The Argument Clinic

So I know I have been a slacker with blogging this summer.  The weekend before last my family and I went to my cousin larry’s graduation party.  And then the next day my friend caleb and I went to boston for the day.  Walked around quite a bit (did the freedom trail) and heard some irish music in a pub that evening, was gorgeous weather and had a really good time   Even though I did get a sun burn….totally forgot sun screen!  In case you don’t know, putting iced tea on sun burns relieves them quite a bit (read that online somewhere).  Was burning up before that, but put some on it (the real kind brewed from tea bags, not instant obviously!) and it felt completely better a very short time later!  This past saturday we went hiking and I made sure to remember the sun screen then   Went to sleeping beauty mountain, took some pictures from the summit, the lake in the distance is lake george:

Saw several garter snakes (eww!) one of which was eating a frog, looked way too big for it so not sure how successful that ended up being.  Also saw some falcons fly over head when we were at the summit (they live on the cliffs near there) so that was cool!

My grandma’s surgery went well and she is doing better, so we are very thankful for that!

Have an exam this thursday so am looking forward to getting that over with, though not especially happy about likely having to do some studying on july 4th, will try to avoid doing too much that day though…

That’s it for now…

So we got about 2 feet of snow here yesterday (compared to the less than 1 inch dustings we had earlier in the winter). You can see photos here. This was my favorite though:

First real signs of snow this am when I got up…not collecting on the roads…that’s the best kind:

Apparently thea thinks she is helping me with my homework…

She’s very cute….but also very wrong…

So I got back from my trip to phoenix on friday evening.  Trip wasn’t bad, no delays and the flights were ok, with the exception of a few bumpy spots. 

Have to say I am not a big fan of pilots saying stuff like “its smooth now, but we expect the flight to deteriorate in the next 15-20 minutes as we fly over albuquerque.”  Seriously, saying words like deteriorate to someone who is afraid of flying is not very nice.  Can’t you just say “will get a little bumpy” (which is what happened?)?  Why did the pilot, instead, have to talk like the plane was going to fall apart or something?  Sure, after my initial panic attack (which I hold inside so people around me can’t usually tell I am having one), I realize he just means turbulence is coming up….but I don’t think very clearly when on planes, am always expecting the worst, and can usually only make out a fraction of what the pilot is saying to begin with, so can’t he just say we are expecting some turbulence?

Telling me that it will be bumpy in 15 mins is good in some ways and very frustrating in others…nice to know that the bumps are expected so that I don’t worry when they come…but knowing that it is scheduled to get bumpy in 15 minutes just makes me think “ok…7 minutes 30 seconds until it gets bumpy….5 minutes until it gets bumpy….47 seconds until it gets bumpy…etc…”.  Not very pleasant. 

Anyways, my mom was staying at my apartment to watch my cats and she helped me decorate for christmas on saturday.  I know, its early.  But I like to decorate early, partially because I get a little depressed this time of year with the seasonal changes and the christmas tree helps and partially because, well, I feel like it and making those decisions when I want to is one of the benefits of being single   My cats are pretty cute around the tree and manger scene (ladi especially…thea thinks she is too cool to pose for photos sometimes), got some cute photos of them.  You can see them here.

Still waiting on my mid-term results and have part 2 of the 4 part discussion of moby-dick tonight.  That’s it for now…