Effective July 1, VA will be implementing additional fines for drivers if they're pulled over. Not only will you be given a ticket for speeding (as usual), you'll be given additional "civil" fines somewhere in the upper hundreds or a thousand. The legislature will only be fining VA residents, out of staters who get pulled over only get the ( Read more... )

I really really need to be sending out my thesis to the grad school board. I've put in most of the changes my committee asked me to, but every time I go through it, I keep changing something, or finding something I consider a mistake. It's never going to be perfect, I realize that, but can't just let go. Bugger ( Read more... )

Blah... I had a wonderfully free yesterday, which I spent sleeping or coughing and sneezing away. Summer colds... gotta luv em, especially when it's a gorgeous sunny day outside. I finally started taking meds which led to that nice floaty feeling; people started calling after that, hopefully most didn't realize how out of it I was. Much better ( Read more... )

Love hiking! Salim decided to go with me, so it didn't end up being a solo trip. Could have planned it better; we just grabbed snacks and headed out without picking a trail... but fun regardless. Drove down Skyline drive through the Shenandoah mts about 10 miles, then stopped at the first trail we saw. It took us through forest mainly; the ( Read more... )

Since Fathers Day just passed, current news is that my dad will be here next month for a week! He was worried that his visit would coincide with my thesis, and that I would be grumpy. Me. Ha. Don't know where he gets that from. Grumpy sounds so... JV ( Read more... )

Back from NYC! I'm sorry Jeanine... even though you didn't know, I was planning on surprising you. But the days prior to the wedding were filled up, so, mebbe next time :). Wedding went well: we had the rehearsal and dinner the night before with the wedding party and family. Then the following day, the wedding itself was at 12:30 at a church. ( Read more... )

it's one of those days where you get that "blah" feeling. Just one thing after another after another. Just keep checking things off the list and hope nothing important is forgotten. Finally handed in thesis to "the commitee" and will have another week until I stand before them and an audience and defend the research I spent the past 6 months on ( Read more... )

Last couple of weeks have either been crazy hectic...or not. Other than the usual “am at the bookstore working on my thesis” a few things include ( Read more... )

More to write, but I'm late. Finally finished my results chapter, about 26 pages worth which will probably be whittled down. Woohoo! It's unbelievably exciting to me. Very. Strange. It's been my priority for past 6 months, and now that the end is really in sight, it's been dragging. So progress is great.

It's just been a strange week client wise. Had a 2 1/2 meeting with a parent today that was tense. Really... the expression "tension so thick you can cut it with a knife" applies ( Read more... )