[photos + words + stories]: march madness.

somehow spring break turned into madness for me. i didn't have time to do many of the things i'd planned.
like get my eyes examined.
or get my hair cut.
or go to target.
or see alice in wonderland.
or wash my car.

or go to the gym.

or even blog.

but...

i did write my second personal statement for my pharmacy application. [finally.]
and i celebrated james' birthday with him.
and i did my best to comfort him when he found out his grandpa passed away in south korea.
and i spent quality time with my sister and parents.
and i graded lab reports.
and i got frozen yogurt with erin.
and i painted my own fingernails bright red.

here's some photographic evidence:

we had dinner at the newly remodeled atlantis steakhouse during my sister's visit. i'd been wanting to check it out since learning about the remodel. it really is quite impressive now. it used to have a kitschy underwater theme. i'm glad they've updated it with some really awesome decor.

scott and his girlfriend erika came with us, and scott ordered the 36 ounce steak. it was insane.

i opted for the potato encrusted salmon, which was amazing. i crave it pretty often now.

notice the change of scenery, and different outfits? yeah... we ended up eating there two nights in a row while my sister was here. our dinner plans for saturday night didn't work out, so we just decided to go back to the steakhouse. that's a classic griffith move. my dad likes repetition in dining.

the second night my mom, sister, and i had the steak diane, which is prepared tableside. it's quite a show.

and my dad decided to copy scott and get the 36 ounce steak. :]

my dad obviously didn't finish it, but my sister enjoyed feeding bites to helix when we got home. and helix didn't complain.

for james' birthday we went to dinner with some of his friends.

i can't believe he's 25. and i just think i look old in this photo. haha.

i tried pretty hard to get a nice photo of the boys... i should have known it's not really possible. :]

getting back to school after spring break also seemed extra busy. i had my practical in anatomy, which ended up being pretty easy. i need to toot my own horn and just say how proud of myself i am for more or less overcoming my fear of the cadaver. i can look at them now with a perspective that doesn't cause a total melt down or panic attack, which is nice. today, i even had to look at one of them which hadn't been raised out of the ethanol tank. that would have been impossible even a month ago. i certainly don't enjoy looking at them, and i never will. but i've come a long way from the first cadaver day last semester.

last week i also judged the western nevada science fair again. each year, i always hope to see someone from fallon participating, and this year it finally happened! i didn't even have to look at the school though... as soon as i read the title, i knew it had to be someone from fallon: