This (to the left) is a screenshot of an email I was sending to myself of things to remember to pick up at the store. For some reason, I still, unconsciously, continue to spell “jogurt” with a ‘j’, Czech style. I do the same with ‘jo’ (instead of ‘yo’). And now that I’m learning Deutsch, […]
Category: learning
“Ich bin eine Berliner!”
I have a long post in process about some exciting things going on with school (University of Washington.) A portion of that story involves a great conversation with a previous teacher who helped me settle on the other language I’ll focus on this year. As part of requirements at UW, you need to have a […]
my official last day of Winter quarter
I had two finals today, one in mid morning and the other not until mid afternoon. It was a loooooooong day. I stayed up too late making feeble attempts to study last night and then got up at 5:30am this morning (which still felt like 4:30am to my suprachiasmatic nucleus). Husband was out of town at […]
Winter Quarter
First day of Winter Quarter today – back at it! If there is one thing to ever be known about me, it’s that I go at things full force. “Balls to the wall”, if you will. This means that, comparing all my past experiences with school and today, I either throw my hands up and […]
Golgi Stains
ex-mas
We don’t “do” Santa in our house. I had never really thought much about it, Santa always seemed like a given, but then when our son was a year old I found I couldn’t get myself to start with all the Santa hoopla. It’s not a political statement and it’s not because I’m grinch-y – […]
Dub Days
Rainy days, sunny days – every day of my Autumn quarter at University of Washington was awesome.
Finals Week!
Bright and early for my last final of the quarter. Glad I already get up at 5am every day so being on campus 2 hours earlier was no big thing! Thankful for the lack of torrential rain this morning, for the walk from bus stop to lecture hall.
Scenes from a Bus Stop
One of the many, many things that I enjoy about this back-to-school experience is finally trying sorting out public transport around Seattle. I actually really enjoy taking the bus – I like the views, the early morning at the bus stop, the view out the bus window (even in the pouring rain)… and I LOVE […]
Neuro-ness
I am deep into my first quarter at UW and can I LOVE IT. My biopsych class is everything I’d hoped it would be AND MORE. At the very last minute (as in, a couple days into the start of the quarter), I wound up having to rearrange my schedule and swap out a class. […]
Fast Times at University of Washington
Since classes have started up again, I’m back to my old habits – constant, obsessive studying. This morning, after I made myself a latte with my swanky still-new espresso machine, I looked down at my espresso and realized I’d inadvertently made latte art! Don’t see it? Look closer… when I looked down I immediately thought, […]