November 28, 2007
Well, I haven’t blogged for a week because Rob and I have been having some big meaningful conversations about the future. And those kinds of talks really consume my mind. I know there are things I would have wanted to say on my blog other than this, but our little tete-a-tetes just overshadowed everything else. [...]
November 22, 2007
The Department of English Language Instructors (DELI)—that includes me and my colleagues—is opening a Language Centre which will provide English language resources for students, one-on-one tutors, plus group “tutorials” (lectures or workshops) on difficult topics. Why am I writing about this on my blog? Because the other DELIs have asked me to coordinate the Language [...]
November 18, 2007
I was given this book during my freshman year at (Southwest) Missouri State University, at the same time I was given the first Harry Potter book. How sad it is that I was so taken with the Potter series that it took me seven years to read Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate. I devoured [...]
November 18, 2007
A few weeks ago, I met with my potential PhD project advisor to discuss possible projects. I left that meeting with one really great lead on a project and with the assignment to do some research. Friday, Dr. Huber and I met again and laid down a time line for my research project. What happened [...]
November 18, 2007
If you didn’t already know this about me, I love handy, useful gadgets that makes life easier. When I find something useful, I love sharing it so YOU can use it too! Here is a post on my first discovery on German turf. I’m sure there will be more! Drop.io Leave it to the Germans [...]
November 15, 2007
Here is a 10-minute video that Gert took on September 27, the day we arrived here in Giessen. While we were taking a jet-lag-induced nap. :) See us (and ALLLLL our luggage) as we arrive in Frankfurt, and get a tour of our apartment.
November 12, 2007
I am seriously homesick for people. Rob’s sister, Katy, gave me a blank book, my memory book, so that I could have friends and family write notes in it, which I could then read when I got lonely to help me not miss them so much.But it doesn’t work. When I read it, I just [...]
November 11, 2007
First of all, credit where credit it due. Many thanks to Deanna for the title! Here is the full title: “It’s All Foreign to Me, and Foreign = Interesting.” :D Over the last month, I have been discovering that even though Germany is a different country (big surprise there, huh?), it is really only a [...]
November 6, 2007
Bad thing first, because I’d rather the last thing you read be something happy. Bad Thing I had a bad headache all night after [Good Thing]. So, right before I went to bed–at 11:00–I took some Excedrin Migraine. We played some Nintendo DS, cuddled for a little bit, and then Rob went to sleep. I [...]
November 2, 2007
I had a great birthday. Even though no one here knew it was my big day, I got so many sweet messages–and even a blog post dedicated to wishing me a happy birthday, with farts and singing orange aliens, nonetheless–from friends and family back home that it really felt like I wasn’t so far away [...]
