saturday 01 december 2012
-went into town to go christmas shopping with ju and joel.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/2012/12/tree.html
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/2012/12/tree.html
sunday 02 december 2012
-went to the hub to do work for the day
-came back to join ju, joel, and lydia for dinner. we shared a bunch of dishes at a chinese place.
-went to the hub to do work for the day
-came back to join ju, joel, and lydia for dinner. we shared a bunch of dishes at a chinese place.
monday 03 december 2012
-last day on campus before going home.
-ran data analyses
-met briefly with adrian
-covered bea's desk with cobwebs as a statement that she shouldn't leave for so long
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/2012/12/cobwebs.html
-hung out at ju's until ashley was kind enough to drop me at the airport
-tried to sleep a bit at the airport before checking in at 4 whatever in the morning for my flight. surprisingly more people than i'd expected at the airport. and i wasn't too excited by the lady who decided amongst all of the open places to sit that she'd sit basically right next to me during the one minute i sat up to put my jacket on thus preventing me from laying down.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/2012/12/airport-tree.html
-last day on campus before going home.
-ran data analyses
-met briefly with adrian
-covered bea's desk with cobwebs as a statement that she shouldn't leave for so long
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/2012/12/cobwebs.html
-hung out at ju's until ashley was kind enough to drop me at the airport
-tried to sleep a bit at the airport before checking in at 4 whatever in the morning for my flight. surprisingly more people than i'd expected at the airport. and i wasn't too excited by the lady who decided amongst all of the open places to sit that she'd sit basically right next to me during the one minute i sat up to put my jacket on thus preventing me from laying down.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.com/2012/12/airport-tree.html
tuesday 04 december 2012
-flew from perth to dubai. 10 hours.
-got through security and got a visa to enter dubai. took the shuttle bus to the hotel. checked in, had a buffet lunch, and was wandering through the lobby when i was approached by a lady about a bus tour of the city. figuring that was an easier way to see something, she pulled me in and i was then signed up for a 2 hour bus tour to see some of the big buildings and palm tree island. did that and then decided to sleep for awhile. office space was on the tv in whatever language, but what was interesting was that the music was totally different. and it did not help the mood at all - totally different. was nice to sleep, and even nicer to take a shower. then had a late buffet 'dinner' and checked out as instructed a bit before 11. took the shuttle back to the airport and hung out. facetimed with mom and dad which was pretty cool. and walked around the shops before boarding the 2 am flight.
-flew from perth to dubai. 10 hours.
-got through security and got a visa to enter dubai. took the shuttle bus to the hotel. checked in, had a buffet lunch, and was wandering through the lobby when i was approached by a lady about a bus tour of the city. figuring that was an easier way to see something, she pulled me in and i was then signed up for a 2 hour bus tour to see some of the big buildings and palm tree island. did that and then decided to sleep for awhile. office space was on the tv in whatever language, but what was interesting was that the music was totally different. and it did not help the mood at all - totally different. was nice to sleep, and even nicer to take a shower. then had a late buffet 'dinner' and checked out as instructed a bit before 11. took the shuttle back to the airport and hung out. facetimed with mom and dad which was pretty cool. and walked around the shops before boarding the 2 am flight.
wednesday 05 december 2012
-flew from dubai to IAD. 14 hours. long.
-took the super shuttle to autumn's school. autumn took me on a quick tour and then i spent the day with the music teacher.
-taught 3 groups about music psychology, music therapy, and did some drumming rhythms. was nice to teach again. a second grader nailed the topic of my thesis right away. and they seemed to understand the point behind what i was saying.
-got annaleigh from daycare after school. went to the park, had dinner. hung out, dave came home. had some dq -mmm a blizzard. a nice evening.
-flew from dubai to IAD. 14 hours. long.
-took the super shuttle to autumn's school. autumn took me on a quick tour and then i spent the day with the music teacher.
-taught 3 groups about music psychology, music therapy, and did some drumming rhythms. was nice to teach again. a second grader nailed the topic of my thesis right away. and they seemed to understand the point behind what i was saying.
-got annaleigh from daycare after school. went to the park, had dinner. hung out, dave came home. had some dq -mmm a blizzard. a nice evening.
thursday 06 december 2012
-slept in/watched tv.
-went into dc in the afternoon. went to elephant & castle for french onion soup. mmmm, been a long time since going there. went to the top of the old post office building. went to an awesome exhibit -actually two- at the sackler gallery. met ahnna for happy hour at 14&k. took a car with her to go by the howard theatre and to meet brandi at alero. no parking at the u street alero so we went to the other one. was really nice to see ahnna and brandi for catch ups. took the metro back home. great afternoon in dc. saw lots of familiar things and had good food and saw good friends. makes me miss dc a lot.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/dc.html
-slept in/watched tv.
-went into dc in the afternoon. went to elephant & castle for french onion soup. mmmm, been a long time since going there. went to the top of the old post office building. went to an awesome exhibit -actually two- at the sackler gallery. met ahnna for happy hour at 14&k. took a car with her to go by the howard theatre and to meet brandi at alero. no parking at the u street alero so we went to the other one. was really nice to see ahnna and brandi for catch ups. took the metro back home. great afternoon in dc. saw lots of familiar things and had good food and saw good friends. makes me miss dc a lot.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/dc.html
friday 07 december 2012
-spent the morning with annaleigh and autumn. annaleigh had a fever and couldn't go to daycare so autumn had to stay home. which was sad but she wasn't bad because she was up and about playing so on the positive side, we got to spend the whole morning together before i had to go off to the airport.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/anni.html
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/anni.html
-flew back from DCA to MKE
-had dinner at murfs - so check off butter burger and frozen custard off the american food to eat list
-went shopping at kohls
saturday 08 december 2012
-fall asleep at any point really.
-went grocery shopping with mom. lots of free samples.
-went to the milwaukee brewing company brewery tour with mandi. a fantastic tour guide. good, tasty beers to try.
- had pizza at a nearby place for dinner.
-went to a farm for a party of one of mandi's masters program friends. good conversation. it was too bad i was full as there was lots to eat and drink. once they found out i was a phd student they started sending food home with us.
-went grocery shopping with mom. lots of free samples.
-went to the milwaukee brewing company brewery tour with mandi. a fantastic tour guide. good, tasty beers to try.
- had pizza at a nearby place for dinner.
-went to a farm for a party of one of mandi's masters program friends. good conversation. it was too bad i was full as there was lots to eat and drink. once they found out i was a phd student they started sending food home with us.
sunday 09 december 2012
-worked on my scrapbook.
-went to the gym.
-worked on my scrapbook.
-went to the gym.
monday 10 december 2012
-super sleepy. worked on a scrapbook for brittany. started digitizing dad's music library. attempted to fill in my timesheet and address other things. got overwhelmed.
-hung out with liz and brian.
-super sleepy. worked on a scrapbook for brittany. started digitizing dad's music library. attempted to fill in my timesheet and address other things. got overwhelmed.
-hung out with liz and brian.
tuesday 11 december 2012
-worked on digitizing dad's library further.
-did some phd work.
-went to the gym.
-worked on digitizing dad's library further.
-did some phd work.
-went to the gym.
wednesday 12 december 2012
-tried to do some phd work.
-tried to do some phd work.
-great outing to hectors. mmm delicious margaritas.
-wonderful video chat with campos. so much fun. not as much as in person, but late night video chat is pretty good.
thursday 13 december 2012
-had a manual driving lesson with dad
-family hair cut
-had mexican
-took the bus down to chicago for the weekend
-hung out with jt. went to the grocery store in search of snacks/dessert
friday 14 december 2012
-slept in (yay)
-had multiple, delicious hot dogs
-had a lazy rest of the afternoon watching episodes of sherlock
-went to a sherlock radioplay, which ended up being a part of a fundraiser. good show. really nice, slightly overbearing lady roping us into the fundraiser. interesting evening outing.
-watched more sherlock while sitting on jt's awesome new reclining couch.
saturday 15 december 2012
-gross weather
-jt woke up even more sick so he decided not to spend the day with steph and me but still drove in to pick up steph and drop us off at the restaurant for lunch
- had lunch with steph and vic. so so good to see vic. great catch up. good burger.
-gross weather ruined our plan for the day, but we trooped by the macy's windows and to the christmas market. but since the forecast said rain for the rest of the day and evening, we decided against staying out in the rain for zoo lights and took an afternoon train back to steph's
-where we watched downton abbey episodes. which was good too. although i was super sleepy.
sunday 16 december 2012
-today.
-rounded out downton abbey season one and got some froyo. spoke with steph's family and then drove up to come home. good times. so not a trip to chicago to see chicago, but it was a great weekend and awesome to see three great friends.
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