The end of Fall Semester

So, I should be writing large papers about graduate stuff that no-one except graduate students read. Instead, I decided to write a little bit about life in Berwyn. It's been neat having warm temperatures all the way up to December...well, almost all the way up to December (I'm just assuming things will stay the way they are!). Getting thanksgiving twice was a major perk too.

It's amazing, when the work piles on, the fun piles on too. I've had more social events in the past week than I've had all month...and it's been the most overloaded assignment period we've had all semester! Go figure! I guess you just need that extra boost of motivation that comes with hanging out with people!

Chicky, one of my ex-students from Honduras came to have Thanksgiving with her family. So I got to hang out with her at the Franklin Institute (a children's museum similar to Chiminike!). It was nostalgic for her (as she'd been there when she was 11). In fact, the guy playing percussion outside of the museum had been there when she was 11...how crazy is that!

As American Thanksgiving came around, everyone in my cohort left. Well, mostly everyone. The few who were left had thanksgiving together at Connie's place. We enjoyed a great meal, great fellowship, and a much needed break from writing papers. I even had the energy to show off the broom trick!

After that, it was work...and more work. Though I did have a bright spot...Dom had the sweetness of heart to send me flowers! They were beautiful! And were intended to bring me motivation (..I think I got a little distracted to be honest!). Dom is in central Canada working for a seismic company. He's been working pretty much the whole time he's been away, but I'm looking forward to a few days with him at Christmas! Here is Dom laying out cable on the job.