In which we discuss how to make killer hot chocolate

I know it seems really odd to talk about hot chocolate at this time of year, but we all know how chilled I am all the time . . . Actually, this summer has rocked as far as that's concerned. It's just when the air conditioning is on too long that it starts to get to me. I think my lovely boys would be quite surprised and pleased.

Anyway, how to make a killer cup of hot cocoa . . . You know the Swiss Miss mix? It always leaves something lacking. I never could figure out what it was until one day, I tried to make some from scratch, and oh, horrors! There were no marshmallows. I panicked and then decided to just go with the flow and try it cuz it couldn't be too terrible. It tasted just like Swiss Miss without marshmallows. Tonight, I was chilled, so I decided to have some hot chocolate. I had my Swiss Miss -- and no marshmallows. So, I did what any red-blooded girl would do -- I screamed! Ok, ok -- I'm kidding. I thought about marshmallows -- what flavor is strongly present, aside from sweet? That's right -- VANILLA! So, I mixed up my hot chocolate and added vanilla to taste, and I had myself a killer cup of tasty cocoa. Yummy!

Crap -- apparently, according to my lovely life-long friend, middle children are supposed to be the first ones in the family to marry. I missed that memo. I'm the middle child and both of my older brothers are married . . . This stinks. I think they need some help with delivery on those memos . . .

So, as you all may know, I'm having some serious issues with my prof. I believe that she gave me a terrible grade on a paper (Ok, so it was only a flippin' C -- but honestly, how does one get a C on a paper??) because I brought my religious views into my paper. The assignment was very open-ended -- we had to state a thesis regarding a book and movie duo that we read/watched in class and then defend the thesis. It had to be 2-4 pages long, and aside from that, there were no rules. I think (and everyone else I've described the assignment to has agreed) that as long as you turn something in and it's well-written (grammatically-speaking) and fits the length requirement, you can expect to get at least a B. Apparently, that rule only applies if your views aren't diametrically opposed to those of the prof. She wrote on my paper that it was wrong to bring your own belief system into your paper (among other things), but I must ask: isn't she grading based on her own belief system? Isn't that just as bad, if not worse? Personally, I would say that it's worse -- people can choose to accept or deny what they read, but grades affect my GPA, and that is NOT sweet . . .

So, I'm moving. Yeah -- I'm going to be moving three times in the next few weeks. I'm going to Kelly's tomorrow and I'll stay there until 8/15 or so. The weekend of 8/12-8/14, I'll be going home and going through my crap, sorting and throwing stuff away. I'll be deciding what I need and what I don't need and getting rid of that which I don't need and bringing most of the rest of it back to school. Hopefully, on 8/15 (I have to ok it with Michael), I'll be moving my stuff from home into my dorm room and then sometime after that (hopefully the same day or the next day) I'll move my stuff from Kelly's. I hate moving . . . I'll have 3 different addresses between the last week of July and the middle of August. What does that mean for my lovely little blog? I'm not sure at this point . . . I won't have internet access at Kelly's, but the labs at school may be open, and if they are, I'll try to post at least once every other day. If the labs aren't open, I'll be going to my aunt's house to check my e-mail, and whenever I do, I'll try to post. Hard to say how often that will be, but I think it's safe to say that I'll be able to post at least once a week.

I heart you my lovely readers! I shall miss you until the middle of August!
~MK