Vets in America are out of control. I’m not the first one to come to this conclusion — see, for example, Emily Yoffe’s column on Slate on how to say no to your vet. I have been increasingly ticked off at the vet we’ve been using for the last couple of years, simply because the …

I just learned late yesterday that one of my ongoing research projects has been accepted for presentation at the Council for European Studies conference in Chicago next March. I submitted a proposal to attend this conference back last June 1st, so I’ve been waiting for this news for a *really* long time! Yay Liz! 🙂

Wow. I’m on a regular blogging spree!! haha Yesterday afternoon, which now seems like an eternity ago thanks to the insanity that is my daily life right now, I had a brief conversation with my stats professor about my final paper for his class. Nearly a month ago, I turned in an assignment that asked …

While driving home tonight from Southlake, I was thinking about songs I haven’t listened to in a long time, and started reminiscing about some of the songs that have come to have personal significance for me over the last 10 or 15 years. By no means is this list complete, but here are 17 songs …

I had a particularly vivid dream a few nights ago about an old friend with whom I’ve lost touch. For the sake of anonymity, I will call him “GW,” a tribute to my alma mater and NOT, as you may suspect, in deference to our current president. 🙂 I don’t know if I’m overly sentimental …

I vowed to finish all grading for my writing students over the weekend, and sitting here at 7:30 a.m. Monday, I will admit that I fell far short of that goal. I have just let it pile up for far too long… even about eight hours of grading was only enough to make a dent …

Today, I handed in my statistics “final” exam. Even though I had it for roughly ten days, apart from looking it over and thinking about it, I didn’t really begin work in earnest until Wednesday. As in *yesterday*. Yet, I was able to crank out most of the work yesterday morning/afternoon, and this morning finished …

Things are, um, crazy. Thankfully, though, I’m starting to see a faint glimmer of light off in the distance. Today I had the last meeting with one of my two SAT classes at Kaplan. I’ve been with this bunch of six students since the day after I got back from England — they actually started …

We are back from Vegas, and I’m happy to report that the trip itself was a delight. Daniel and I got to spend mucho quality time with my parents, as well as with each other (a definite plus), and saw Robert and Joyce when they could sneak away from her family, which had sponsored their …

I cannot believe we’re already halfway through September. Time is moving so quickly. My weeks are just insane. They feel like they’re about two or three weeks long, most likely because every single day feels like two or three days crammed into one. I knew I was in for a rough semester, but this is …