so, the next big and exciting part of this week was my birthday...yeah, i'm 24 now...wahoo... I went to work and was greeted by door decorations- posters that Marina and Steve made, that were pictures of people from WB shows, with quotations saying things like "happy birthday kristen" or "i wish it was jack and kristen instead of jack and bobby" ( ( Read more... )

So today was the first day of orchestra for the quarter. And, Chandler, another MSEer who just joined the orchestra, had checked the seating chart friday and emailed me, but I actually didn't believe her till I saw it today... I'm still in the 1st violin section...but i've moved up to... 2nd chair!!!!!! While I am totally excited (and I didn't ( Read more... )

so this was most of the first week of my 2nd year as a grad student. THe week started off just fine. Monday fun at volleyball, plus 7th heaven and everwood. yay tv. :P then tuesday was the student faculty luncheon which started off with jess and i picking up the cake nad flowers, followed by setting everything up in the luncheon room, and making ( Read more... )

So Thursday was practically the weekend,... after work we took hte new kids to carmens, and then to PM. I had a great game of darts with davebryan as my partner- we schooled brian adn this new girl ... yay! we had fun at PM but we got there SO early because we finihsed at carmens early...so many people cleared out by like 1030 11 ish (!?) so after ( Read more... )

So monday after work was vball of course. it was a lot of fun- we had 10 people so 5 on 5. then i got home and watched the 2nd half of the season premiere of 7th heaven... luckily cheryl taped it so when i get the chance i can watch it all...and i watched everwood. yay for WB. i seriously think its my favorite channel ( Read more... )

so this weekend was crazy. starting friday, after work, I practiced instead of volleyball...and then I went to a chemistry party with Chau Jean and a few other Matscis. it was fun to actually meet some new people, although, i can't say I spent the majority of my time there doing so. I did, however, have a good time talkign to Chau Jean, Feng and ( Read more... )

I just got back Monday from a trip to NY, which was a very nice, busy, fun filled time at home. I got in on a Saturday, and hung out with the family, and went out to the usual Applebees with KTA and my sister, and bumped into a fellow CMUer from my HS there. Sunday after church, I pretty much hung out at home and read a lot of the DaVinci Code. ( Read more... )

I got my car today! i'm so excited! Driving is so much fun! My car is awesome! yay!!!!!! :)

oh yeah, and I love summer. :)

So the most exciting thing happening recently was my recent visit to Pittsburgh for Dave's wedding. But briefly, the week leading up to it...consisted of a bbq at church which was pretty fun, then Sunday after church I took a walk around, and then watched Best in Show, then relaxed, and went to the Bahai Temple with Jessica. The Bahai temple is one ( Read more... )

So, this week i had thought would be long, because I didn't think i had a lot of WORK stuff to do, since i am STILL waiting for equipment i ordered over a month ago....grr... but it wasn't bad. Did other work on a paper my advisor is trying to finish up, so I got to learn some stuff and be productive sort of. Hopefully my stuff will come next week ( Read more... )