5/29/06 - Memorial Day Monday:

I froze my butt last night. Apparently my sleeping bag - a leftover from when I was with Mike and using mostly his gear - is not as warm as the down bag my mom sewed for Dad twenty-something years ago.  I need a new sleeping bag and a new tent and may actually get around to buying the bag at least, since being cold ( Read more... )

Sunday May 28, 2006:

My parents swung by for a visit this morning, which was fun. I ended up sending Kiska with them and keeping Roxie (their older dog) since Kis was so excited to see them. She thinks it is kind of boring out here, since I am not throwing tennis balls (to rest her gimpy leg) and the water is too high for her to swim much. Rox is ( Read more... )

On dancing: I have been to three belly dance classes here. This makes me a regular (there seems to be a fairly large cast who cycles through but not a lot of full-time regulars). I am enjoying the company and the classes. We do about an hour of yoga and evil abdominal exercises (some of them are hard but mostly they are ridiculous: i.e. put your ( Read more... )

Tomorrow begins my first four day sojourn on the river bank. I may be able to finagle an internet connection once or twice, but dont be suprised if I am not around.  The good news is I may finally have time to respond to some emails, and file them in my "Outbox" 'til I am reunited with my precious interweb.

Tired ( Read more... )

My cousin and his new wife got married today ( Read more... )

I am posting this from my yurt. Yes, the yurt sans electricity and sans running water seems to be within reach of either my folks' or (more likely) their neighbors' wireless network ( Read more... )

I am typing this sitting cross-legged on my kitchen floor, eating cold leftover Chinese food with my fingers. My back rests where a table used to reside, and the silverware I should be using is more like silver?where ( Read more... )

Grade essays for 30 minutes ( Read more... )

To Do Before I Leave for Alaska (in FIVE DAYS, aaahh!!!):

The current plan is for me to drive to Baltimore on Friday. My cousin will put me up for the night and deliver me to the airport on Saturday.

Schoolwork:
Do meta-analysis.
Write meta-analysis paper. <-- It still needs an introduction and lit review.  This is the part I most hate having to ( Read more... )