therapeutic thursdays: celebrating

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There are moments where you've just accomplished something - whether it be finishing up some assignment for school, doing something for work, or successfully completing a recipe. But often, we jump right into the next thing and don't give ourselves a moment to catch our breath (unless it's eating the finished product from the recipe, then life is good).

Being in school tends to bring out the worst in me - I finish one paper and automatically have to start another one, and then I take that moment of completion for granted and then turn into a paper-writing zombie (where instead of saying braaaainssss I just go my braaaaain huuuuurts). 

So I say, once you've completed something? Celebrate. However you choose to (as long as it's safe?) - whether it be going out with friends, treating yourself to a drink, staying in and watching a movie with a loved one, or, a usual choice with me -- sleeping. How do you celebrate after accomplishing something? Don't be afraid to pat yourself on the back sometimes. And take a ton of pictures to document said celebration.

Much thanks to everyone who gave me and my friend well wishes for our thesis presentation today! It actually went fairly well and afterward? We went to the campus restaurant and ate like crazy ladies (since before the presentation we were afraid to eat anything). A fine celebration, methinks. And of course, lots of picture documenting happened:

We unintentionally matched our presentation outfits - a plaid button-up dress for me, and a plaid skirt for her. And it worked since our presentation deals with chess (plaid-type pattern on the board! ooo /nerd).

A little look at the 'profile' page on our thesis - we converted chess pieces into characters.

Celebrating with some Harry Potter sauce?

(No joke, whenever I see a HP printer, I think of Harry Potter.
I hope I'm not alone in this. /double nerd)

Having some Picadilly Fish & Chips - beer-battered haddock, fries, and tartar sauce. Mmmm.

 I promise, this brownie dessert was a lot larger when it was first served to us.

And now a moment worthy of LiLu's recently retired but amazingly awesome TMI Thursdays. I was digging around in my bag at the restaurant and then found a smushed up muffin that I ate a part of and then stowed away in a ziploc bag -- I meant to finish eating it at school but it slipped my mind. 

The next thing I know, my friend goes, "Put it in the water!" So I did, and then she threw in some ketchup ... and HP sauce ... and mustard ... and ... this is the result (WARNING: might make you feel nauseous, as that's the effect it had on me): 

Before and after ... don't say I didn't warn you! We are odd people.

And in addition to a satisfying meal (err, apart from the water) and completing a thesis presentation, I won a free coffee - so this day is automatically good :)

Tomorrow I'm starting a bit of a new segment here that hopefully you'll enjoy ... or will just make you think I'm mad bonkers, either or! Hope you've had a great week so far!