Cora Tea

This morning it felt very refreshing to sleep in until 7:30; that's the most in days, especially after Science Olympiad at 4 am. Anyway, I woke up, made some coffee and prepared some breakfast prior to organizing my life a bit. I got together what my upcoming assignments would be and spent a little time on social media, which was nice.



Next, I listened to Freakonomics Radio podcasts for my Economics extra credit assignment; which was really cool! In fact, I posted my analysis of one earlier today; the next is coming soon! The rest of my day I spent reading "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer and then "Veganomics" by Nick Cooney. (:



Afterwards, we ate dinner all together (spaghetti) and now Mom and I are finishing our dvd box set of Downton Abbey season 5 so we may begin watching season 6 on our DVR :)


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