Behind on the weekly installment of life in MadCity

Yeah, but somehow I don't think that anyone lost much sleep over my lateness in posting ;)

Friday and Saturday were good times . . . .

Friday was Bactoberfest, which is basically an Octoberfest celebration thrown by two labs in the Bacteriology Department. Think one keg of beer, jello shots in petri dishes, and some very crowded lab hallways. After that I went to Heather's apartment for falafel, pizza, mac and cheese, and a myriad of other small meals put together--a feast! It was a good thing, because I got to spend some time with some of the folks in our class I don't normally hang out with, mostly girls.

WHAT A SATURDAY!! It was Kendall and Heather's birthday (two girls in our program) and so we went to a beer garden place called the Essen Haus to celebrate. I got all beauti-fied and went, and I'm soo glad I did.

First off, I got to polka with Andrew (he's our resident dancin' guy who's apparent specialty is the waltz) and swing dance with my other boy-pal Jeremy. I taught him some swing dance moves. We all danced the Chicken Dance and the Hokey Pokey--what's not to love about drinking beer from glass boots and doing the Hokey Pokey in a crowded bar?

Finally, we moved over to The Annex (or the Cardinal, I get them confused) for more dancing--it was hip hop night. Damn, but it was just what I needed. I really love dancing, and most of the other girls in our group were pretty self-conscious and didn't seem to enjoy dancing much. SO it was mostly 4-5 boys and my girl Bailey and myself dancing. Both of us did our fair share of dancin--baby we OWNED that floor! It was exciting, and worth a little awkwardness. I even danced with some strange girl, then four people apparently snuck up behind, and at one point the girl turned around and KISSED ME! On the cheek, but still. Crazy evening. And I felt sexy and pretty, and baby that's what every girl needs.

Sunday was not so fantastic, because I basically spent most of the day avoiding homework and waiting to see if we'd all go out to see Scary Movie 3--which we did and it was HILARIOUS!!

Monday? blargh. Spent it all day working in the lab, but after it turned pitch black night time I walked all the way to State Street and bought plastic armor for my "roaming the crazy streets of Madison on Halloween" costume.

Now I'm just trying to figure out which is more important: fold clothes, shower, drink soda, surf the net, clean up the apartment. . . . damn.