Blurbs From Eunee's Mind (and Life)

Today was the last day of classes for my first semester back in school, and I must say that I am relieved and happy about it, although I cannot believe that it's already over! I just checked my grades for my Biostats exam and I did quite well! I was so excited I called my friend Sylvia and jumped up and down, sharing the news with her. I'm so excited because I was quite anxious about this exam. My final grade hasn't been posted yet, but still, I got to see my grade for the final exam. Anyway, it is quite amazing to find myself at the end of my first semester. I have at least 7 more semesters to go before I'm finished, but hey, who's counting? Heh heh. I have adjusted to a new life and a new climate. It definitely is different out here, compared to southern California; and the weather? Well, let's just say that I laughed at myself when I told my friend this morning that it was a comfortable 43 degrees Fahrenheit, even with it feeling like 38. It's about 50-so...

Today is the 3rd time it has snowed since I have been here. You saw my first snow experience (or if you didn't, you can click here to see it). The 2nd one came and went in the blink of an eye - with no telltale signs that it had come at all. But today, it made its presence known. Have you been hearing about the severe storms that have been hitting the midwest? Well, we got it here today. This morning it was very pretty - and I bundled up in excitement. But in the time it took for me to get myself together and out the door, it quickly turned into tiny little pieces of ice - my classmate called it rock salt. Pretty accurate. By the time I got to campus, it had turned into lots of different sizes of pieces of ice, and the roads were slushy and slippery. I was walking to class from the parking lot and as is my habit when the umbrella is up, I listened to the sounds of ice bouncing off my umbrella, and I concluded that it was much noisier than rain. It didn't have that soothing sou...

When Sylvia was visiting me for the week of Thanksgiving, she told me one day that she needed caffeine in order to stay up for the rest of the night (we were going to be up late doing things so she figured caffeine would be of help). So I insisted that she try Dunkin' Donuts. I told her not to worry; she'd like it. So I took her and got her a small coffee with cream and sugar, and then I watched her try it for the first time. There's a picture of her at the bottom of this blog where she's got her eyes closed, enjoying her Dunkin' Donuts coffee. I remember one night (yes, she drank coffee more than once during the week she was here!), we got some coffee and I had to run to the bank. I parked and asked her if she wanted to come in with me; she said no. So then I asked her if she wanted me to leave the radio on. "No," she replied, "I'm just going to sit here and enjoy my coffee - just me and my coffee." Ummm....OK then! I laughed and left her al...