Dr. to be lights kitchen on fire.

I survived my second week! Yes.
Monday was a bad day and I've discussed what I think is a good plan of action with my advisor - so hopefully it all works out.
I've been mainly do school work all week - so I haven't had the opportunity to hang out with such individuals as Sharon - cough cough - Sharon if you need anything please don't be afraid to call me!!! - and I'm now a good 95% unpacked. I would like to go and purchase a new shelving unit - I think that I definitely need a shelf that is strictly for university research projects (mainly my thesis information) as it is already an overwhelming amount and I can't make it be organized just laying in piles on my bedroom floor - I want it picked up and put away - thus I need to purchase a shelf.
Unfortunately my money hasn't come in yet - so I'm still sitting pretty - in addition - unlike Windsor who pays biweekly (and is currently on strike fyi) Western pays monthly - which I'm not a big fan of because that means you do have to manage your money more effectively - thankfully for the most part I'm good with this - but at the same time its just nicer knowing that you get a cheque every two weeks.
I have gone to the gym 5 times in the last two weeks. 3 times last week and twice this week. We (a few girls in my program and I) attend an aerobics class on Monday night - and I just love this class. I think it is fantastic. Two other times have been just in the cardio room and once we went to a 20-20-20 class which is 20 minutes aerobic, 20 minutes weights, 20 minutes abs. Not one of us liked that class- the instructors, who I am sure are very nice people - were not even convincing us they wanted to be there and definitely didn't inspire/encourage us to work out - so we didn't enjoy ourselves at all.
So I'm still surviving - and hoping there are more good days to come!

Oh wait!
I forgot -
I lit my kitchen on fire!
Oh I did.
Monday morning I made a pot of tea - and I brought a cup to school via a traveller. Tuesday morning I had planned to bring the remaining to class. I poured the tea into my plastic traveller and into the microwave for some heating up it went. I was getting ready for school at this time - so my plan had been to leave the kitchen until I heard the "ding ding ding" of the microwave informing me the time I inputted had elapsed. I don't recall why - but I decided to stay in the kitchen a few minutes. Thankfuly. About 10 seconds into my nuking of the tea - sparks were flying. Turns out my plastic traveller wasn't 100% plastic - it also contained hidden metal screws. Metal - a substance I know that doesn't belong in a microwave. After a few sparks there was a "poof"... and then there were flames. I stopped the microwave and put out the fire that was building - thankfully nothing was ruined (well the traveller may not be usuable - but the microwave is just fine!) except the smell... oh the smell... just horrid. I tried to clean up the smell as best I could - but unfortunately it still lingered when my roommate awoke later on - so much so that he thought there were wires on fire and started moving the appliances out from the wall to figure out where it was coming from --- hindsight says I should have left him a note! haha.
So yes - the Ph.D. student lit her kitchen on fire. Ok - not the kitchen but the traveller mug she put in the microwave that turned out to have metal components. But the story sounds better if I state the kitchen is on fire.