Blurbs From Eunee's Mind (and Life)

On 11-11-11, I married the love of my life in front of my family and close friends who are a part of my extended family. I think I was too excited to cry then but I do get emotional thinking of it now. It's just amazing how things come to fruition in ways we least expect. We got married on the beach in Los Cabos, Mexico, and it was the picture perfect wedding I had envisioned when I began planning. Everything turned out to be perfect and I had an amazing time. I hope everyone else did too. The entire 8 days we spent in Los Cabos were truly memorable days, particularly having people I know all on vacation with me! That was just a whole bunch of fun. As I think of my wedding and those who attended, I cannot help but feel so blessed to have these people in my life, in our lives - as they have extended their loving embrace to my now-husband. I am also blessed to have such wonderful parents-in-law who have showed me nothing but love. And I always am thankful for my parents...

I am logging in and blogging from Durban, South Africa, where the weather has been absolutely gorgeous! Not hot or cold, but just right! I feel like Goldilocks saying that. Anyway, I have been here since Saturday, July 19th, and am at a conference. Needless to say, conferences don't allow one to see much of the city unless you play hooky. I didn't for the most part, and probably won't, because there's too much interesting stuff. I'm only playing hooky right now because I haven't found a session going for an hour and a half that catches my eye. I don't know if it's just me but time seems to pass slower here in Durban as opposed to New York. Do you suppose we in New York ought to learn how to slow down the clock a bit like here? Anyway, the conference has been very good, and now that my presentation is over, I can breathe and enjoy it more. :) We have a beach party on our schedule tonight so that ought to be a treat. Just to share some pictures, here is o...

So I said that the train trip into Manhattan was a bit of an adventure because - of course - we took the train. We also happened to be heading into Manhattan on the day before Thanksgiving. When they called the Wednesday before Thanksgiving one of the biggest (or is it THE biggest?) traveling day of the year, I had no idea they also meant rail travel.... We had decided not to stress about catching an early train and thus got on the train maybe at about 1 p.m. To our amazement the train was packed!! Fortunately we had bought our tickets about an hour earlier so we did not have to stand in the looooong line for the ticket machines in the station! I had never seen it so packed!! It was primarily due to all those students going home after their last class (yes, we were catching the train from the Stony Brook station which is right on the edge of our campus). Oh joy.... As we piled into the double-decker train (as I call it), we grabbed a couple of empty seats - me several rows in front of ...

My dear friend Sylvia came to visit me the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and then left this past Saturday. It was so good to see her and to spend some time just having fun. While I did have work to do and had little sleep on some nights, we managed to squeeze in quite a bit of fun. =) The Saturday she arrived, I had to circle JFK 3 times because I couldn't find the terminal sidewalk where you pick up passengers, and then couldn't find her because she was waiting at a different terminal while I was looking for her at another. Thank goodness for cell phones. So finally, I circled again and then met her at a different terminal (she took the Air Train to Terminal 1 while I circled back). Joy oh joy. I am a bit irritated with the signage here in New York; they're not very clear and they're kinda last minute - you know, turn right here, RIGHT NOW because when you're going 45 miles an hour, you really don't need any preparation other than a small sign three feet before...