I got a call from my Mom an hour ago - she and my 79-year-old Gramma had just taken their last ride on "The Kracken" - the wickedest rollercoaster in Sea World, which they'd been riding most of the afternoon.  They're in Florida for a week, and so far, are behaving like 8 year olds and loving it ( Read more... )

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I have about 60 ungraded tests that are about a week late, but I'm not going to touch them tonight ( Read more... )

Here I am.  It's a cold night, interrupted by a too-long nap, a too-bit pile of spaghetti, and a too-snuggly blanket wrapped around me like a sorry skirt.  Though every morning my face scrunches against the cold, every morning starts with a smile.  I am so loved, and so happy.  My world feels like it spins to the tune of my favorite songs, and is ( Read more... )

I have not forgotten you, LJ and pals.  I'm here again to tell a story ( Read more... )

I will be back in exactly 3 weeks.  I can't believe it.  Today's Friday, I go back to school on Monday, and I'll have just 2 weeks of teaching remaining here in Australia.  Then, the epic flight home, and I'm back ( Read more... )

I'm making homemade granola bars and drying every kind of fruit I could find.  I ate couscous for lunch.

The house is empty!
The wind is blowing!

I may or may not be just a little bit crazy.  I need to stop spinning and singing aloud.

Today is a wonderful day.

Hello everyone.  I've been gone from the old LJ for a long time.  I finally plugged into the magic of wireless internet, and am sitting in my very blue very warm room here in Montmorency Australia.
I just uploaded about a billion pictures to Facebook.  Check there for ideas into what I've been up to.

I am officially homesick tonight.  Not for the ( Read more... )

That's right.  Just 17 hours until I give my Bio senior sem.  Holy crap.  I'm so unprepared.  So, look at me waste time on LJ.  Woo ( Read more... )

Hey everyone.  Please keep Kim in your thoughts/prayers today... she's going in for another surgery.  She was done with chemo, and in for her final checkup, but they found spots on her liver, and she's having a major surgery today, and will be in the hospital for the next week or two.  She's a tough little kid, but her Dad says she's just tired of ( Read more... )