I'm finally getting used to the routine of this

semester, and while my classes may be the deathof me, I am however loving my subject matter. This post is going to be a confetti of thoughts.. First and most important is the fact that I'mexcitedly awaiting the arrival of my new niece. My sister is due on the 21st(a day before my birthday), and I can't wait to meet the next little girl in my family.!On the school front, I've been frantically working to establish my thesis committee and also working on a few aspects of my thesis writing. The topic has been in constant shift over the last three months, and I'm
getting more and more excited about where it's heading. I'm fairly certain that I've naileddowna topic, but now actually getting faculty to sign on to the topic will be the next challenge.

I booked my flight yesterday for the Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians. This year it's going to be held in Detroit, Michigan. I'm excited toexplore a new city, and to see

Detroit especially because of the drastic changes the city has undergone in the last few years.

That's pretty much all that's new, which doesn't seem very exciting, so I decided to spice things up a bit and add my top ten, well eight, favorite foods that are probably going to kill me before age thirty.

I'm not really sure that a top ten list is warranted, but I'll add them below.