only 5 doors left to open on my advent calendar, and it doesn't feel like christmas. how do working adults do it? working full days right up till one or two days before christmas is making me feel scroogey. or maybe it's that most everyone else i know (minus the [un]lucky ones at Hopkins with me) is already off and at home enjoying the christmas ( Read more... )

Not sure if I've posted about this before... but I've been tutoring a high school student, Shawanda, for about a semester now. I'm in a group with 4 or 5 other Hopkins grad/med students, and we're something of a tutoring 'family'/team, we each help out once every couple of weeks with tutoring after school. This morning we found out our student, who ( Read more... )

+ This is the first December in 4 years that I don't have finals just before Christmas (or 11 years to not have some kind of major tests in December ( Read more... )

A few months ago I did the South Beach thing. Well, I didn't stick with the 'maintenance' phase of it, i've been eating junk food and saying it's ok because I walk my dog everyday. not enough to balance eating junk food, though, as evidenced by the fact that I've gained weight. In fact, everything I lost before and maybe a little more. So, I am ( Read more... )

"Hey Joe, I've got this great idea for a kids toy ( Read more... )

How is it already November ( Read more... )

This morning was really rough. I kept falling asleep after my alarm went off as I laid in bed to try and catch the forecast, so I was running about 20 minutes behind what I had hoped. Not a big deal, because the quiz i had this morning wasn't starting till 30 minutes past the normal start time, but I also knew I had to move my car before street ( Read more... )

GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG! RED SOX!!!!!!!

(that is all)

This past week or so has been really hard. Yes, I had some fun and got to enjoy the company of some friends, but the minute I quiet down and I'm alone, i feel pretty crappy. Maybe it's the stress of school, I always feel like I'm behind and I'm not doing enough work for class. Or I feel like I haven't accomplished anything on my lab project, most ( Read more... )

Last night was perhaps one of the most exciting baseball games I've seen in person. Robert and Daryl drove up from Richmond to come see the Os against the Yanks, then Sarah (from school) brought one of her friends and her fiance Chris came late once he got off work. My classmate Dave and like 3 of his NY friends were at the game too, but they just ( Read more... )