I love the fall.  I love 50-60 weather with nights cold enough to cuddle.  I love it when the leaves turn gold and red.  I LOVE pumpkin products.  Thanksgiving is the best holiday ever.

I just love almost everything about fall.  I am really happy right now. 

I had a fabulous weekend.  I went home for the worldwide eckankar seminar and got to see my mom, sister and pups ( Read more... )

It was 92 frickin' degrees yesterday.  And it is supposed to be 93 today.

Ohio weather whomps.

... I really do.  I feel awful when my kids don't pay attention to what should be included (even though I gave them the rubric!) and so lose a ton of points.

I think that I literally saw one student in tears today.

I feel bad.

T-1.5 hours until dreaded meeting with advisor.  Still need to read three papers.  And find others.  And be expert on the gizzard shad and how it influences reservoir food webs.  Uh oh ( Read more... )

This weekend Ryan and I had to bring in our car for a minor repair, and it just so happens that the Toyota dealership is right next to the famed Jungle Jim's, this huge grocery store that everyone has been telling us about ( Read more... )

I had an awesome weekend.  I went with Ryan back to Wisconsin for his best friend's wedding.  I love Wisconsin and Minnesota.  It was 20-30 degrees cooler than in the burning inferno that is called Ohio.  And it had rained there so the grass was green, not brown and crunchy like it is here.  And Ryan's family and friends were all there.  It was so ( Read more... )

So, it has begun.  Classes started on Monday and since then I have attended the first or second meetings of all the classes I am taking this semester (which includes a seminar on Global Change Ecology, a seminar on being a grad student, and an advanced Ecology course where I am going to learn how to do some basic programming in the computer program ( Read more... )

Here I am, sitting in the main library on campus and totally slacking off by looking at facebook, reading livejournal entries, and finding some fitness classes I could take at the rec center.  I am back to my old Madison habits which means that I must be starting to get used to Ohio ( Read more... )

I made a rather stupid mistake.  I know that I was accepted to Miami U, but I never got information about my e-mail address, student ID, or ID card.  Very curious.  While running a myriad of errands this morning I happened to ask someone about this, and it turns out that there is a hold on my account!  Back in February when I was accepted, I got a ( Read more... )