So I've been here a few weeks now. Boy, does it feel strange to say that. Things are well. I have an adorable new apartment though it is much lacking in kitchen amenities. You might be able to see it here and here. I have facebook locked down pretty tight though. But anyone is welcome to friend me over there if they'd like ( Read more... )

Wow, I had no idea it'd been so long since I posted. Things have been moving pretty fast and furious here. I'm moving in two days. My condo is all packed up and rented out. My car is sold (sob!) and I'm headed to Philly for grad school! With a short stop at the Parent's in Ketchikan first ( Read more... )

So I was working late and normally I would be telling you about my super "exciting" trip to Unalaska tomorrow. But I just got home and literally found a crowd of people in the front yard and two toddlers running around barefoot and hardly dressed. So two of the people were my next door neighbors and the other three were people that just stopped ( Read more... )

So, okay, hi. I know I've been gone for a while, but that's okay, I'm here now! Work is work, moving is moving and life is pretty darn good ( Read more... )

I keep getting confused seeing Life on the tv schedule. I get all excited and then I realize I will not be seeing Charlie Crews or Dani Reese and instead just a nature documentary with Oprah narration. I'm pretty mad at myself for deleting the earthquake episode. I really want to watch that one right now. Mark Rawls. Shared iPods. Earthquake ( Read more... )

After a few months of standing still, the whirlwind travelfilled life of a public health researcher is about to pick up. Tomorrow, I'm going to Sitka, Alaska to report final results of a study I've been working on for the past three years. It's only a day trip, but I'm pretty excited. It's our first stop of eight communities and I can't wait to ( Read more... )

Woot! Just found out I'm a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow! It's a huge honor and quite a bit of security for at least three years of grad school ( Read more... )

So since I've decided to pack up and move to Philadelphia and live a life of relative poverty and intense study, I've been looking for apartments online. Which I know, is not the ideal way to find a place, but it's what I've got for now. I really want a nice, quiet, relatively cheap place. A tall order ( Read more... )

So, anyone have any experience with renting condos out? I'd been planning on selling, but it's not going to work out at the moment unless I swallow a pretty big loss.

There are lots of property management firms here, so I'll probably be looking into some of them, but I welcome advice. :)

Next fall I will be starting my doctorate studies in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Philly, here I come! I'm so excited. And also a little paralyzed with fear. But they let me in, so they must have some hope for me. :)