In which I am left to my own devices (with a quick update about why I can't go back to the US just yet). What would you do with 2-3 weeks all on your own?
We spent this past weekend visiting with some friends in Lausanne, Switzerland. We (finally) got our A/C (mostly) fixed, but the heat wave continues unabated. We sure were glad to…
Kristian and I went shopping the other day and the guy helping us out said, "Hey, your French is decent, are you Belgian?" First of all, this is empirically hilarious.…
We had our first French dentist appointments last week. It was incredibly efficient. I think all three of us were in and out in less than an hour. They took…
I won't bury the lede... the heatwave broke last night! I was suffering at home when, all of a sudden, I could hear the wind pick up outside. Kristian was…
(This post isn't very well written. Let's blame my mental state and not my lack of writing ability. Yes? Yes! Thanks.) Thanks for all the kind comments on my last…
I feel bad about posting this, because all of the other blogs I'm reading have all these happy, optimistic New Years posts about year-end recaps and resolutions and all that…
I normally take a lot more pictures at Christmas, but this year I concentrated a little more on enjoying everybody's company. I think part of my motivation stemmed from the…
In most ways, this was one of the nicest Christmases that I've experienced in a long time. Everything felt low-key and stress-free and there was pretty much no family drama.…
Kristian and I just got a "new" dining room table from his parents. I figured that I'd feel nothing but excitement about our shiny, new (to us, at least) piece…
I had two comments on Tuesday's post about my potential future thesis. Both (extremely lovely, natch) commenters expressed interest in hearing more about the topic. In my world, where I…
I've been totally MIA from this blog lately. Between long hours at my job and what seems like a million different projects on my plate, I feel like I'm burning…
There's a discussion floating around the twitters right now about how folks are surviving this current semester. The first response that popped into my head was "mainlining caffeine" which is…
I've been reading a lot of books for my historiography class lately. Which means that I spend most of my reading time with my nose buried in dry texts about…