AAAAaaahhh omg Mark Doom's getting married!!!!!
What exciting friend-news!!

This week was Islam week in History 111. And I couldn't have been happier about it. Most students at some point in their education have learned about Egypt or Rome or whatnot in their middle school or high school history classes, but very few have ever been exposed to even the basic facts of the history and nature of Islam. It's ridiculous, because ( Read more... )

Okay, so I have never been a shoe person. I've never been a girl who enjoys shoe shopping. This is evidenced by all the senior year pictures I've been putting up on facebook recently in which I'm always wearing my Sauconys. But I've recently learned that if I buy good quality shoes/heels somewhere other than Payless (no disrespect, I <3 Payless) ( Read more... )

This morning Casey and I got to have breakfast with our college friends Bryan and Maggie at Denny's! They were passing through St. Louis on their way to a wedding in Columbia, and we had a blast at breakfast. I'm so happy we got to catch a bit of time with them on this busy weekend. We laughed a lot, and it was just fun to be ourselves and be ( Read more... )

I love teaching the French Revolution!!! I think it's the only unit in 112 that I truly enjoy and feel I really understand well enough to be teaching.
It makes me miss the French Rev class I took at Cornell with Sammi though. Good times!

I haven't had internet in my apartment since Saturday. ARG Charter. They're finally coming tomorrow to fix it. It's amazing though how much extra time there can be in a day when you can't go online.

Speaking of extra time, today was my last day of waking up and having nothing I really needed to do all day. I <3 Summer, and since my advisor ( Read more... )

Hey again LJ, I meant it when I said I was back. It's been a crazy week. Last weekend Casey and I went up to Iowa with Charlie, and it was so great to see how well he got along with Newman and Uno, as well as Casey's family. Actually made me a bit sad to bring him back here where he doesn't have a cat or dog friend to run around with. That was a ( Read more... )

Academic decision made ( Read more... )

Going on the second year out, I really miss Cornell's NSO. I'd LOVE to go back and be a PA again this coming year. But only if Julia and Kerri are going to be there again too. I really miss some of those really awesome PGMs I had over the years.

"I miss sitting in McWethy with you with the radio on making lopsided bowls while you craft masterpieces ( Read more... )