A few hours after dinner, I woke up from a nap on the couch. I was cozy from the fire in the fireplace and the dog curled in a ball behind my knees. Steve was picking out the guitar part from Sound of Silence and Jim had just asked me if I was up for a family game of Hearts. I smiled and mumbled at him to give me 3 minutes to wake up ( Read more... )

Never listen to The Village soundtrack when you still have laundry you need to go fetch from your creepy basement. Never.

So in lab, I transcribe audio conversation samples of examiners having conversations with kids who are one of a set of twins while they play with play-do. I had to sit through a hilariously annoying sample the other day ( Read more... )

Well I'm now $60 poorer and officially registered for my first 1/2 marathon. :)

I technically have a little over 4 months to prepare for it. Let's see how much of that time I actually spend running as it gets colder.

God's guiding in my life has been so blatant and strange lately ( Read more... )

This is what the Lord says:
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,

but let him who boasts boast about this:
that he understands and knows me,
that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness,
justice, and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,"
declares the Lord.

My front-of-the-house neighbors might just kill me ( Read more... )

So the topic came up in lab today about theses. My supervisor (also a professor of mine) is encourag/ing me to write one ( Read more... )

Is there a song that bring tears to your eyes at almost every listening, even if you're not sad at the time ( Read more... )

I'm having one of those days where I really feel deeply that I belong here ( Read more... )