2009

Well its here, 2009. Break was fun and of course there were some funny moments captured.

1. Traveling to Ithaca. I spent more time in the airports both going to and returning from Ithaca than I would have on the road driving from TN to NY. I chatted with a bunch of friendly folks...like the drunk guy on the return flight who thought we were going to crash because we were flying through the clouds. And the other drunk guy who told me that "I sucked" because I got on the flight to Syracuse and he didn't (he later retracted his offer to buy me a drink once he found out that I got the flight). And the grandmother who told me all about her 40 grandchildren- while listening to the ipod. And finally Ira, who was not a stranger, but decided to keep me company while I waiting in Syracuse to go home and he unfortunately made the mistake of asking me about my research. Lucky for him, I had the computer handy as well as all the presentations, a hour later, I see him start to look around and notice that I have been talking nonstop about birds and babies. But after that we went to see Marley & Me-I think he was ready for me to be quiet for two seconds (along with my computer bag, my big coat, purse, gloves, hat, scarf...needless to say I was ready for blizzard 09).

2. Gestures. Have you ever played gestures with my family? We are crazy. If you haven't, you need to experience this once. All I can say is that you might get hurt while playing. I actually got a rug burn from falling down as I was running across the carpet. Apparently my parents have softer carpet than I am use to at the farm.

3. Cornell. Love going to Cornell. I learned how to chop wood this time! How cool is that? It was so much fun. I also got a lot of coding done and Mike urged me to write a draft of my proposal which I am so thankful for especially with the semester coming up tomorrow. It was definitely a fun trip.

That's all I can think about right now. And on this 11th day of January, I have no resolutions....well maybe except to read more fun books but gets me into trouble and sometimes I stay up half the night reading. The semester starts tomorrow and I have three more classes to take to get the masters. And then I am finally done with classes.