Metro Richmond Zoo

Andrew and I went to the Metro Richmond Zoo on Saturday. It was pretty dreary in the morning, and we were afraid it was going to rain on us. Thankfully it cleared up. It's a pretty cool zoo, they have a lot of animals. I definitely like the North Carolina Zoo better though, and it's less expensive. 

There were cute little prairie dogs. 

A lot of emus who were chilling with the kangaroos: 

Vultures: 

Something I've never heard of before: the Diana Monkey!

They had a lot of friendly hoofed animals who loved to be fed. 

One of these little ones tried to eat my dress!

There was a giraffe feeding area! 

The most ridiculous part of the zoo had to be this: cheetahs and zebras, separated only by a chain-link fence. The cheetahs are about to die of frustration, and I'm not sure if the zebras like teasing them or if they're stressed out. 

Most disappointing part of the zoo? I was promised llamas. 

There were no llamas. 

The closest thing to a llama was this unfriendly alpaca who just wanted to turn over the poor zookeeper's wheelbarrow. 

Oh well. 

Curtains and hearts

This has been a pretty normal week. After the GRE I think my brain just wanted to stop working forever. But I'm going up to Virginia today to go to military ball with my boyfriend, so that should be fun! 

One thing I have accomplished this week is more room decorating 

(though I'm only going to be here one more month). 

I put up the curtains I got at Ikea last weekend; they didn't come with screws, 

so I had to stop by Lowes to get some. 

Before:

After: 

At night:

It's so much nicer; those blinds were pretty depressing. 

I also made heart bunting. It's so easy to do!

I just cut some hearts out of some scrapbook paper I had lying around (the blue heart below is the one I folded to make sure it was symmetrical). Then I took some thread and sewed them together, leaving enough extra thread so they'd be a little bit apart on the chain. 

So quick! I made it during an episode of House and it looks adorable. 

GRE

Took the GRE yesterday. My brain was fried but I think I did good :) 

Here's to grad school!

Ikea

I went to visit my lovely sister in Charlotte this weekend; we went shopping with mama on Saturday. And I went to Ikea for the first time! It's a pretty cool place, I even got curtains for my room. The bad news is that the curtain rods don't actually come with screws . . . I'll have to get some tomorrow.

Andrea Gibson

Andrea Gibson performed here last night. She was INCREDIBLE!

She had a poetry workshop today, and although I totally don't write poetry, Katy and Andrew and I went. I got a CD too :) 

Dinosaur Park

Andrew and I went to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham on Saturday. It is SUCH an awesome museum - even for two twenty-one years looking to embrace their inner child. I would go there all the time, especially in lovely weather (since half of the museum is outside). 

They even have dinosaurs!