First hints of snow

Ah, midterms are over! Or near enough, anyway (I have one next week... but it is optional). Now that I have time to, you know, shower and stuff, I'm undergoing some sort of Renaissance.
In the past week alone, I've cooked boeuf bourguignon, cog au vin, quiche, salad (vegetables, how I missed thee), tuna steak...
Mmmm! Most of it is frozen now in anticipation for the harsh finals period ahead, but still, eating well again was amazing. They're simply no comparison: when the food is good, you're compelled to eat less and reach a whole new level of satisfaction. And you feel less gross.
I swear, if I had had to eat one more pizza and/or peanut butter sandwich I would have screamed.
I went for lunch on tuesday to the Midnight Kitchen: it's this free, vegan lunch offered cooked by students, for students. They go to supermarkets and ask for the produce that would be thrown away at the end of the day, and cook MASSIVE quantities of delicious, vegan food. The whole kitchen works on donations and volounteers. Tuesday there was curried chickpeas, granola crumble, beats with carrots, and grapes! Yum!
In other news, there are the first rumors of snow set for today. We should be on the lookout for flurries... All my Canadian friends are giddy as schoolgirls, rubbing their mittened hands and going on and on about toboganing and snowmen; the rest of us (also know as the Sane Ones) just groan in anticipation of this first, irrefutable sign of winter.
Halloween in monday! We should really get around to buying some tacky decorations at the dollar store, or carve out pumpkins. We'll see what happens this year. Alot of my friends are just completly burnt out or still have to study for midterms (for some reason, this year seems to be alot tougher on everyone), so it will probably end up being a pretty quiet Halloween...

Thanks Garci for posting on my guestmap! I love your blog (I just wish I could read spanish better...).