I think pictures are all that's necessary for this day.
9/10/2010
9/09/2010
Starting school again?!!?
“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.” ~Mortimer Adler
Well at least that's what I'm aiming for.
One of the perks I have with working at Wash U is that after a year of service, I can take any courses at no cost. I've always wanted to take Anatomy and Physiology but it was never a requirement in my majors so no such luck. Well my year here was July 22nd, and July 23rd I was in the system registered as a student for the fall semester. Now that it's here.....literally; I am leaving to go to my first lab in 5 minutes....I'm really nervous. All of my insecurities and fears of failure rear their ugly heads. It's so silly, I know I'm going to enjoy it, I know I will learn it easily because of my interest, and I know if I dont get something, I have 3 MD's I work with daily that can help me jump the hurdle.
I get to dissect a rat tonight. I hope the professor doesn't tell me we aren't allowed to name them because I already picked the name Clementine. :-) Ok I just shoved the fear and nerves out the window. Tonight's gonna be fun. I'll let you know how it went in tomorrows post.
Well at least that's what I'm aiming for.
One of the perks I have with working at Wash U is that after a year of service, I can take any courses at no cost. I've always wanted to take Anatomy and Physiology but it was never a requirement in my majors so no such luck. Well my year here was July 22nd, and July 23rd I was in the system registered as a student for the fall semester. Now that it's here.....literally; I am leaving to go to my first lab in 5 minutes....I'm really nervous. All of my insecurities and fears of failure rear their ugly heads. It's so silly, I know I'm going to enjoy it, I know I will learn it easily because of my interest, and I know if I dont get something, I have 3 MD's I work with daily that can help me jump the hurdle.
I get to dissect a rat tonight. I hope the professor doesn't tell me we aren't allowed to name them because I already picked the name Clementine. :-) Ok I just shoved the fear and nerves out the window. Tonight's gonna be fun. I'll let you know how it went in tomorrows post.
9/09/2010
Friday and Saturday: Family and Crabs!!!
I got to the Lincoln crew's home around 4pm and was bombarded by 3 incredible nieces! Maya and Jenna decided that they wanted to make me gifts. I didn't take pictures, but I'll be sure to take pictures of them tonight and post them. Maya made a cutout of a Horseshoe Crab and Jenna drew three pictures; a picture of her, of a flower, .....and of Aunt Lindsey eating crabs at the table with crabs and a mallet. That was the last picture I got to, and I outloud laughed it was so cute!!
Maya's getting SO big!
Jenna's even bigger! (notice how she spelled my name)
My place-setting at the table for dinner. Makes me smile.
Saturday morning we got up and ready for an exciting day; Jeff, Kim, and Chloe were coming down for some pool time, and then it was CRAB NIGHT!!!
Maya and I relaxing watching some TV while Jenna painted my toes.
I wore flip-flops yesterday and got compliments on her nail-polishing skills.
Chloe girl all ready for the pool
Shark Attack!!!
Alexa
Jenna
You are my Sun Shine
The crabs were squirming.....they knew what was coming.
"Lady... please don't eat me"
This is gonna end up framed somewhere in my house
A bushel before...
Yummy after!!!
Bro's digging in
We sat there Saturday on and off for 4 hours and it was absolute heaven. I went with Jeff Kim and Chloe up to Camden for the night so we could get up early for the Beach! :-)
9/08/2010
Mom in St. Louis and the Roadtrip to Delaware
Mom wanted to come out to visit this fall, so we decided a little while back that to save some money on a plane flight, it could work out that she would drive out and then we would drive back together. Mom enjoys driving out rather than flying anyway, and I was itching to get home to see the girls over Labor Day weekend, so it was a win-win.
She got in on Monday evening...just in time for me to come down with a major sickness. I haven't felt that awful in a really long time. I ended up staying at home through the entire time she was visiting, which was nice in that we got unexpected time together since I wasn't working, but it's never fun being ill. We watched Gone With The Wind one day, and she went and did some sight-seeing another day while I stayed on the couch.
We hit the road on Thursday to start heading back to Delaware. I wasn't fully better yet, but I figured just sitting in the car would be fine, which it was. We made our first stop in Indianapolis and saw the city for a few hours. We had lunch at a restaurant called Harry and Izzy's, which is right across the street from the Lucas Oil Stadium where the Colts play. The food there was incredible!! We didn't know it, but there was actually a game in Indy Thursday againt the Bengals, so everyone we saw was in Colts gear.
After lunch, we walked to the Soldier and Sailor's Memorial, which was beautiful as a centerpiece in the city.
Then we walked over to the Capital Building. It was windy as you can tell from the picture :-)
We left Indy and drove to Columbus. We thought we were going to keep going, but we quickly realized how tired we both were, so we stopped and got a hotel for a good nights rest. We took off at 8am Friday morning, and we got so lucky as far as traffic was concerned. We did get in any backups, no construction, no accidents. It was a really easy ride. We arrived in Delaware around 4pm for the start of a great Labor Day weekend!! It was a fun road-trip, we had a nice time together. Laughed a lot, which is always great.
:-)
She got in on Monday evening...just in time for me to come down with a major sickness. I haven't felt that awful in a really long time. I ended up staying at home through the entire time she was visiting, which was nice in that we got unexpected time together since I wasn't working, but it's never fun being ill. We watched Gone With The Wind one day, and she went and did some sight-seeing another day while I stayed on the couch.
We hit the road on Thursday to start heading back to Delaware. I wasn't fully better yet, but I figured just sitting in the car would be fine, which it was. We made our first stop in Indianapolis and saw the city for a few hours. We had lunch at a restaurant called Harry and Izzy's, which is right across the street from the Lucas Oil Stadium where the Colts play. The food there was incredible!! We didn't know it, but there was actually a game in Indy Thursday againt the Bengals, so everyone we saw was in Colts gear.
After lunch, we walked to the Soldier and Sailor's Memorial, which was beautiful as a centerpiece in the city.
Then we walked over to the Capital Building. It was windy as you can tell from the picture :-)
Strange yes, but I loved the chandaliers inside the Capital. They were everywhere and they were beautiful.
Cool shot.
View up the Rotunda inside.
Mom likes going to see Presidents homes and cities that Presidents were a part of. In Indianapolis, that President was Benjamin Harrison.
We went over and saw his home. We got there too late to do the tour, but I'm sure that we will go back eventually. The house was huge!
We left Indy and drove to Columbus. We thought we were going to keep going, but we quickly realized how tired we both were, so we stopped and got a hotel for a good nights rest. We took off at 8am Friday morning, and we got so lucky as far as traffic was concerned. We did get in any backups, no construction, no accidents. It was a really easy ride. We arrived in Delaware around 4pm for the start of a great Labor Day weekend!! It was a fun road-trip, we had a nice time together. Laughed a lot, which is always great.
:-)
9/06/2010
Happy Labor(less) Day!
I hope everyone is having an incredible labor day weekend!!!
Sorry for the complete absence of posts but between mom coming to visit in St Louis, coming down with the plague, and visiting the family in Delaware for the past 4 days, there hasn't been a lot of down time. I will fill you all in with the past week and a half in the posts to come.
myly
Sorry for the complete absence of posts but between mom coming to visit in St Louis, coming down with the plague, and visiting the family in Delaware for the past 4 days, there hasn't been a lot of down time. I will fill you all in with the past week and a half in the posts to come.
myly
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