So the nausea has abated. I don't feel like I'm going to throw up all the time and I can eat "real food" again.  Whooo-Hoooo! The whole not-really-eating made me drop 5 pounds. It was kinda scary.  I'm still exhausted all the time. I generally crash around 2 pm and don't perk up until after I've had dinner. Fruit smoothies are my new best friends.

We got back today from Ghost Ranch. It was fantastic not having cell phone service and internet access for a whole week. I didn't have to worry about stupid work stuff or about what was going on "out in the world". I my world was narrowed to my experiences at Ghost Ranch. Not that there wasn't crap to deal with there. My relaxing vacation was not ( Read more... )

Got my turquoise pen & a huge stack of finals. Let the grading commence!

Found by my friend Anastasia. This totally made my morning.
http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/04/28/the-internet-is-made-of-cats

This round of furious grading is over. The next round will start soon. Damn finals.

grading grading grading.....about 1/2 way done now.

At least now all the papers associated with my class are in one HUGE pile... I had to get a cardboard box to keep them all in one place.  I think that is progress... Still wondering if I can get it all done in 2.5 weeks......

I had a good trip to Kettle Moraine State Forest (south unit) yesterday. It was through Emily Oaks. I've basically signed up to do about two trips per year. One in the Spring, one in the Fall. They are fairly popular. We had a full van yesterday with 4 people on the waitlist. I enjoyed it and folks seemed to enjoy it. We saw a lot of kettles, but ( Read more... )

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Another song about science from Symphony of Science. I do enjoy this guy's work. www.youtube.com/watch