This: After weeks of increasing stress over my graduate program - first all about things not working out the way they should have, then the difficulty of the first couple of homework assignments - I bit the bullet and went up to campus to meet my TA for a Q&A session. I feel tons better, especially as he said, "yea, those first couple of homework ( Read more... )

Well, I think I have everything set to start classes tomorrow, though i'm not quite sure how this is going to work. The whole process of registering (and so forth) has seemed VERY disorganized. It's partly my fault, but partly Case's, too. Anyhow, I don't have to actually show up for any classes. They tape the lectures and mail them to me. My ( Read more... )

I have now been officially accepted into CWRU's Materials Science and Engineering department.

And there was much rejoicing (until the bill came).

I know I'm far from the first person to experience this, but having parents who are dating is weird (especially as I'm married ( Read more... )

With Lynne in class today, I starting doing some cleaning so that the apartment is relatively clean for her sisters visiting. I decided to put on some of my music that Lynne usually doesn't listen to. I hadn't listened to Tori Amos in a while and so I threw it in. Unbidden, a flood of old memories inundated me.
( Old Memories )

Lynne and I had a wonderful weekend. Unfortunately, Lynne is in class today :( even though I have the day off. Here's a quick summary of the weekend o' fun ( Read more... )

Well, as of yesterday afternoon, all the necessary applications were on their way to Case. We'll see if they like my undergraduate degree better than CLeveland State did.

I came home today, and after a quick stop at the leasing office (to pick up my birthday present, which finally arrived more than a month after Lynne ordered it for me. It's an ACS "mole" polo shirt and a pin with the Uranium symbol on it.), I sat down that the computer to check my e-mail. Viktor meows at me, so I pet him for a minute. He seems to ( Read more... )

A warning: Anyone who doesn't like Star Trek might as well skip this posting. At least Cari will read it!

( Star Trek )

So we went to New York over the weekend. And yet again, it was a stressful, hectic and worrisome weekend ( Read more... )