edit// I'M A PLANT KILLER!! see below for rest of edit!

Donny's gift in bloom. Feb 20. Phalaenopsis, the moth orchid. One of my faves.

Growing fast. Feb 25. Waiting on the last 2 buds.

...but the LEAVES! If there was one thing I wish my daddy taught me, it would be how to keep plants alive, haha. The leaf on the left was GREEN yesterday. Geez...

Look what happened with Karen's orchid from last August  I DID go on vacation.

Excited for Q.T. in Chicago and preparing to dance my ass off. Miss my family dearly... hearing Lexi last night made me miss home more. I've changed some things. I packed my schedule ten-fold. Why does it feel like the best of everything spreads you thin? Oh, yea... because it does.

Waking up to work out at 5/6 AM
Going to bed early
Getting ahead of schedule
Meditating more
Clubbing less
More anti-internet

There is no one else responsible for my happiness besides me! I am a lot happier when I am at the gym at least 4 times a week. I had to take that time away so that I could fit in sleep. But, enough is enough. I was a lot happier thinner, tanned, and buff, ha! Though the 4 times a week will be unlikely, I am at least making time by waking up in the mornings again. A happy Thao is a happy anyone-else-around-Thao.

I've been going to bed early so that I can get up early. Kind of nice not to be up at 2AM. Can't avoid it sometimes because well, school happens. I didn't go out at all this weekend!  Mainly because I have a lot to get done if I want to head out to Chicago on Friday. Senior project is going well, but it's hard on time. My team has silently made me leader. I like it. I like responsibility. I like the challenge of getting different people to work towards a common goal. I like the risk of failure to be blamed on me- because I won't let it happen.

Karen (8:39:26 PM): by the way you're not only a greek letter, youre also a protein.
Me (8:39:31 PM): LMAO
Me (8:39:49 PM): i'm multidimensional
Karen (8:39:52 PM): and you get tangled up and cause neurological dammage.
Karen (8:39:57 PM): lol 
Me (8:40:12 PM): that explains a lot

Teehee. I cause nerve damage, so WATCH OUT! As far as that clubbing thing. I know I know... SHOCKER.

1) I went to the bars to dance. My favorite bar to dance at is now MIA.  Everyone is too cheap to hit up the BOB or the LEVEL.
2) I went to the bars to see my friends. The guys are extremely busy like I am with this crazy ass semester. Everyone is just BUSY!
3) I went to bars to meet men. I don't have a reason to look anymore so well... hasta la vista sleazy bar men. 
4) I can't be useless because I stayed out late the night before. Can't be useless inside Keller! DON'T GET ME WRONG. Thao has not, I repeat... NOT, given up her relationship with the bartenders and crazy bar crowd. She's on a brief hiatus. 

March is going to be an insane month anyway. Spring break, St. Patty's Day, Katie's going away party, Karen/Ron's Birthday PJ Party (details soon!) What has sucked with these changes:

Less quality time with my favorites

Give and take. Cost and benefit. Pro and con. Such is life. That's the kind of cost that I can't just live with right now. Things are still changing...

On another note. Volunteered to teach kids about robots at the Childrens' Museum today.  Many inner-city kids. Very curious. Children are so much more curious. They still feel like the possibilities are endless. Granted, they are naive and just don't know better. Sometimes, I wonder if they do know better and if we just choose not to believe anymore because that's what we figured "grown-ups" had to do. Also, kids in tour groups behave better with their teachers than they do with their parents... interesting, no?