Thinking over various things, including what Sister Raphealla said, and changes I need to make in my attitude and how I percieve myself, I decided to do something about my appearance. I've actually been happy lately, able to accept who I am and be proud of my body and what I can do with it, even if it isn't fitting one particular ideal of beauty ( Read more... )

I wasn't able to jump in the lake - they cancelled it! Apparently the hole kept freezing back up and the EMTs said it was too dangerous. I did roll around in the snow though, since I didn't want to get all psyched up for nothing ( Read more... )

9:35 am.

I heard that it was going to be 6 degrees today. I'm about to get into my bathing suit and get ready for the plunge, and decided to check the weather.

-9 degrees. Feels like -24.

But don't worry! By 12:20 (our plunge time) it will be a balmy 0 degrees! With a wind chill of -14.

Holy sweet Mary mother of God....

I am terrified....

Okay, I must be crazy ( Read more... )

I just heard about Melanie and I figured that she won't be checking her LJ for awhile, so I figured I'd post this here and whoever sees her can pass the word; but tell her that I'm thinking about her and praying for her (and Kevin, and Mike the ever dutiful nurse ;) ) and glad she's okay (well, relatively - I know her leg is screwed up but that's ( Read more... )

Hey, I have some good news (that is not computer related) that I thought I'd share - I got a grant I applied for, which means I have the financial support I need to go into the lab I wanted; I'll be studying (tentatively) microbial degradation of a class of organic polluntants under anaerobic conditions. Yay!

Thanks for all your help ( Read more... )

Okay, I've found a couple that I like and are within my price range, but I have a few questions because I don't know ANYTHING about anything, it seems. So these few questions will help make my decision easier. Please don't laugh at me. Remember that I don't do a lot of high tech stuff. I would say even a DVD burner is too extravagant for my ( Read more... )

I can't believe how time creeps up on you, and how much I've neglected this. I have been keeping up a bit (and Mike tells me things ;)) - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and all that, and congratulations to Stan and Sarah too while I'm at it :D ( Read more... )

First off, isn't this the coolest thing ever ( Read more... )