Katie, I worry about your survival now. Check in every once in awhile so that I can verify your existence. I have big news to announce. I'm throwing the first party in our apartment. It will be held Sept. 5th (labor day weekend). It's my welcome back from China party. If any of you guys happen to be around everyone is welcome. Details to follow.
Love,
Margaret
Friday, April 17, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Yikes!
Goodness, I'm a blogging failure. How are you guys? I miss you so much! We just ended Mardi Gras here, and I'm glad the commotion, crowds, and mess is over for another year.
The celebrations were largely safe and wholesome until today. We were sitting on my back porch for lunch and heard something that sounded like violent and horribly loud firecrackers. Someone just was shot, I said, voicing my mistrust of this dangerous city. Not someone, but SEVEN were shot at random just down the street on the St. Charles parade route. Horrifying. Luckily the injuries weren't too great and the NOPD caught the gunmen.
Of course, that doesn't make it better, but it makes it less painful for the city in general I suppose. The desensitization, however, has become so great that not moments after the shots were fired and the EMTs were loading bloodied victims into the ambulances, parade goers were back to watching the festivities and screaming for "throws" from the masked riders. What a place.
I included a photo of my dog and his feeling about Mardi Gras in general. He's quite expressive.
How are you guys doing?!? Will you be in Elmhurst for Easter? More to come soon....
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday, April 4, 2008
Srta. Bethia
I remembered Ms. Bethia today and I went to google her (hoping that google would confirm, or at least remind me of some of her stories) and I couldn't think of her first name. I went to the YHS website hoping that they would tell me her first name so I could successfully compile a google search.
She's not teaching at York anymore! I was saddened because that means that students at York are no longer experiencing the weird sort of love I had for her. Well, I was hoping that between us we could come up with a series of Bethia stories to always remember her by.
- That awesome chocolate she was addicted to (does anyone know the name of it?)
- Her "allergy" to coconut
- The time she climbed a giant hill in order to come face to face with a bull
- Her love for Juan Carlos
I can hardly remember her actual crazy stories. Help me out if you can.
She's not teaching at York anymore! I was saddened because that means that students at York are no longer experiencing the weird sort of love I had for her. Well, I was hoping that between us we could come up with a series of Bethia stories to always remember her by.
- That awesome chocolate she was addicted to (does anyone know the name of it?)
- Her "allergy" to coconut
- The time she climbed a giant hill in order to come face to face with a bull
- Her love for Juan Carlos
I can hardly remember her actual crazy stories. Help me out if you can.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
i'm guilty too
So much for good communication on my part this spring! I even bought new stamps with Christmas money in hopes that I would be a letter writing machine. It's March 19th and I've used two. Of the twenty. So sad...
Things here are going pretty well. I have no idea what I will be doing with myself next year, so that is a little bit intimidating. I need to start looking up some options pronto. And praying a bit more too. Things will work out, but I'm impatient.
Work is pretty busy-- we are now t minus one month from our super big, super cool Earth Day celebration and I have a few projects that I am working on for that. The biggest is making a "green map" of Terre Haute, which will include locations and information about businesses and organizations with eco-friendly goods and services etc. Working on the map allows me to tap into the geography-ness of the last few years and I find that tapping enjoyable. We also are moving into spring which means more garden work and more baby pacas (well, that's month or two away) as well as nicer weather (hallelujah!!!).
I am having an interesting time adjusting to having the two new volunteers that came in Jan. I think there are more personality clashes among the five of us than there were among the three of us that started in August. Still, it is nice to have more people, and they are nice girls. We'll see how it all continues to work out. (I have been a little anti-social lately since I gave up TV for lent, so I've been hanging out with the girls less as often the TV is on in the living room in the evenings and I didn't want to impose on everyone else my choice to not watch. So, it will be exciting to hang out with them a little more and see how that goes). Anyway, conflict provides good chances for me to grow as a person and community member.
I'm going home for Easter, which I think will be a nice change of pace. I'll get to see the fam and just be at home a little bit. If any of you are coming back to Elmhurst from Thurs evening to Mon morning/midday, let me know. I'll be there!
I guess that is all. I hope you all are doing well! Much love!
Things here are going pretty well. I have no idea what I will be doing with myself next year, so that is a little bit intimidating. I need to start looking up some options pronto. And praying a bit more too. Things will work out, but I'm impatient.
Work is pretty busy-- we are now t minus one month from our super big, super cool Earth Day celebration and I have a few projects that I am working on for that. The biggest is making a "green map" of Terre Haute, which will include locations and information about businesses and organizations with eco-friendly goods and services etc. Working on the map allows me to tap into the geography-ness of the last few years and I find that tapping enjoyable. We also are moving into spring which means more garden work and more baby pacas (well, that's month or two away) as well as nicer weather (hallelujah!!!).
I am having an interesting time adjusting to having the two new volunteers that came in Jan. I think there are more personality clashes among the five of us than there were among the three of us that started in August. Still, it is nice to have more people, and they are nice girls. We'll see how it all continues to work out. (I have been a little anti-social lately since I gave up TV for lent, so I've been hanging out with the girls less as often the TV is on in the living room in the evenings and I didn't want to impose on everyone else my choice to not watch. So, it will be exciting to hang out with them a little more and see how that goes). Anyway, conflict provides good chances for me to grow as a person and community member.
I'm going home for Easter, which I think will be a nice change of pace. I'll get to see the fam and just be at home a little bit. If any of you are coming back to Elmhurst from Thurs evening to Mon morning/midday, let me know. I'll be there!
I guess that is all. I hope you all are doing well! Much love!
Friday, March 7, 2008
I'm really sorry to report that we are terrible at maintaining this thing. Here's an update on life in West Lafayette. School is so so. I'm having more fun here this semester than last semester and have even made some new friends. (I was hardly expecting to meet new people in my last semester, but I did.) I'm patiently waiting for the status of my grad school applications to filter in (probably in the next week).
Yesterday I visited Madison as a way for me to get to know the campus and people and also for them to get to know me a little better. It went really well and it will be really hard to turn them down if they do end up accepting me. I'll let you guys know what I end up deciding. Anyway, if I do go there I will be studying environmental toxicology and the two labs that interested me the most dealt with transmission of prions (cause mad cow disease and chronic wasting of deer and elk) and how a common groundwater contaminant, trichloroethylene, causes cardiac problems using chickens.
Katie, I wanted to tell you that Madison has your body double. I never thought I would meet someone that had so many of your mannerisms, it was all I could think about every time I interacted with this girl (which was quite a bit).
Anyway, I'm still playing frisbee, still chugging along in school, and enjoying the end of my undergrad studies. Hope all is well with you guys! I miss you.
Yesterday I visited Madison as a way for me to get to know the campus and people and also for them to get to know me a little better. It went really well and it will be really hard to turn them down if they do end up accepting me. I'll let you guys know what I end up deciding. Anyway, if I do go there I will be studying environmental toxicology and the two labs that interested me the most dealt with transmission of prions (cause mad cow disease and chronic wasting of deer and elk) and how a common groundwater contaminant, trichloroethylene, causes cardiac problems using chickens.
Katie, I wanted to tell you that Madison has your body double. I never thought I would meet someone that had so many of your mannerisms, it was all I could think about every time I interacted with this girl (which was quite a bit).
Anyway, I'm still playing frisbee, still chugging along in school, and enjoying the end of my undergrad studies. Hope all is well with you guys! I miss you.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
dreams
I continually have weird dreams... Does this plague (or bless, depending on your point of view) anyone else?
In the last few weeks I have had more dreams about being in a dorm than ever in my life. So strange. Is that me just realizing that I am no longer in school?
I think one of my favorite parts in one dream was Teena Thomas, who in this particular dream lived in the dorm too. Her next door neighbor had this aquarium of insects. A green insect died and Teena was very sad.
Do you have any neighbors with insect aquariums in real life Teeny? I hope not. If so, I hope you don't get too attached to a green one. You never know.
Well, I miss you all dearly. I hope this blog post finds you well!
My love is being sent your ways!
Laura
In the last few weeks I have had more dreams about being in a dorm than ever in my life. So strange. Is that me just realizing that I am no longer in school?
I think one of my favorite parts in one dream was Teena Thomas, who in this particular dream lived in the dorm too. Her next door neighbor had this aquarium of insects. A green insect died and Teena was very sad.
Do you have any neighbors with insect aquariums in real life Teeny? I hope not. If so, I hope you don't get too attached to a green one. You never know.
Well, I miss you all dearly. I hope this blog post finds you well!
My love is being sent your ways!
Laura
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