Archive for the ‘Graduate School’ Category

The good, the bad & the ugly

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

the magical butterfly Originally uploaded by Bertt The good: The unexplained weight gain, constant loss of voice and sore throats, freezing when everyone else is balmy, fuzzy thinking, feeling like I have water in my veins and extreme fatigue is going to end. The bad: The ophthalmologist has diagnosed me with euthyroid graves disease. The ...

Pick Your Battles

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

So, one week into this thing called graduate school and my house is already turned upside down. My natural ability to hyper-focus has been a Godsend as far as coursework is concerned, but seriously, I gotta remember to do laundry. Of course I knew something would have to give. It ...

What I Did This Summer

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Life has had me hoppin' and it has been a long time since I've blogged (as opposed to microblogged -- I tweet & kite bite with a vengeance). Now that the Fall Quarter is here, the pace is really picking up, so I'll take a quick moment to bring everyone ...

Welcome to Goleta

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Wednesday, July 2nd was move-in day, and our new home town greeted us with a spectacular sunset, casting an amazing orange-pink glow. I’ve never seen anything like it, beautiful and eerie, all at the same time. Our “warm welcome” was the result of the Gap Fire that had just ...