Wheh, finally I can write in here! Rachel and I are going to be parents!!! YEAH!!! I am so excited I am going to die!!! I have been holding it in for nearly 3 months- and it has been killing me! Lots of exclamation points!!!! Yeah, so those of you that missed youth group or graduated- there it is- I have someone on the way to totally warp all ( Read more... )

What a great trip. I am trying to decide if it was the best youth trip I have gone on yet. They are all special for different reasons, and the last Mexico trip was tough to beat, but I think this one did beat it for shear sentimentality. My boat consisted of half graduating seniors- all of which I had got to know fairly well. Last year it was ( Read more... )

Crazy week! I decided Monday that I had to run an experiment this week. It was madness because I also had to give a presentation today and help write an article and write an abstract for a conference. The experiment was the most stressful because normally I can find help but because of the short notice I had to do most everything myself. Which ( Read more... )

Oh man! Today... what a big day! Today I officially went to the BIG TIME. Thank you God. Today I was informed via email that I am the recipient of the presitigious EPA STAR fellowship. Over 1300 apply, only 50 were given this year. It pays for everything. School, stipend, research, travel to conferences. This is so amazingly incredibly ( Read more... )

Sprained my ankle today. Sucks, it hurts and I am limping around. Playing basketball earlier with my boys and came down on someone's foot and twisted it. Hurt real bad at first- knew I sprained it right away. 1st degree. I can tell because I have been hurt many times before- many breaks and sprains on several of my limbs. Because of this ( Read more... )

This is why I am a Laker fan. Unbelievable game, unbelievable shot. Suddenly I am screaming and I don't even realize it. I have to watch the replay to make sure that I am not fantasizing that it actually happened. Whoah... Forget about it, seasons over- give them the trophy now. Wow. That game is never coming off my TIVO... Only shot better ( Read more... )

I have never been so happy to have a weekend over before. This weekend I attended a conference at the University that my advisor put together. He invited all these brilliant folks from all over the nation to give talks and listen to talks. I had to give mine this morning. I was pretty anxious about it- have no idea why. I knew it was a good ( Read more... )

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I am watching 7th heaven, I have no idea why I am watching this show- it is so ridiculous. What is more ridiculous is that I set my TIVO to record it! Speaking of ridiculous, this has been the day of ridiculous. Starting out with lunch- we got a Weinershnizel ad and I HAD TO HAVE IT! So I drove to woodland to get chili cheese fries, burger, and ( Read more... )

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