My mom said the TV weatherman joked that it was colder at their home than it is where I live–in Alaska. It’s not warm here but at least we are above freezing (for now!). I’m sure it will get back to 0 because I said that.

I do for this Super Bowl, as I went to class with the 49ers QB, and the sad truth of the matter is the more successful he is, the more my degrees are worth. It’s just good publicity.

My last name is a sure Austrian 10-letter holy moly of a last name. It is spelled just like it sounds, but people add syllables and change letters and that good stuff. It’s rare so I would rather not share, and I […]

This was introduced to me by my dad as “coocoo’s clover”. I had no idea it had a real name, for whatever reason. I will have to keep an eye out now that I’ve moved to a wetter climate that allows things to grow!

I’ll take both, but coffee is a big tradition in my family. I grew up with my parents drinking it 2-3 times a day, but I usually just have it in the morning so I don’t stain my teeth to kingdom come. Thankfully, I […]

My mom bought me a necklace of the eyes in Turkey, since I was going through a rough time at that point in my life. I love the concept and it always sparks good travel conversation.

My mom made coca cola cakes from my grandmother’s recipe, which was no doubt from a magazine or something. They are great birthday standbys, but I haven’t had one in years!

I’m going into my first winter in Alaska, and I am experiencing the same thing in terms of SAD and depression. No work meltdowns, yet, but I did break down and cry when I saw my the listing for my home. I have […]

Good luck!! Just getting in the game is important.

My kitties made it safely to the great white north! Only 1,750 probably agonizing miles of flight with 4 stops along the way. Start my new, in my field job next week and my fiancé comes up as well. Just waiting […]

Today I found out my fiancé got a job up here and can finally move up and that I have an interview next week, in addition to one tomorrow. I am so excited after having absolutely no leads back in Nevada.

I did it for 3 months (I had a semester gym pass for $70) and it was okay. I gained 10lbs of muscle and my clothes didn’t fit anymore, but I am not one of those people that gets a high off of that sort of workout. […]

Perhaps it’s my field, but we have all been urged to wait a few years and go into the workforce before pursuing a Ph.D. I went straight from UG to my masters and I felt it kept me motivated because I had resigned […]

Bought my ferry ticket up to Alaska for three weeks from now, I am so happy to get out of here, even if I don’t have a job lined up yet. I am even more excited to go up through the inside passage on something that […]

Congrats!! The thesis defense is probably the most frightening part.

Tomorrow marks my first week of unemployment and non-student status ever. I have knitted and/or blocked three projects, cleaned the entire house, done every piece of laundry possible, and conducted faux clinical […]

My good friend was evacuated for almost a week because of the Colorado Springs fire, and currently speaking we have one going right now across town. As someone who almost lost their house from a wildfire by a […]

We had a free afternoon when I was last in England, 9 years ago, and got to go to Wimbledon. We saw the Williams sisters on the side courts and Martina Navratilova on center court (for free because it was halfway […]

I knit and so I am very comfortable hand washing wool, but my biggest problem is how to deal with nice dresses (usually cotton or cotton blends) with acetate linings? I only find mixed results when I search around […]

No new kittens here, but I did get a call for a second interview this afternoon. Crossing my fingers and hoping I will know by July if I will be grown-up employed!