I'm so happy that Obama won!  People in my area are so excited, and its really great to see everyone so happy and hopeful.  I think some people are still crying with joy.  The lines at the polls were crazy all day.  We went over at about 1:30 and the lines were running through the parking lot.  We got to bypass the lines because Mom is disabled and ( Read more... )

So here is what I've been up to on my trip so far.

On Thursday I attempted to go to Tivoli. Unfortunately, I missed the
stop, and when I finally got off of the bus, I was a few towns away. The
driver told me that there would be a new bus at 10:55, (it was 10 then).
However, that bus never came. Neither did the next promised bus at 12:30.
Finally a ( Read more... )

Right, so, I had a great time in Rome.  So much so that I'm back again.  On the last trip I saw the Colosseum, Vatican Museum (the Pope Chair with the hole was not on display), Sistene Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Domus Aurea, The Forum (my favorite), Trevi Fountain, Castel Sant Angelo, The Palatine, the Wolf Statue, St. Peter's Invincula, and St ( Read more... )

The past few weeks have been pretty busy. I had to hurry and finish my skeletons when I got back from Ireland. They took longer than I expected. Then I had three papers due in a two week period, which was also the time when I had scheduled my dissertation research. I managed to get everything done, but it took a lot of Red Bull to do it. On the ( Read more... )

Its been a busy semester with school work, loans issues, VISA extensions and whatnot, so I haven't really gotten around to posting. I will try to do better. The highlights of the semester were my trip to Cardiff for St. David's day and seeing the Chinese Terracotta soldiers exhibit at the British Museum. At the end of the semester I went to Ireland ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday yashy! I hope that you have a good one.

Right, so, its been a while since I’ve posted, but here’s what I have been up to lately:

( 1066 and other stuff )

So this week I started my classes. They seem to be pretty good and te readings aren't too bad. I have my first labs tomorrow, so I will see how they go. I'm taking a break from doing my readings right now. I found out that there isn't any more space in the evening french classes, which I was hoping to get into. However, they do have a self ( Read more... )

So this week I had my department orientation. We picked our options and now I'm just trying to get registered. The problem is that the one class I'm taking is only 15 instead of 20 credits so the computer won't recognize it and won't let me register. However I talked to the department administrator and she said that she would fix it. So this ( Read more... )

The move was successful, and I'm trying to organize my stuff in the new place now. I will say though that moving was much easier when I was not solely reliant on public transportation. I managed though. Unfortunately, we have no internet yet, so I am using the computer at school. The new place is nice though and I even have a balcony, so I'm ( Read more... )