Norwich!

Here are some pictures of my room... and one of the river yesterday.

When Mum and Chris Came

I had a great time when Mom and Chris came up -- we had delicious dinners, went to an art museum, hiked, went to Vermont, etc... Here are some pictures from our time.

Mom at the Organic Farm...
Norwich, VT

In both Vermont and New Hampshire...
Mum relaxing on the bridge...
The three of us on Saturday...
Mom and Chris and the lovely trees.

HOT HOT HOT

Well, here are my ambitions for the future:

1. I want to have a decent job that I enjoy.

2. I would like to marry a decent guy that I love.

3. I want air conditioning.

Maybe #3 should be #1. This week has been by far the hottest week of my life... my apartment, while nice, lets the heat in but doesn't let it back down -- it's boiling in here. I've been spending a lot of time in the library, as a result...yay, air conditioned library. : ) However, I have had the time to make peanut butter cookies, pumpkin pie cake, and pasta in my apartment kitchen -- as well as a variety of lunches... it's so nice to have places to put food, and food to put places.

The other thing about the heat is it's turning me into a night owl, because it's too hot to go to sleep until about 2 in the morning (really it's still too hot at 2, but it's a mild improvement...) Luckily it's easier to go without sleep in the summer than it is in the winter. Still, I wouldn't mind it if we have a week of weather in the low 70s...

Some Pictures From Boston

These are some pictures from when I visited my friend Adrienne in Boston a few weekends ago. It was a ton of fun, but unfortunately it was the beginning of a long stretch of bad sleep, and now I've got a nasty cold. Oh well, hopefully I'll get over by the weekend when it's supposed to be nice outside again.

Pics from Zan's trip!

Here are some more pictures!

Also, because Chris was really busy in March, we never had a chance to go out to dinner for my birthday -- but Zan and Chris and I went out to dinner when he came up -- it was really nice : )

B-b-b-barabolya

Mom and I made pyrohy today! At first we were a little freaked out, because our dough was a bit too hard and our filling was a little too soft, and when we ate them right after we cooked them, they didn't taste all that great. But when we let them sit for a few hourse and added some buttery onions on top, they turned out really good! Not up to Baba level, but better than any others... You can see here a sample of our work. : )

This kind of reminds me of the old days of our Ukrainian tapes from Aunt Chris: "B-b-b-barabolya, sounds good to me, with a little smetana, that's sour cream, oh it's a dream with sour cream..." Just substitute pirohy for barabolya...

Apples and Ancient Rome

Hello! Some pictures for you all, achieved at great cost because my computer was extremely reluctant to cooperate with me.

First we have the Coliseum snow sculpture on the Green -- which was in fact green at the time. They had to truck snow in to make and as you can see, it was already beginning to melt when I took the pictures.

Next, we have a lovely picture of an apple. We had one day last week that was so warm I decided to eat lunch outside. It was quite nice.

Then we have a picture of the sky -- hopefully the blue will transfer. This was right after I ate lunch -- it was a gorgeous, gorgeous day.

And finally a picture of me...it came out really dark so I edited it on the computer, which is why it's kind of fuzzy and oddly colored -- I just thought that every so often you guys might want to make sure I haven't dyed my hair green or gained 30 pounds or gotten a nose ring. : )

Happy March!

Halfway through term already?

It's hard to believe that I'm already halfway through this term and less than a month from my birthday... crazy!

So remember how last term I wrote a short play and it got performed in the Dartmouth Ten Minute Play Festival? Well, I did that this term too -- my second play will be performed on Tuesday. I remember when mom told me that she had written her 8th grade school play I felt like I was behind the curve, but I guess I'm making up the deficit one mini-play at a time... : )

I've been pretty tired lately because my tutoring job is in the morning on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, so I have to get up at about 7:30 three times a week (gasp, the horror!). Today, however, I slept in until 11 and felt much better.

For those of you who may not know, I declared my major last week: Anthropology Modified (with Education). That's one weight off my shoulders, at least! I also finished my applications to study abroad next year -- I find out in early March whether or not I got into the programs I applied for.

Well, I have to go get lunch before they close up the dining halls, and then work on some homework... Have a great weekend!

A Very Nice Friday Indeed : )

Hi all!

Baba and Dido, thanks again for the amazing package...it's amazing how fresh and delicious schnitzel tastes even after it's been mailed...

Today a friend and I hiked up a hill (I was fortified by my schnitzel sandwich) and made snow angels -- it was a very fun way to spend a Friday. All the things that Dad always tells me to do more of: exercise, adventure, snow art... unfortunately this weekend I have a lot of work to do and, of course, I'm already behind on my plans to get it done... nevertheless, I will prevail. : )

I wanted to just put up a few more pictures from Christmas that I thought you guys might like. I have more but they won't all fit so I just chose two.

Some Pictures from Christmas

Hello! Here are some pictures from Christmas Eve -- I can't believe it was only two weeks ago! And in between we went back to MI, had New Year's came back to school, had a week of classes...woah!