I just finished my first week of Organic Chemistry. The schedule is somewhat insane. Five two-and-a-half hour lectures a week, and we're covering almost a chapter a day, with the entire quarter lasting only 3 weeks or so. And the day after the final, the second quarter starts. Plus I'm taking lab, which is 4 hours twice a week. The expected time ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamed that the rabbits were missing, had jumped out of a car and run off in different directions. I caught Booga, but the Doctor was missing for days. They brought him back, seemingly dead, but then he popped back to life, all matted and gross, and I had to go catch him again ( Read more... )

Star Trek: TOS. Episode: The Enemy Within. Totally distracting: THE AWESOME SPACE DOG.

Yes, that is a horn AND antennae.


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My week of vacation is nearly up; I don't mind, it was wonderful. The time flew by, and work didn't help, but there was still plenty of opportunity to accomplish things.

Dave and I planted a little garden, and hard work it was! It would look happier if the picture hadn't been taken at dusk:


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I managed to pull a B out of my last quarter of physics. Oh, I'm so happy! I was sure it would be a C or C+. Oh, happy day ( Read more... )

Your daily invocation from the Vogue Sewing Book ( Read more... )

So, against the wishes of everybody in the house, I was forced to repeat the baking of a strawberry pie, which had been premiered last Wednesday in honor of Jennie's departure for the North.


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Today was a more-than-usually bizarre day at the lab. For about an hour and a half, first thing in the morning, more than one of us was engaged in trying to hold down a particularly strong two year-old for a particularly difficult and large blood draw, all as the child's screams echoed through the lab ( Read more... )

Last night it was so lovely out that Dave took me to dinner at Caldera, where we sat on the patio and had a delicious meal accompanied by blueberry wheat ale and black cherry stout, both amazing ( Read more... )

Last weekend Dave and I headed home to Sacramento ( Read more... )