1. a Southern tradition: pecan Easter eggs. made right here in Louisiana.
2. Vietnamese food at a bar in the Bywater for the Game of Thrones premiere
3. studying in my room this morning

it rained all night last night. poured rain, for ten hours straight. high winds, with intermittent thunder and lighting. i've never heard storms like i've heard since i moved here: big, violent, loud. the kind of storms that wake you up in the middle of the night, and don't let you go back to sleep. it's scary, it's dramatic, and it's cool, too. i woke up this morning because my window panes were rattling, went outside, locked the shutters and gathered the trash cans that had migrated across the street. the city was dark, and the streetlights stayed on all day. i've never seen April showers like these before.

i've got another exam tomorrow, and then i'm working all weekend! can't wait for Mike to get here.