1. Joe is here.

2. After a long weekend's work, the condo is more-or-less set up.

3. I bought a couch and Joe bought a TV. The couch is bigger, but only by a negligible amount.

...that I'm buying a condo. Tomorrow.

( Photos! )

Okay, so... I overslept, my bike broke down on the way to school, my cell phone rang during class -- I forgot to turn it off -- and it was my mortgage company wanting proof of interior insurance, which I don't have yet.

If one more thing goes wrong, I can market my day as a sitcom script.

I survived orientation week. Boulder continues to astound me. And I'm moving on Thursday. But I'm too tired to elaborate.

Hello all,

I really, really, really like Boulder.

School starts tomorrow (OSEP trip) and Monday (orientation week) and next Monday (classes) and next next Monday (lab).

Yesterday I volunteered at a long-course triathlon -- that's a 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride, and 13.1 swim. I volunteered to hand out water and Gatorade along the bike course, but I didn't know that until I got there. "There" turned out to be about ten miles away, and I was traveling by bike ( Read more... )

Hello all,
I am now a resident of Boulder, Colorado.
Cheers,
Kasia

The Polish, they say "Happy Birthday" with flair:

"Beloved Kasia ( Read more... )

Japan:

Now that I'm actually conversational in Japanese, my French is absolutely shot. I was racking my brain trying to remember how to say "Some paper, please" in French:

Du papier, kudasai.

No.

Du papier, onegai.

Nope.

Du papier, choudai.Yes! Um, no ( Read more... )

New Zealand ( Read more... )