Okay.  So perhaps it's not as bad as all that.  Besides, I like to eat too much to live solely on Ramen and my home grown veggies.  At least I still have lots of venison in the freezer.  My budget is under serious attack.  I'm glad I set it up in a spreadsheet last month.  I'm a bit unsure about how I'm going to pay my (stupid) Engineering fee this ( Read more... )

I came back from my trip to California on Tuesday to discover that instead of the 30 people that we had signed up to go to our annual SICF/ESL trip to Lake Michigan (like last year), we had over 70.  Seeing as we only had two 15-passenger vans available from the church, that left us with transporting 40+ people in passenger cars.  40/5 = 8 cars?  ( Read more... )

I have to say that traveling non-stop (well, except for fill-ups - both the car and ourselves, and restroom breaks) out to California with my mom and three of her siblings is not the most enjoyable 37 hours I've ever spent.  But it really wasn't as bad as I was expecting.  In fact, it was a fun trip.  I guess if you're trapped for that long in a ( Read more... )

Rainbow the guinea pig passed away late in the morning on June 30th, 2008.  She had a wonderful life, living to the ripe, old age of three and a half.  She is survived by her master - Rebecca, co-master - Sarah, cats - Archie and Talia, and gerbil - Channel 10.  More than anything, Rainbow loved to eat vegetables and would eat any that were offered ( Read more... )

My hair looks straight generally, but I've always been pretty sure that's only because it's long and because I blow-dry it.  But Dad has wavy hair, and I knew that mine must be secretly desiring to wave as well.  Well, I think this new haircut proves it. It's short and has some wave and bounce to it.

I'm trying to decide if this is my favorite ( Read more... )

Somehow I thought the summer would be less busy because I don't have class.  I don't know why I thought that because it's not true.  I'm not stressed, really, but I'm still busy.  And God just gently nudged me into an attitude adjustment, so life is better.

Things going on...

1. Continuing to (slowly) work on my paper and wade through old journal ( Read more... )

It's all decided.  Next time I go to Isle Royale, I'm bringing a llama.  See, who really wants to carry around 40-50 lbs on their back, especially in sometimes steep terrain.  This way the llama can carry most of our gear.  It's perfect!  However, it might be tricky getting a llama past the rangers, so it'll of course have to be a Seeing-Eye Llama ( Read more... )

My conference was fantastic.  That's all I have to say.  I'm going to have to take some time to go through my notes and process everything I've learned.  I am currently listening to a CD of international worship songs that I bought, and it's cracking me up.  I think it's wonderful.  There is nothing like listening to some guys singing in Mongolian ( Read more... )

So for the past week, we've been moving our lab off-campus.  We should be pretty much finished today, just in time for me to leave for D.C. at a ridiculously early and unmentionable time tomorrow morning.  I'm unsure if my complete exhaustion today is from the lab move, from the strange dreams I've been having, or if all the stress from the past ( Read more... )

So this semester was evil.  It was crazy hard and busy, but it's over.  And I just realized that my grades might be posted.

Hurrah!  Of all the impossibilities...I aced Mass Spec!  No way!  I'm super happy.  I guess that all that prayer and studying was worth it.