Kittens, apple orchards, and visits home!

I have no idea how I managed to avoid blogging for the last week. There has been some exciting stuff going on.

Friday after class, Christine, Claire, Natalie, Lynda, and I went to Tanner's Apple Orchard in Peoria. It was SO much fun. We were a little late getting there, as we stopped to let Sophie out and then to meet Lynda's mom. Thus, the U-Pick area was closed...so we didn't really get to explore in the actual apple orchard. But there was a really big gift shop, a petting zoo, and a playground, which we did not hesitate to play on. We played tetherball, rolled down the hill, swung on the swings, and jumped on bales of hay. It was really nice to get out of Normal, and to do something that didn't involve school psychology. We did end up talking about the program for a while, but it was relaxing. I had a really good time...and then I bought some caramel apples, apple cider, and a mini apple pie.

On the way back from the apple orchard, the vet called to tell me that I could pick out a kitten on Saturday. Christine went with me on Saturday, and I picked out one of the adorable kittens. I named her Binet (so we have another famous psychologist kitty). She is dark grey with stripes, and so precious. She's still a little shy, since we was just rescued last Wednesday. She had been living outside with her siblings. After just a week, she is getting much braver. She wanted to play with Adler more than Natalie or I, since she is more familiar with cats than people...but Adler wanted nothing to do with her for the first few days. Poor Adler. Two weeks of being an only kitty, and she did not want another kitten in the household. It was a little stressful, but they are friends now. And Binet has warmed up to people--she loves to be held (but only when she comes up  to me and meows first). It's silly :)

This past week went by fast. Honestly, I don't think anything all that exciting happened. I had fun at my fieldwork--I visited a fourth-grade classroom, and helped them with their journals. They wrote about the kind of person that they did and did not want to be. It was pretty amusing, especially with what they didn't want to be (e.g. serious [because serious people talk about boring things like their jobs], gullible, or a hobo). I was asked to come back to that classroom once a week to work with the kids on playing word games. Seeing as I love word games...this won't be a problem!

I worked pretty hard this week to get most of my work done so that I could come home this weekend! And, as I write this, I am sitting in De Soto. It's pretty exciting--I still need to do some homework, since I have a presentation on Monday that I went to do well on. But I do plan on relaxing :) I'm going to watch my brother's football game tonight, which is exciting. And tomorrow there is a chicken q, which is even more exciting (except that nobody from IL even knows what that is...weirdos). I love being home...Wisconsin in fall is so gorgeous. And it's nice to hang out with my family...even my sister is coming home tonight! It's going to be a good weekend :)