End of the Semester

As I finish up my last papers and finals this week, I can hardly believe that I am at the end of the semester already. Seems like we just moved to Lawrence and started school, but I guess time flies when your having fun. It has been a good semester and both Lori and I are pretty comfortable in Lawrence now.

Last weekend we braved the freezing rain and got out of town for awhile to have some down time. It wasn't much of a trip, but we ran over to KC to have lunch at the Bangkok Pavilion on Metcalf and 97th St. It is a great Thai place that has a special lunch buffet on the weekends and a lot of different things that you don't find in your normal oriental restaurant. Be sure to ask the hostess what some of the things are and how to prepare them if you aren't familiar with Thai cuisine. I had too.

We then ran over to the Oak Park Mall to do a little Christmas shopping and take in the crowds. The are cheap entertainment if your in to people watching. Lori and I had a good time looking around, but didn't end up buying much. Picked up one gift card at Dillards and a Mexican Train domino set for my parents. Also ran into Luke and Amanda Seifer, who were next door neighbors back in Hays, but now living in KC while Luke goes to school.

Weather got bad enough we gave up on going up to Cabelas and motored on home for an evening of relaxing and catching up on some movies we had been wanting to see. Lori and I are terrible with keeping up on our movies. Seems we go in spurts and will watch 10 of them in a couple weeks and then none for a couple months. I am sure we will get in a few more with the bad weather we are supposed to have to night. Ice storm is moving in and we will probably move some firewood inside, just in case the power goes out again.