Monday, October 20, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
And we're off..
School has officially begun which means that I have fifteen other things to do that take priority over blogging about it so here's a real quick update:
- I start my new job on September 5th.
- Jack just had his three month check-up and is 17.5 lbs.
- I'm taking twelve credit hours this semester and attempting to get some work done on my senior thesis.
- The two Germans boys I adopted (one's my I-pal, the other was a stray we found on campus) are readily adjusting to Lincoln. Lately my spare time has consisted of helping them read aerosol deodorant labels so they actually buy deodorant and not just body spray.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Cupcake
Oh yes, and I got a new car a few weeks ago... her name is Cupcake.
Kylee, my six-year-old niece, helped me pick it out. It's cute, it's little, and twelve years newer than my last car.
I <3 Cupcake.
Kylee, my six-year-old niece, helped me pick it out. It's cute, it's little, and twelve years newer than my last car.
I <3 Cupcake.
A new year begins...
... academically speaking this coming Monday.
This is, if all goes according to plan, my last year at Wesleyan and I'm currently in the process of trying to make some huge, potentially life altering decisions. It's not fun. It's kind of exciting, but mainly, it's terrifying.
In other news.... my I-Pal got here yesterday. His name is Marcel Wolke and he's from Dortmund Germany. We met while I was still there and he's at Wesleyan for the fall semester. My job is to show him around Lincoln and Wesleyan, help him get through classes and general abroad adjustments that he'll need to make. Yesterday and today we got a lot accomplished... cell phone, dorm room, groceries, housing contract, visa stuff, and a bunch of other administrative type things. In addition to Marcel I've temporarily adopted another German exchange student (his I-pal was away last week and unable to join us today) named Julian. Basically I'm doing my best to ensure that their transition to Wesleyan and the necessary paperwork that accompanies it all is easier than mine was to Dortmund.
I'll write again soon!
(I'm hoping it'll be a bit easier now that I'll be getting on an actual schedule again.)
This is, if all goes according to plan, my last year at Wesleyan and I'm currently in the process of trying to make some huge, potentially life altering decisions. It's not fun. It's kind of exciting, but mainly, it's terrifying.
In other news.... my I-Pal got here yesterday. His name is Marcel Wolke and he's from Dortmund Germany. We met while I was still there and he's at Wesleyan for the fall semester. My job is to show him around Lincoln and Wesleyan, help him get through classes and general abroad adjustments that he'll need to make. Yesterday and today we got a lot accomplished... cell phone, dorm room, groceries, housing contract, visa stuff, and a bunch of other administrative type things. In addition to Marcel I've temporarily adopted another German exchange student (his I-pal was away last week and unable to join us today) named Julian. Basically I'm doing my best to ensure that their transition to Wesleyan and the necessary paperwork that accompanies it all is easier than mine was to Dortmund.
I'll write again soon!
(I'm hoping it'll be a bit easier now that I'll be getting on an actual schedule again.)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Jack
Jack is the new puppy.
He's a 9 week old Weimaraner with a silver coat and blue eyes. His likes are pooping, eating, tennis balls, things that squeak, napping on me or with my favorite blanket, and attacking house plants and door springs (you know, those things that go "bong" that keep the door/doorknob from putting a hole in the wall behind it). His dislikes include kennel time, being told no, and stairs.
Pictures are coming soon.
He's a 9 week old Weimaraner with a silver coat and blue eyes. His likes are pooping, eating, tennis balls, things that squeak, napping on me or with my favorite blanket, and attacking house plants and door springs (you know, those things that go "bong" that keep the door/doorknob from putting a hole in the wall behind it). His dislikes include kennel time, being told no, and stairs.
Pictures are coming soon.
Friday, July 25, 2008
I'm home!
... and I'm exhausted. Still.
Instead of jet lag I just got kinda sick. The A's (asthma and allergies) again so I'm drinking alka seltzer like it's going out of style. Anyway... I am home... I still have the same cell phone number and e-mail so give me a call if you're in Lincoln or simply if you feel like chatting. I'm not doing any paid work right now (i.e. I'm unemployed) but I am working. I have a lot of paperwork/administrative things that I have to do before school starts up again. In addition I'm looking at grad schools and options I may or may not have after graduation and trying to get my transcripts from Germany... which would expedite half of what I have to do.
Again... (or perhaps for the first time if I haven't seen you yet) I'm glad to be home.
Instead of jet lag I just got kinda sick. The A's (asthma and allergies) again so I'm drinking alka seltzer like it's going out of style. Anyway... I am home... I still have the same cell phone number and e-mail so give me a call if you're in Lincoln or simply if you feel like chatting. I'm not doing any paid work right now (i.e. I'm unemployed) but I am working. I have a lot of paperwork/administrative things that I have to do before school starts up again. In addition I'm looking at grad schools and options I may or may not have after graduation and trying to get my transcripts from Germany... which would expedite half of what I have to do.
Again... (or perhaps for the first time if I haven't seen you yet) I'm glad to be home.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
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