Oh the drama

So, after much trauma, including 2 hours in the car, a police officer, and many tears, I have finally taken the GRE and don't have to think about it any more. Apparently it's good for you to be near hysterics right before you take the exam, as my math score improved over 100 points from any of my practice exams. My verbal wasn't quite as high as I would like, but it's on par with the practice scores I've been getting. Now on to the application!

Because of my morning trauma, I treated myself to a Panera lunch (why don't they have Paneras in the city!?) and a trip to Target for ... bathroom cleaning supplies. It's odd, but it does feel like a treat to be off work and finally able to clean my bathroom and my room and everything that I haven't been able to get to the past 8 days. Just another example of how my work schedule messes with my mind I guess.

Trader Joe's to the Rescue!

I had a bad day at work today. Everything just seemed to go wrong and I had to have a couple difficult meetings. So, I decided to take the bus home from the metro. There's one bus that I can take that drops me off right next to the Trader Joe's down the street. So I decided that I would also stop at Trader Joe's to get something quick for dinner. They also have these awesome ice cream sandwiches. They're the kind with chocolate chip cookies and a lot of ice cream that are rolled in mini chocolate chips - they're amazing. So I thought that I deserved an ice cream sandwich after my bad day.

Cut to 2 hours later, after dinner, which is prime ice cream sandwich time. I opened the package from my freezer... and it's disgusting! I don't know what happened, but it looked like one of the cookies had melted and mixed with the cookie, but it was brown soupy mass that was clearly not my beautiful treat.

So I decided to take Trader Joe's up on their "if you don't like it, bring it back and get a refund" guarantee. I walked my box of ice cream sandwiches back down the street and they got me a new box. And now I'm enjoying a wonderful blend of cookie, chocolate, and ice cream.


I heart Trader Joe's.