This week started fair enough, but then every teacher realized the same thing that we students did. Time is running out for the semester. So what do teachers do? speed up the pace so everything is covered before the semester ends. So I find myself wondering where the time has gone, and feeling the time crunch pressure (of course that means even ( Read more... )

Thursday always has a way of amazing me. I walk into my Observation class, and then my friend Billy walked in... he was holding my coffee class, that I lost on Tuesday. Not only had my coffee cup come back to me, but it came back full!!!!!!! Oh man, Billy totally made my day. It's the little things that make Thursdays so wonderful. That's ( Read more... )

Well I had an really nice fall break in Chicago. It's always strange going to see my dad's family. At my Grandmother's house I ended up doing yard work, and fixing things around the house (my Aunt and Grandmother were impressed when I finished the project my Dad started.) It was my Grandmother's 85th birthday, and actually she seemed like she ( Read more... )

I got accepted to the study abroad program for spring 06.

So next semester I'll be going to school at Australia National University (ANU) in Canberra Australia!!!!!

You're an Passionate Kisser
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Last week I went on the coolest field trip ever. My Observation class went to New Mexico to hang out at a 3.5 meter telescope for a couple days. Unfortunately it was cloudy, and really humid, so they couldn't do any real science. But on the last night there was about an hour when they put on the eye piece for us just to look at the stars. For ( Read more... )

Very cool things happen on Thursdays (I guess technically it's Friday now, but I'm still calling it Thursday since I haven't gone to sleep yet ( Read more... )

I rush out into the gray cold of the morning, happy to be holding a steaming cup of Coffee. The chill of the air bits my cheeks and nose and threatens to sink through my sweater to my skin. The occasional golden leaf stands out against the stark gray of the sky, while the rest of the leaves betray the slightest hint of yellow in their green, not ( Read more... )

October is going to be awesome!!!! The first week of October my Observation class is taking a field trip to NM to observe at a 3.5 Meter telescope, and then take a tour of the VLA. This trip is the highlight of being an astrophysics major. I'm missing like 4 days of class, but I don't care this is sooo worth all the make up I'm going to have to ( Read more... )

I started this weekend with a Mountain of homework. On friday I went to go see Andy, and I left all my homework for Saturday when I got back. Once I was back on Saturday I started to work, but I fell asleep. Waking up to Michelle's arrival, Kristie and I soon left for dinner and the beginning of Girls night. Again I found something to help me ( Read more... )