Shopping and sunburns

Today I actually got up when Leo did and walked him to the door. Which meant I was up and at 'em by 7am. Made some pretty awesome vanilla cinnamon pancakes, showered, and headed downtown for some gift shopping.

I fail at bus systems. I was sitting in the front (reserved for elderly and disabled), so I could see where I was going in town. As the bus filled up, I was the only person to move to the back so actual seniors could take the seats. Clearly this isn't common in Tucson. The move meant I couldn't see a dang thing, and completely missed my stop. On the upside, I managed to orient myself and walk a mile or so to where I actually wanted to be.
On the off chance my dad reads this blog, I won't say what I found for his birthday, but I think he'll like it. I found my grandma a birthday gift that hopefully she'll think is cute- they sell little desert kits, with pots and cactus boxed for travel. I love 4th Ave in downtown Tucson. I went into so many cute vintage stores, and I could seriously go back again tomorrow and not have seen everything.

Afterwards I had pizza and ended up meeting up with my boy, who was headed home from school. He took his bike, and I had another complete transportation failure with the bus, getting off miles before where I needed to go, but luckily it didn't take too long to get back on another bus. Long enough to burn me up to a crisp though, lol.
We bummed around at home, took a nap, then I started dinner. I made spicy orzo with chickpeas, corn, tomato, spinach, carrot, onion, and garlic. I thought it was pretty awesome, and I think Indian food is on the list for tomorrow, so I am just anticipating an array of culinary delights.

I started reading The Jane Austen Book Club which is better than the movie, and a fun read. The characters are defined by what makes them different, and they are both too extreme to be believable yet the reader can still relate. I am not certain how I feel about her characters. Each of them often expresses thoughts that I have felt, yet they are constantly having these "insights". Nothing ever seems to be ordinary. Of course, maybe this is how life is for the author.

Other than that, just chilling watching Anthony Bourdain on Netflix. He went to the PNW and I got very excited. I can't believe I am moving to Seattle in two weeks. I registered for another class today, bringing me up to a total of 13 graduate credits my first quarter. I will be taking Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Topics in Public Health Seminar, Ecology of microbial hazards, and a journal class based around the BP oil spill. Should be a hard semester, but I bet I will learn a lot.

4th Ave (Epic, the coffee shop I like so much)