I doubt anyone really reads this anymore, but I figured I would write a random post. I have been in Milwaukee since August and we just got our first snow yesterday, which was quite late in the year for this area. The temperatures have dropped into the 20's and I'm surviving so far. I bought boots, a big ass jacket, and various other cold weather ( Read more... )

I'm such a bad lj user! Yet I still managed to log in, read some recent friends' entries, and now I'm posting...pretty amazing, huh? I went the entire year of 2007 without a post. I think I've already explained that I don't want the Peace Corps getting upset or weird about my posts, so I've resorted to updating people via email. If you aren't on my ( Read more... )

Sorry, long time no post. My mass emails should be doing the trick. If anyone isn't on that list, then please give me your email address and I'll add you ( Read more... )

Well, Juan passed away on Thursday night, June 1st at 11 p.m. His suffering is over, and his family was with him. I got to see him, sit with him, hold his hand, and talk to him (I talked with him on Tuesday, but by Thursday he wasn't really talking anymore) just earlier that afternoon. I feel really blessed that I got to spend time with him like ( Read more... )

I'll start with happy stuff. My trip to LA was great. I stayed at Agraba - that's the apartment shared by Christine, Lee, Diana, Jen, and one girl who wasn't in Lyon - Nicole. It was really really nice to see them again and just catch up and have fun. They all still had class, so I went to see Silver in Whittier midday on Wednesday. We had a ( Read more... )

Kind of a weird holiday, but then again they're all pretty weird ( Read more... )

I'm back in cow town. Yay Ramona. The end of school felt pretty rushed - yet I managed to do well on my finals. I did quite well this semester, in fact - A in French, A in German, A in African Econ Development, and a B+ in Econometrics. :-) I had to say bye to people, which was hard. I especially didn't like saying bye to/breaking up with ( Read more... )

I've never gone so long without an update! Oops! Well, most people should already know my big news, but I'll say it again just in case - I'm leaving June 14th to do Small Enterprise Development in Cameroon, Africa for 2 years with the Peace Corps. :-) I'm really happy about my assignment - it's exactly what I was hoping for. I'll be speaking ( Read more... )

Well, things are lookin GOOD my friends. That Econometrics midterm wasn't too bad (I'll get it back tomorrow and then I'll really be able to say...). I did a presentation in my French class on the movie French Cancan, which I love, and that went well. Last Saturday night Silver and I joined Augie and a bunch of people from the dorms for a beach ( Read more... )

Well, it's a three-day weekend. Actually I have four days off cuz I don't have school on Fridays. I only have one class on Mondays so it's not that big of a deal, but somehow it changes plenty mentally. :-) And my friends are all free for an extra day ( Read more... )