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Next Best Thing

So yesterday was Valentine's Day and I'm in Vancouver, BC visiting a bunch of Canadian companies for school, wishing I was home. I also have hours and hours of schoolwork to fit in between visits and during our limited free time. I've been a bit grumpy because of all this. Yesterday I skipped a networking event with some local MBA students so that I could work on a take home midterm due the morning I return to Seattle. I ran out for lunch and was walking back to the hotel, grumbling in my head about having to sit in a hotel room for the next four hours rather than shop the fabulous Vancouver boutiques. Silently complaining about missing the TMF. I was almost to the hotel entrance when a man parked, got out of his car and was walking toward me, appearing to be on his way to the gym.

He was a normal looking man. Driving a nice car. Nothing strange about him.

Until he leaned in toward me as he walked past and said "I love you."

It was weird, and kind of creepy, but at least I heard the three little words every girl wants to hear on Valentine's Day.

Thank You

Thank you for the very sweet birthday wishes everyone (including the e-card I got above)! You totally helped me get through a less-than-stellar birthday. It was filled with an all-day leadership workshop, a three day old ham sandwich, a crappy email from my team's consulting client, a crowded, frightening van ride to Vancouver, British Columbia and about 57 minutes total with the TMF.

I'll be in Vancouver for the weekend, but thinking of all of you in Clarence Center. 

I love Jesus, but

I drink a little.

This is totally hysterical and well worth 6 minutes of your life.

Model Student

Did I tell you all that I had been chosen as the new "face of the Foster School of Business at University of Washington" a few months back? 

{I'm kidding. This is thanks to the power of the internet and some crazy website. It totally looks real though, no?}

I Heart Matt.

I have no time to be creative or eloquent or remotely interesting these days so I'll share with you a blog that I love... and a particular entry about Seattle. I've been to every establishment he mentions (Marcrina Bakery, Oddfellows, Stumptown, etc.) and eaten most things he notes (that burger with bacon jam - he's not kidding, it's amazing! And served out of an Airstream RV that moves around the city depending on the day.) 

Enjoy the recipes, the gorgeous photos and the rich tales of all things delicious. MattBites!

I have managed to make the 5 Minute Artisan Bread (my version doesn't look pretty but tastes good) and Strawberry-Pear Freezer Jam over the weekend. I felt like a normal human being with a school-life balance for about two hours. 

It was short lived.