End of October.

8. Read 50 books (20/50) - in progress

I finished "Mama Day" this past week, by Gloria Naylor. It was assigned, technically, for my honors thesis, but other than having the same culture and geographical setting, I'm not entirely sure how it relates to Ibo Landing. In any case, it kept my interest throughout and immersed me into the Gullah culture quite a bit. I'd probably recommend it to others.

25. Learn to cook 52 new recipes and organize them in one place (12/52) - in progress

I made chicken teryaki on Saturday, a pseudo-recipe that I stole from my roommate, Taylor. I say pseudo-recipe because the ingredients and steps were mostly in her head. But I copied it down onto an index card so I can remember it and make it again... I love meals over rice, so this was a winner in my book.

27. Follow Virgina Tech & Steelers teams for a full football season - in progress

Saw some of the Tech v. Duke game last weekend, but I don't think I saw the ending and I also think I may have accidentally fallen asleep in the middle of it... oops. Steelers played the Lions, which I didn't get on TV but watched on gamecast. A lot of fumbles and interceptions. And then the Steelers played Vikings today--undefeated Vikings, might I add--and won! Their defense was really great in the fourth quarter. Also, I love that I make statements like that now, when less than a year ago I had trouble just finding which player had the ball on the field. Tech didn't play Saturday, but they have a Thursday game coming up.

32. Attend at least one sports event a season (0/12) - in progress

I went to the JMU Homecoming game last weekend, where we played Villanova. We also stunk pretty badly--fumbles, interceptions, getting shut down nearly every play we tried, etc. It was a bit of a let down, but I guess we're not having that great of a season.

56. Exercise 2-3 times a week (15/143) - in progress

Nope, got nothing this week. I went to yoga, but between schoolwork, my thesis and The Bluestone, I barely had time to shower this past week. Definitely ready for the stress and piles of work to slow down for a while.

--Till next time.