So call me unoriginal. I'm about a block away so it made sense at the time. Btw, it is not black.
Too many stories to tell here, but an update:
I am in Bulgaria.
I finished our three days in Vienna and shall be returning on the 6th en route back to California (7th) via Heathrow and O'Hare.
I am wandering around Varna daily (at night I'm confused for a prostitute so I avoid the recurrence) as my mother and her fellows meet for the Connectional Table at a Methodist church, the only church in the country that managed to meet throughout Communist rule, in spite of the killing and jailing of the clergy.
Interesting stories.
In two days I depart for Estonia and an undoubtedly yet more interesting set of circumstances.
If anyone wants postcards, clothing, trinkets, small valuables or CHOCOLATES I am taking orders. I have highlighted the most important and sought after items for your convenience.
I have a double sinus infection due to the smoking in Vienna (fun on planes) which is being treated thanks to Dr. Higgins in Glenview who handed me antibiotics for fun before I left. Kudos.
I will be returning (as mentioned) on the 7th, so I'll be around by the 8th.
Try to contain yourselves.
So yeah, I could bore you with endless detail about every miniscule thing I notice or with clever anecdotes or descriptions of the St. Stephensdome Platz crypts, Wasser Haus or Roman Bathe Ruins and I would love to but my time here is finite. I actually wrote my Self Evaluations in the quaint euro-shower of our room in the Deutschmeister Hotel in Vienna, Austria at 3 AM. I ought to have mentioned it to the profs I sent them to.
It's 9 PM here, noon CPM. Hope nothing has imploded in my absence. I hate cleaning after a set of seven hour flights.
4.28.2006
4.07.2006
Summer Plans
We have these little magnetic animals that cling to our metal door here at the apartment. Sanura loves chasing them around and Phil's favorite game it to move them higher and higher out of reach to see how far he can get her to jump vertically in order to retrieve them. He claims he can turn her into the "Shaq of Cats" and start a little cat NBA. In moving them out of my way this morning I inadvertently discovered that she can jump 6 feet from a standing position on the ground. This is a small cat; she's still practically a kitten.
This discovery has unnerved me a bit. After all, I'm only 5'2", my face would be well within reach, even in a standing position. She still has daggers for claws.
I'm making sure I feed her on time.
So! Summer plans as promised:
I was putting together a lot of things for the summer, none of which were particularly sold or set in stone. However as of last week I have determined with a great degree of certainty what I'll be spending my time doing for the majority of the summer months. My favorite Biology professor went on sabbatical last year when he was elected to head up a conservancy for the most reversibly-endangered species on the planet, in Ethiopia. He mentioned that there might be some work I could help with but never officially invited me to accompany him. When he didn't respond to a letter I sent him earlier this year I felt that venture was essentially hopeless. However the poor Brit had lost his reply in the Drafts box and when he didn't hear from me he sent me a two line e-mail inviting me to live with him and his family for the summer and work at the Conservancy.
For those of you who don't know what Dr. Malcolm is working on, here's a rather strong hint: www.ethiopianwolf.org
Recently National Geographic went to their lab up in the mountains to interview one of the post-doc's working there. Here are some pictures they got whilst there: www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0603/feature6/
Saddened as I am that some of my other plans will not be happening soon, this was an opportunity I simply couldn't pass up.
For those of you who might be interested in keeping contact with me over the summer (and want some kickass photos) I'd highly recommend this. I've already foisted this upon some of you and anyone will tell you I can't be made to write otherwise.
This discovery has unnerved me a bit. After all, I'm only 5'2", my face would be well within reach, even in a standing position. She still has daggers for claws.
I'm making sure I feed her on time.
So! Summer plans as promised:
I was putting together a lot of things for the summer, none of which were particularly sold or set in stone. However as of last week I have determined with a great degree of certainty what I'll be spending my time doing for the majority of the summer months. My favorite Biology professor went on sabbatical last year when he was elected to head up a conservancy for the most reversibly-endangered species on the planet, in Ethiopia. He mentioned that there might be some work I could help with but never officially invited me to accompany him. When he didn't respond to a letter I sent him earlier this year I felt that venture was essentially hopeless. However the poor Brit had lost his reply in the Drafts box and when he didn't hear from me he sent me a two line e-mail inviting me to live with him and his family for the summer and work at the Conservancy.
For those of you who don't know what Dr. Malcolm is working on, here's a rather strong hint: www.ethiopianwolf.org
Recently National Geographic went to their lab up in the mountains to interview one of the post-doc's working there. Here are some pictures they got whilst there: www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0603/feature6/
Saddened as I am that some of my other plans will not be happening soon, this was an opportunity I simply couldn't pass up.
For those of you who might be interested in keeping contact with me over the summer (and want some kickass photos) I'd highly recommend this. I've already foisted this upon some of you and anyone will tell you I can't be made to write otherwise.
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