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One more thing
Oh, one other thing that I should have included in my last post. Is anyone going to be at the Midrealm coronation/40th anniversary on Oct 3? I live a couple of blocks from site, and since Chris knows some people coming into to town for it, we are going to host a post-revel at my place on Saturday night. Let me know if you are going to be around ( Read more... ) -
a new year
It has been more than a year since I posted last, so I guess it is about time for an update. This last year has not felt very productive -- I am now entering the 5th year of my PhD program, and I still haven't taken my history qualifying exams. Some of the delay has been due to teaching commitments, but this last year was also marked by a huge ( Read more... ) -
A long-overdue update on life
Wow, I can't believe that it has been over a year since I posted an update on LJ! Things have been busy, but they always are, so that's no excuse ( Read more... ) -
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So today is my last day in Italy. It is hard to believe I've been here close to 2 months! Rome was great...there was way too much to see in three weeks, but I had a great time trying to do as much as possible. Staying at the American Academy in Rome (located on the top of the Geniculum hill, for those of you who have been there) was absolutely ( Read more... ) -
finally packed!
I can't believe that I'm going to be on plane to Italy just over 13 hours from right now! I think I am mostly packed at this point. I'm going to try to catch a few hours of sleep before I get picked up with all my luggage in the morning. Thankfully it turns out that a number of people from church have to go to O'Hare tomorrow, so someone is ( Read more... ) -
yay!!
Well, it has been close to a year since I've written anything, so I figured I'd write to share some really good news ( Read more... ) -
really, REALLY good news!
I got absolutely fantastic news today...I am going to get tuition for next year ( Read more... ) -
Syria
Okay, this is it, my first post. Sorry to begin on such a low note, but I'm really worried...there are four embassies on fire in Damascus right now, and my sister works at the US embassy there. While I'm not usually skittish about traveling in that part of the world, this just hits too close to home. Maybe I'm chicken, but part of me would like ( Read more... )