In No Particular Order

1. Starbucks' Caramel Apple Cider tasted WAY better when I was sixteen than it does now. HELLO, liquid sugar.

2. It is very expensive to take a 2.5 hour shuttle ride to and from the airport (yet still cheaper than renting a car...). As in, we-will-be-eating-pasta-for-the-rest-of-the-month expensive.

3. When I was in high school, I never turned in papers or projects late. EVER. Ok actually that was a lie.  I turned in one paper late. I was a junior in high school, and as I was finishing a five-page history paper one night, my computer crashed and I had not saved a damn thing (as a result of this and other computer disasters, I now compulsively save my documents and email myself drafts frequently). At this point it was at least two in the morning, and I just couldn't start the whole thing over that night. So I went to bed. The next morning I told my history teacher what had happened, that I was sorry, and that I would get her the paper as soon as possible (I got it to her the next day). I turned everything else in on time, and had an A or an A- in the class. My midterm comment from her that trimester reported: "Mary Frances has trouble completing assignments in a timely matter."  Because I turned in ONE PAPER a DAY late. After that, you can be DAMN SURE I turned in all my papers on time, throughout the rest of high school and all through college.  Sometimes I was down to the minute, but they were always in on time.

That is, until graduate school, when suddenly I was seized with a disease that renders me unable to be a functioning human being and turn in anything on time. My first year I was scared enough that I turned in EVERYTHING on time, but last year (and apparently continuing into this year, as evidenced by the paper that was due Tuesday that I turned in on Thursday) I turned almost every paper in a day late. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME? Where did responsible Mary Frances go? How have I become the Mary Frances from that comment, who has trouble completing assignments in a timely manner? BLURG.

4. On a related note, how can I remember negative comments I received on my (unofficial) midterm comments in high school for AP US History, but not - for the life of me - Greek vocabulary? Or what our license plate number is (Seriously, I have no idea what it is)?

5. Yesterday at the airport my plane sat on the tarmac for a while, thus delaying my lunch until 2:30.  After finding my gate in the Atlanta airport, I hightailed it to Moe's, where I ordered a vegetarian burrito.  I ate it so quickly that I'm pretty sure I ate a piece of the tinfoil wrapper, and after I was done, the man next to me said, "Well you were HUNGRY." This was embarrassing.

6. I had a pimento cheese sandwich for lunch today. I must be in the South.

7.  I have news! Come back Monday!

8. The man behind me on my flight from Atlanta to Charlotte was seriously snoring. As in, I could hear him snoring even when I put in my headphones. He was wearing a wedding band, so I'm assuming he's married. This begs the question: why has his partner not told him that he sounds like he's inhaling gravel when he sleeps? Also, Preston: do I snore? Please say no. But if I do, for real, TELL ME. I don't want you enduring that.

9. My Grandmother is very cute, and she is very grandmother-ly.

10. My in-laws are coming to visit this coming (Halloween) weekend. Our apartment is currently disgusting. Boo.

11. I do not want to do my homework.

12. I think I will go make some tea.

13. I am a really slow reader, and have been forever. This still aggravates me.

14. It's almost November and I haven't bought candy corn yet - what is WRONG with me?!  This must be remedied. A job for next week.