Villa de Rêve

In the spirit of vacation, I've spent the weekend designing my dream villa (the title is probably a poor translation of 'Villa of Dreams') for me and Nidhal to be built in the future on a large, beautiful body of water when we have millions of dollars to spare. It is 13,302 square feet not including the three car garage (it could be scaled down a little, but hey, this is a dream home). There are three floors: a basement, ground floor, and upper story. On the upper story, there are six bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a master bedroom with an attached bathroom. One of the smaller bedrooms could be made into an upstairs study, though. The most interesting features of the ground floor are a huge kitchen, vaulted ceilings with skylights in the entrance and living room, and a large library/study. The back of the house opens up to a large deck facing the water. There is a hot tub built into the deck and a large pool in the backyard. The basement is basically another house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a good size kitchen, dining room, living room, and a large pantry. There is also a fitness room in the basement (as Nidhal requested). Not bad... I like it. And there is plenty of room for everyone to come visit!

Now back to reality, three of my four grades have been posted: two A's and an A-. I'll accept that. Nidhal is currently at class... there is a pineapple on our table... and I need to clean the apartment. My spring classes start the first week of May assuming the s t u p i d financial aid will give me my money. Yesterday, Nidhal and I tried a local Ethiopian restaurant. The food was good and not too expensive, but the portions were very small.