After three amazing months at camp where I was happier than I have been in years, I am now at Marshall University in Huntington, WV working towards my Master's degree in biology. I'll be studying the natural history and conservation of either the Long-tailed salamander (Eurycea longicauda longicauda) or the White-spotted Slimy Salamander ( ( Read more... )

Spellcheck on Microsoft Word was telling me that I spelled "grandparenting" wrong, so I decided to see what it suggested as alternatives. It gave me "grand parenting" and "grandpa renting."

So quick update on the ankle... the Doctor told me that I had a type II sprain which means that I partways tore ligaments in my ankle and they will not be fully healed for about 6 weeks. So for the moment, I am on crutches, in this heat. It sucks. I refuse to hobble across the stage on crutches in the graduation ceremony! Darn it, ankle, get

I battled the sidewalk and lost. This is just so ridiculously pathetic that I feel no shame in telling it ( Read more... )

It's been awhile since I really updated. I never know what to say. I'm graduating in a little over a month. How weird is that? It hasn't felt like four years here, although I have come to think of it as a home of sorts. Come mid-May and I'll be uprooted again and who knows if or when I'll be back to bama. Next plan is to go to grad. school. I ( Read more... )

First day of classes of my last semester at UA! AHahahahah!! I'm breaking free come May and I'm running away...to grad school. What a reward! LOL, I'm actually fairly excited to go somewhere new and get to do some more intense field studies. I haven't actually heard from anywhere yet (I've applied to places in AL, NC, and WV), so I suppose I ( Read more... )

Check this out: http://www.datatek.net/Humor/Alabama%20Residency%20Application. It's pretty awesome.

This semester is flying by. Classes are going well, but they've gotten to the point in the semester that, no matter how much I may have originally enjoyed them, they're just plain dull now. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I usually spend an average of 5 hours (both days) at a Talladega work station with Clay, my field partner, helping to build box and ( Read more... )

Drew and I spent this weekend on a TwentySomething retreat at Camp Lee in Anniston. The camp was fairly small and didn't have much to do, but with the group of people that we were with, it didn't matter. I didn't know the game of Scrabble could be so fun. :D But it was an awesome weekend cause I got to play in the woods again, hang out with and ( Read more... )

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