Monday, November 29, 2010

So yeah ...

Well I will break my long time silence for this announcement:

I was called as my Branch's Relief Society President.

 I would write more, but right now I should be doing homework. So I may update more, but who knows, I am going to be busy.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Rain Boots

The last time I was on my blog, I told the story of how I acquired my umbrella. Well, thanks to tropical storms causing Syracuse to be the fourth city in New England with the greatest rain in September, I have since bought rain boots.

Last Friday, I went to Target hoping to purchase rain boots. Thursday had been not stop, down pour and my sneakers where soaked. I got lucky and there was one more pair of boots, size ten, sitting there waiting for me to buy them.

Of course there was no rain all weekend, but now that I'm back to walking to campus or course there's rain. And I wasn't able to wear my rain boots today. My toesies are freezing and wet in my flats I'm wearing. So even though I am sad that I don't get to wear my boots today, I have a good reason why not.

This morning I had an "interview" for a Graduate Assistantship position. I wore dress pants and flats, not rain boots. Now this next week I start up my work as a graduate assisstant. I will be helping to review different cyber resources to help the professors in the iSchool. It should be interesting work, and will be great experience for my resume.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Bright Orange Umbrella

Today has been quite a day. I will say that it officially started at 3:30 am and will not be ending anytime soon. Currently, I'm sitting in a computer lab in the basement of the Hinds, with my new bright orange umbrella, writing in this blog instead of doing classwork.

I woke up around 3:30 this morning and decided that I wanted to finish reading Mockingjay. Well I finished it, and I'm still not sure what to think, so I will get back to you on that point. However, when I was done I wasn't tired and it was 5 am, so I watched a little Wipeout and Melissa & Joey online (because that is what busy grad students do at 5 am). Thankfully at about 7:30 I went back to sleep for about an hour.

Now fast forward to my 11 o'clock appointment at the Rheumatologist. The weather has been a bit chilly, but there wasn't any rain when I went in, it was shaping out to be a nice day. All in all the appointment went well. Other then the little bit of fun that we had while putting the needle in for my infusion. The nurse and I decide that she would try for the vein in my hand even though those don't seem to go well. The nurse had the needle in, but as she is taking some blood for testing I tell her I'm not feeling so well. I was starting to get all sweaty and a bit nauseous. The nurse was like "lets get you laying back." Because guess what, I was about to faint. Thank goodness I didn't, but now I know what that feeling is. The nurse said that I had lost the color in my face, and she thinks that it was just a bit of shock for the IV being in the hand for the first time. No worries though, the laying back did the trick and everything else went fine.

Well, that nice weather that I was hoping for all day, it didn't last. As I leave my appointment I have to walk out in the rain, not dripping but pouring rain, with no hood or umbrella. I thankfully make it to Marshall Street only slightly soaked, and proceed to purchase a bright orange, and I meant bright, umbrella. Because, heck, if I'm getting an umbrella to use with all the rain we seem to be having in Syracuse, then it might as well be bright orange. 

After my purchase I make my way to Hinds Hall, in the middle of Campus. To me it was not worth it to walk 15 mins home in the rain, spend only 2 hours there, and then walk back for class at 5. Technically I don't have my notes, but I think that I will be able to borrow paper from a classmate. I went to talk to a professor for a bit and then I made my way down to the basement into the computer lab. So here I sitting blogging. To those who actually read this, thanks. To those that don't, i do not blame you.

Now, me and my bright orange umbrella are preparing to go back outside.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Hello again

So if you are interested, here is the blog that I am righting in my 511 class. You may like it, you may not but give it a try: http://thewordontheshelf.blogspot.com/

I will try to be back shortly to update on my live, but I tell you it is hard for me to sit down and want to blog. Also, I may post on my other one: lereads (which I think has a link at the side). Who knows, I really don't.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Meet Faye Faye

She's complete! Today the radio was installed and now my car is complete after a first song of Geek in the Pink. Now she is ready for the trip to New York.


Faye Faye (as I have named her) is a 1997 Honda Civic. She has her dents and dings, shifts hard and had the original radio stolen. However, I spent Saturday cleaning her up and we bought a pioneer radio. Now she is beautiful and ready to rock.