So after my so exciting Spring Break in Greenville (and with my boyfriend now on his way to Key West with a couple of friends to spend his break scuba diving) I return home to find that my roommate Toni (that's "The Elusive One" to Khara) has adopted a cat! She's actually a very sweet cat, with kind of long, soft fur. I say "kinda long" because I ( Read more... )

So its been a fun couple of weeks. I've been done with finals since last Sat , 12/3, so have had lots of time to kill. :) On Tuesday, a week ago, I drove up to Greenville to see Adam. He was still busy with finals and papers, but his department had a formal on Wednesday. The formal was fun, but as it was called a 'Formal', I expected it to be ( Read more... )

Today I got to teach 1st graders for the first time ever! The first thing I thought when I walked into the classroom was "Man they are little!" I really do forget how big kids of different ages are ( Read more... )

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My parents came into town from Wednesday til today, because Mom happened to have those days off of work thanks to their Fall Break, and it was great!! They flew in late Wednesday into RDU, so I didnt actually see them until Thursday, when they drove here to Wilmington. After my class was over, we went sightseeing around Wilmington. First I gave ( Read more... )

As weird as it was to have Fall break this past Thursday and Friday (it seemed so early!), it was perfect timing: it coincided exactly with the time that Rachey and Troy would be in SC to see her little sister graduate from boot camp at Fort Jackson! So Wednesday I made the 'long' 3 1/2 hour drive out there to meet up with them. They drove up ( Read more... )

I am currently reading a scientific article that that was presumably read by qualified reviewers and editors, and possibly revised a time or two by the author. And yet there is still a statement that reads "...be sure that the residual calcium is removed as good as possible ( Read more... )

How ironic: Wilmington gets hit by Ophelia, a mere Category 1 hurricane, that is moving so slowly that the biggest fear is all the rain it will dump. And now, Houston and the whole Texas coast is being threatened by a Category 5 storm w/ winds at or above 165 mph! And its on a track that will probably take it just south of Houston (according to ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here waiting for the storm. I've been expecting it to hit (according to news sources) for most of the day but the timing keeps getting pushed back. And back. And a little farther back. Stupid ADD storm! I want to go through a hurricane, even if it is likely to dump a ton of rain because it's moving sooooo slowly and cause flooding ( Read more... )

No school for today! It's been cancelled due to Tropical Storm Ophelia. I woke up to pouring down rains and pretty decent winds, but it's calm now- just the outer bands were hitting. Landfall isnt expected until tomorrow morning. I'm excited about it. It's only a tropical storm, though with the possibility of turning into a category 1 ( Read more... )