Today was one of those days when I just knew everything was going to go right. There was no way around it ( Read more... )

My uncle called today and asked if I wanted to get together for dinner. Uncle Don and Aunt Liz live here in town, so I get to see the now and then, but it had been a few weeks. I feel like such a college student, only going out to eat when the family takes me ( Read more... )

I've been feeling a bit stressed the last few days. My academic class load is as heavy as it gets in grad school, I am spending far more time in the lab than any other new student, and taking band, bowling, and dance on top of that. These past two weeks have been constant work, except a few hours of reading for pleasure last weekend and a chance ( Read more... )

For some reason, I find this believable.

What was supposed to be a twenty minute rest while I waited for the bus ended up as a 3 hour nap. Oops. Awesome dreams though. Naked people canoeing. Niagra Falls. Kung Fu. Secret packages. Evil plots. It was great. Lots of old friends making cameos as both good and bad people.

League finally started up, and it is so much fun. Everyone on my team is or was an engineer, though one of them is now getting his PhD in Germanic history or something like that. He's even in a pirate class. Awesomeness ( Read more... )

I know nothing about professional or school sports. I have been to two baseball games, and watched 2 or 3 superbowls on tv. That's pretty much the extent of my spectator-ness ( Read more... )

Grandma was woken up for the big birthday dinner. As she sat there by herself, I came up and she smiled. She might have known who I was. I took out my paintings and showed them to her, tried to explain that I was learning to paint like her. She seemed pleased, but it may have just been to receive some attention ( Read more... )

My parents are in Aurora with my grandparents, about 2 1/2 hours from here, so instead of spending all afternoon in the lab I get to go visit! Yay!

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