I miss my family

The more time I spend in Minnnesota, the more I miss my family.

Today I...

* played with cars
* read about demolition derbies
* changed two diapers
* ate puri, a South India bread made from whole wheat flour and salt, then fried.
* colored

* lost a race

* won a race

* went for a walk

* got eaten by a dinosaur

and it's only 1:30 pm.

I think it is really spring

Yesterday it was rainy and cold all day. Today it will be coldish, and probably will rain. Windy too. Tomorrow we might get some flurries but I'm feeling optimistic that it won't stick, and therefore doesn't count. April is just around the corner and I have decided that means we will have nice weather as time goes on.

I like weather.

In the meantime I have class today and later (if it isn't raining) I'll go with Steve to Mounds Park to watch him fly his slope soaring plane. Click here for an example on Youtube.

Her Big Show

Good morning, good morning everyone!  It's Sunday, and in about an hour I will leave to go to my friend Mazen's dance recital at St. Kate's.  I'm looking forward to seeing her doing her Irish dance.  She's been studying it for two years, and she only just turned five!  Last year I gave her flowers after she danced, and she has mentioned it to me about six times this year.  But this year I won't bring flowers...I don't want her to assume there are always flowers.  I'll give her a big kiss though.  I love that girlie.

Lately...

Not a whole lot has changed since I posted last, other than the fact that I am feeling overwhelmed by homework, and it has been draining my motivation for other things in life, such as checking my e-mail and posting on here (as though I've ever been a superstar when it came to posting).

I'm currently working my Senior Project (think Undergrad Thesis), and my topic is how religion affects the efficacy of chemical dependency treatment for the Deaf. There is a ton of material to read on this subject, but I am having trouble putting it together in my mind in an effort to start the paper.

On the other hand, I have been cooking a lot lately. (yes, me. it's okay, you can laugh.) Today, for instance, I sauteed an onion and cooked up a pot of rice. To a bowl of rice I added a bunch of cooked pinto beans from earlier this week and a little salt and had dinner. I put the onions into a ziploc bag and stuck it in the freezer for use in cooking later. I know doing that changes the consistency of the onions but in ground beef it won't matter.

Tootles!