To-Do, with Kaleidoscope

1. Ebay prep 2. Laundry 3. Catch up bookkeeping 4. Find a home for kaleidoscope* 5. File! 6. Read Saltation submission draft 7. Break early enough to watch another episode, or play Scrabble, or something Hope everyone has a lovely Fourth of July, whatever that means for you. It'll be a working day here in the soggy north, where we're promised a warm day with fog and a chance of thunderstorms. ...

Relaxing Saturday, at last!

So this is the first relaxing Saturday I've had in a good long while.  I still have a few things to do, of course. 1) Japanese prep 2) Chinese prep 3) Japanese lit readings 4) Edit and resend Japanese lit paper 5) Finish editing thesis and resend 6) Pay bills Sigh.  I read and watched Sailor Stars all morning.  Wonderful!

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Салат «Цезарь»    Recipes & Stories Моя мама начала новый проект — Recipes & Stories, который скоро появится в виде постоянного блога. Пока выкладываю первую часть — салат Цезарь. Проект простой — приготовить (мама), расставить и сфотографировать (я) вкусную еду, которую мы готовим и едим. И рассказать не только про рецепт, но и почему и откуда это пошло, и почему мы это любим. Совсем ...

OMG OMG OMG So I just finished my first exam of this semester. It was the Chinese oral exam! It's graded on a 5 point scale. I wrote a whole speech (as did everyone) about my background and parents and relationship with fruit (look I had a limited vocabulary to work with) and I was among the last to enter the examination room and EVERYONE BEFORE ME complained about the OMG DIFFICULT questions ...

Long Day...so sleepy

Here is my schedule for the day: Awakened at 4:30 a.m. even though the alarm was set for 5:00 a.m. (go figure) Med alarm went off at 6:00 a.m. 6:30 a.m. - leave for hospital 7:09 a.m. - checked into the lab for blood draws and x-rays 7:45 a.m. - 3 vials of blood stolen from my vein and two x-rays taken to spot that vengeful turkey 8:00 a.m. - go up to Clinic to sign in and get my Spirometry ...