Re: What is everyone up to?

[serendipity]

Well, I'm back....My mom is safely back in the States and recuperating from the long flight home.
Unfortunately for her, she fractured her ankle while she was here and had to stay at home most of the time.
She was able to go home with the doctors approvable, but was advised not to exert too much pressure on her ankle...no walking for two more weeks.
We really enjoyed having her, and we miss grandma and her cooking.

I've not been on here for a while as I've been away in the USA with Kate...

It's always nice to go on a vacation with a friend or friends, I haven't done that in a while (it's difficult with a husband and kids.)
Elton John's Aida is actually one of my mom's favorite, and she also has the soundtrack. Speaking of music and my mom (sorry to go off tangent), she played Nick's cd for her friends and they really liked it, and wanted to know why they haven't heard of him before. I do hope that Nick will produce more solo music in the future.


Have a Great Thanksgiving!!

xx

[Charity T]

Things are not letting up quite yet. These next three weeks are going to be hell. I've got a test this Tuesday, present my independent project next week, as well as my lab final next week, and then my lecture final the following week. This week, I'm meeting with three different faculty to talk about grad school options. I need to get my third letter of reference from one of them, and I hope I can get into one of their labs. I'm also taking my GRE this Saturday, as well as playing in a pool tournament this Friday and maybe early Saturday before the GRE.

In two weeks, I may be having surgery on my thumb too. I hurt it at work back at the end of August. I was holding something about waist high, one handed, and moved it above my head. It wasn't very heavy, but I felt a sharp pain in my thumb. I put it down, and stopped using my thumb for a little while and the pain went away for then. I kinda' forgot about it, except that my thumb kept feeling like it needed to be popped, and I had a little nodule show up on my knuckle. Finally, just about a week ago, after an MRI, we found out I tore a piece of cartilage at the middle joint, but the doctor doesn't know what the nodule is on my first knuckle. Surgery is tentavely scheduled for the 12th, but everything has to get cleared through worker's comp, but I should know for sure this week.

AJ is growing like a weed. He's running now, and climbing on things and jumping off of them. His favorite toy is me. If I'm laying on the floor, he loves to throw himself on me and climb on my back for a pony ride. He repeats his ABC's, but his only letter he doesn't quite have yet is G. We've started him on his numbers, but he tends to only say "two". I can't wait for this Christmas. He's old enough now that he'll really enjoy it! We got him some mega-blocks and a tool bench. We got him some kind of learning pad thing we can hook up to the tv too. He'll be 18 months at Christmas, but he seems so far advanced already, especially with as much as he talks.

Hope everyone has a great holiday season!