but when you get a new computer the keyboard feels kind of frictiony.  And by that I mean its rough but smooth and generally not worn.  That's exactly how this one feels.  Plus there's no marks on the keys from the ones I use most often, and it makes a pretty sweet sound - kind of like the last key board, but I like this sound better.  (mostly because its not coupled with my angry frustration of having to type "ctrl v" all the time. :)

Now, you might be wondering, how did I replace the key board?  Did I go all the way over to India to have them replace it?  No!  That's really far.  But if it was my only excuse to get there, I'd do it.  Anyways, being the tech savvy person I am, I used my genius and deduced the perfect way to replace the key board.  And by genius, I do mean genius.  However, I did get a little help from my friend Internet.  He's quite helpful in most things.  Like what I should make for dinner.  And replacing key boards.

(And by the way, Internet did not tell me to make dinner today, the fajita packet and banana bread mix box told me. And, because I know you're wondering, the banana bread smells delicious.  Too bad you can't smell it...)

I called India

You may remember a post a while back about a missing "r" key on my key board.  Well, I got fed up with it not being there, (that and the key that fell off is now broken) and called India.  There's a button underneath the keys that actually types the letter.  This has stopped working.  Instead of hitting "r" with my index like most normal people type, I hit "Ctrl" with my pinky and "v" with my index.  Its tons of fun.  And by fun, I mean, most annoying and it considerably slows down my typing.

On the high note for today however, despite now being acutely aware of how many "r's" I actually type, I have called India and I have a brand spanking new keyboard due for delivery tomorrow.  Will this fix my "r" problem? Who knows.  I'm not entirely sure what they're sending me but I hope it works, because this whole missing r thing is getting old.

A quick note about the picture above, there are two peanuts in one.  I call that a win!

We found another park

I have been at school since August 20th.  That's roughly 9 weeks.  I have not been home.  I have been to Chicago, but that was for a marathon.  So how do we fix the problem of my parents missing me?  They come to me!  And that's exactly what they did.

They came down Saturday and as there isn't always a whole lot to do in the middle of corn, so we found a park and walked around in it.  The name?  Allerton Park.  So here are some pictures of it.  We were attacked by lady bugs or "Asian Beetles."