I'm back in LAX airport, after a fantastic two weeks in Australia. I kept busy surfing, SCUBA diving, climbing mountains, playing videogames, swimming in the pool, eating good food and hanging out with the family. It's paradise there - warm weather, but with ocean breezes. I got dragon fruit and lychees at the market. The Byron area has several ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in the LA airport waiting for the next flights to Auckland and Sydney. I have standby tickets, so no guarantee I'll be there anytime soon. This is so frustrating.

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My housemates and I planted seeds on Sunday the 9th, and we got sprouts on Tuesday! Now most of the seeds we planted have sprouted. I'm surprised by the germination rate--we put three to ten seeds in each container, and almost all of them sprouted! The first to come up were the kale (which make good eating, btw) and the sunflowers. Tomorrow, ( Read more... )

Spring has arrived, and I am SO ready. I still have my full winter beard (which, btw, is now haute couture according to the Thursday NYT style section), but I don't think I'll need the insulation much longer. All the buds on the bare trees have doubled in size. The crocuses are blooming and the tulips are pushing up through the semi-frozen dirt ( Read more... )

I've had a fever for a few days now. Ugh. My neuropsychology exam was supposed to be yesterday, but I was way too sick to even leave the house. I've been having terrible insomnia lasting hours in the middle of the night and last night I had cold sweats. I woke up completely wet and all my muscles were rock hard. I couldn't tell if I was hot or ( Read more... )

About an hour ago I was waiting for the T to take me to work, felt the cool February breeze fluttering my fur and thought, "I'm really enjoying my life." I feel very comfortable with what I'm doing and how I'm doing it. I had just come from an interesting ADHD lecture and had gone to my statistics class earlier. Too bad the statistics class is ( Read more... )

My head feels like it is full of cotton. I arrived home last night after traveling over 25 hours. That's not including the 10 hours it took to get from Byron Bay to our hotel in Sydney, including delays. In my previous trips to Australia I'd been spoiled by Qantas and Air New Zealand's real glassware, ceramic plates, comfort kits, excellent food ( Read more... )

I've been having a blast in Australia ( Read more... )