1. Indo-Chinese food. It’s so not Chinese, but still so delicious.

2. Spending hours browsing through Crossword!

3. Devouring a silly chicklit novel after a really long time. Yay reading for fun.

1. Discovering my old high school poetry and artwork. Oh my, so much teenage angst!

2. Taking a proper look at our new apartment–we’ll be moving in there by the end of my trip (weird, so soon) but it’s a nice flat

3. Day 2 of mild jetlag–crashed on couch for two hours this evening (between 5pm and 7pm again). Oh I love that couch so much. I also love not having any major responsibilities.

4. Helping Ma with her presentation for work–felt useful.

1. Getting my last suitcase from the airport today–thankfully it was only stuck in Delhi, not at O’Hare

2. Mullangi sambar and urulaikarange curry <3 Oh yummy South Indian home food…

3. PAV BHAJI

4. Getting the milder strains of jetlag–functioned perfectly fine through the day, just felt completely drained by 5:30pm.

5. Going to the parlor and getting “groomed”

1. Missing the snowsplosion in Europe and thankfully flying straight from Chicago to Delhi

2. Ample leg room on a 16-hour flight.

3. Sleeeeeeeeep. So much of it.

4. Being HOME! After a year! Nice to know some things just don’t change.

1. Box of Christmas cookies from my boss.

2. HR and my junkfood dinner party in the triple

3. Efficient packing skillz. Win.

So.

Today I love…

1. Finding a fully functional campus bike right outside my dorm, when I was about to walk halfway across campus to meet someone. Yay for bike rides, even short ones.

2. Submitting my research proposal for IRB approval–I can’t quite believe I’ll be doing my own research next semester. Prof M is so fantastic for helping me through this project. Love her.

3. RN’s farewell party and the embarrassing stories he told about everyone in the room

4. La Cabana TCC lunch–om nom nom. Also, really, really, really going to miss LR when she goes off campus next semester!

5. Being DONE with finals!

1. Diwali at Grinnell! Wonderful day, despite not being with family. Diwali dinner was fun + the post-dinner Ravana burning was exciting. Plus B and I celebrated on our own…

2. B and my Outsourced marathon on the night of Diwali

3. B and my shopping trip to Des Moines–lots of new sweaters and full sleeve tops. Winter, here I come!

4. The GRILLE. So much paper writing and work done there.

5. Moving back into my real room–no more bugs, let’s hope.

6. Having all my pre-reg stuff done–a gazillion signatures and forms later, I’m registered for my spring classes! RUS 102 (Beginning Russian II), EDU 221 (Educational Psychology), ENG 225 (Intro to Post Colonial Lit !!!), SOC 390 (Seminar on Social Structures) and PHE 100 (Beginning Yoga).

7. My meeting with Dr. Sandler–Grinnell alum, trustee, and prof of my course on the US healthcare system. He’s so cool! Gotta love alums.

8. The wonderful [2010alums] vid for Grinnell in wake of the not-so-wonderful campus events last week

9. Stargazing with AC! Fun times

1. NaNoWriMo 2010! I’m having so much fun with this. Even though my story itself is terrible, it’s wonderfully fun to just sit and write!

2. ZUMBA. Ohmyword SO MUCH FUN. Crazy intense cardio with ridiculous dancing. Love it.

3. The fireplace lounge. Good napping in comfy couches.

4. Morning productivity! Win!

5. B.

1. My Ma! Happy Birthday, Ma!

2. Learning about international health care systems and what they do well and not so well. Lots to learn!

3. My US Healthcare System short-course prof–very adorable old man!

4. That fabulous cheesecake meets gooey butter cake dessert tonight in the dhall. <3

1. Javanese dance + swing = lots of dancing fun!

2. Regardless of how geeky this sounds: reading up on critical race theory for my SOC theory class–SO COOL. Love it.

3. Being really productive at our SST-295 group presentation planning meeting today. Go, Grinnellians!