Sorry for the absence. I had a little trouble with WP in the last couple of days and wasn’t able to post. I could hardly think of anything else this week and was about to take a day off work to be able to research the WP forum for a cure for my problem [ha!…
Since I worked last Friday, the weekend was fairly short. [In case you want to yell at me for complaining about NOT having a three-day-weekend this time, I’d like to remind you that I work 10+ hours the other days of the week, thank you very much]. J and I wanted to watch a movie…
On Tuesday evening I met with Claudia in Davis. I don’t know how many of you remember Claudia. She also studied at Düsseldorf University – just as I did – and spent an exchange semester in Davis – just as I did – , where she met her now-husband – just as I did. Her…
Lake Tahoe is pretty in the winter, surrounded by all the high altitude, snow-covered mountains. Especially when there are no clouds. I didn’t expect to see Lake Tahoe anytime soon, although I had contemplated, and was about to talk to J about, a possible trip up to the snow sometime before spring comes around. I…
Damn. This week went by fast. We had a couple of interesting things going on at work and that always seems to make time go by faster. We had a meeting with the Regional Director of the USGS on Wednesday and she talked about the realignment of the leadership teams and scientific visions for the…
Here’s my theory: If you go shopping for something specific, you’ll never find it, but if you’re not looking for anything, you’ll find the coolest things. True!? At least for me, that’s why I went on a little spontaneous shopping spree last weekend. First of all, I went to Target to shop for some household…
Happy Birthday to someone special :)  © November 2007, Long Beach, CA Today is my girl Kim‘s birthday. She isn’t too happy about turning 31 this year, so hop on over and tell her to have a fabulous day and not to worry about the number! I also want to let you know: Just keep…
AÂ part of me wishes that I could vote in the primaries. Because it seems important. Because it seems like it really matters this time more than ever. But I am not a US citizen, even though I have lived and breathed this country for the greater part of the last six years and this other…
