This year

December 11, 2011

This was an incredible year. In fact, it might have been “the” year. The year I took control of my life and lived it on my own terms. It was not always pleasant. I certainly cried my eyes out this year because of joy AND sadness. That is life though, isn’t it? In May, I [...]

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30 days of thankfulness (November 2011)

November 30, 2011

People all over the Internet gave thanks this month. Every day we paused and sent our gratitude and thanks out into the Universe with a tweet, a blog post, a photo, etc. This year I thought I would participate by posting a message to Twitter and Facebook. Each day I noticed myself waking up and [...]

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Our (almost) vegan Thanksgiving

November 25, 2011

This summer, my brother converted to a diet free of animal products. If you know me at all, you know I tried to be vegan for awhile and I was a vegetarian for a long time. You also know that now, for personal reasons, I choose to eat fish/shellfish, eggs, and cheese (and sometimes poultry) [...]

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Pumpkins, some mental health breaks, and that trip to Vegas

October 30, 2011

Pumpkins I love Fall. I love the food. I love the weather. I love the clothes. I love how my hair is not frizzy! And I aboslutely everything involving pumpkins. This year our Human Factors graduate student organization co-sponsored an event on campus for kids in the community. We hosted the pumpkin painting table and [...]

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Things feel different this semester

September 29, 2011

I am back to working my crazy number of hours just like all Doctoral students. I get stressed. And afraid. And sad. I want to stay in bed some days. I am embarrassed by how little I know compared to other students in my cohort. I question whether this is the right path at least [...]

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