ABOUT THE BLOGGERS

Danielle and Rory are newlyweds living in Philadelphia, where they moved from their native Minnesota. They came to Philly for law school at Drexel University, but currently only Danielle has remained strong in her quest. She recently reached the end of her first year, and is now a legal rock star! For the summer she is interning at Philadelphia VIP (see post of February 26, "Spotlight: Philadelphia VIP"). Rory dropped out and is now working for a federal contractor as a writer. Check out the blog, where these happily-married white kids post about their adventures in food, a little travel, and then some more well-earned food. Sometimes, when Rory is asleep, Danielle even throws in some posts about crafts and other boring things, if you're into that.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Recapping the last 10 days or so

SO what is new everyone? It's already past Halloween (crazy), but hopefully everyone had a great weekend! We had such a good time it was scary. On Saturday we went to a sweet party with some classmates, and had lots of fun getting to know our future colleagues better! We went as a pilot and flight attendant. On Sunday we hit up a haunted house in South Philly, where we subjected our tortured minds to strobe lights, smoke, and screaming. What else were we supposed to do, though? It was Halloween. Honestly, nothing could be scarier to me at this point in my life than our fast-approaching final exams, so I found it relaxing to go and browse the blood-stained psychos and creepy ghouls at the Fright Factory to take the edge off!

Other than the Halloween festivities, life has been pretty law-school-filled. The weekend before Halloween I was able to attend the national conference for the Christian Legal Society in Chicagoland with a fellow law student. We are considering starting a chapter here at Drexel, but may instead maintain our independence rather than affiliate...that is neither here nor there (but it explains why I was in Illinois). That same weekend Danielle had the great opportunity (which she took) to attend the International Law Weekend at Fordham Law School in Manhattan (with the Drexel International Law Student Association). We both had great trips, but it was sadly a weekend that we then did not get to use to sleep in or study. Last week was consequently crazy, but it's law school, so why wouldn't it be? I should say, though, that I realize that other people have busy lives, too, and there are definitely other law students and grad students (and undergrad and high school students, etc.) busier at least than me. I usually have enough time to read the news, check out Facebook numerous times per day, and surf the web...and sometimes blog. For example, I did get to watch the gamecasts online as both the Gophers and Vikings won last weekend! Plus it snowed in Philly, so obviously the world is ending.

In other news, Danielle and I have recently been involved in the newly-formed Labor and Employment Law Society, and Danielle in particular has been busy making posters, helping with other stuff, and BEING ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT! I am so proud! Also last week, we ate wayyy too much dessert after Danielle baked me some Oreo Ball Cupcakes to celebrate my return from Chicago. We also tried out a new Chinese place ('Beijing,' I guess) which was our first Chinese since moving to Philly. So now this week we are going on a bit of a diet: fruit and veggie smoothies for breakfast (some days), lightish lunches (also some days), and vegetable soup for supper (when we feel like it)...and some seasonal squash that we scored at the grocery store. We also bought our firstest ever eggplant! So we need to learn how to cook it now, and it sounds like tonight is the big night! Wish us luck!

In other news, Danielle completed Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4, and is looking forward to the upcoming release of Year 5-7 later this month. We are also looking forward to reuniting soon with Mario Kart! Don't forget to drop us a line and let us know how you are doing, you know, if you think of it! Lots of love.

-Rory

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