That's Oysterville Washington. I went to a wedding there about a month ago. Pretty, isn't it?
As usual, I've finished a few books since my last blog. I have to say I really enjoyed the sequel to Eat, Pray, Love. It's all about what marriage is really about. She did a great job researching the history of marriage and putting it all in terms of her skepticism, which I have to admit that I readily agree with. I also read Lisa See's latest "Shanghai Girls" which I loved but ended a little too soon for me. She should have kept it going. Sequel maybe? Then I read Jeffrey Archer's "Sons of Fortune". It was good. I'm now braving "Goodnight Irene" by Jan Burke. It's the book that the Burbank Public Library is getting the community to read together. It's ok so far. A nice mystery.
I braved through my Intensive Technology Workshop at UCLA last week. It was intense. Long days and of course I got pink eye the night before I started it. Yep, that's right. Who get's pink eye before they start an important course for their newfound Masters degree at UCLA? Me! Yeah, it was quite a mess. Oh yeah and my doctor went into labor on the same day. Nope, didn't know she was pregnant. Thankfully my doctor (even in labor) and her office is quite awesome and was very understanding in just calling in a prescription for me. The pink eye is gone and I could swear that everyone in my class was staring at my bloodshot right eye for the first 2 days of class. But I survived. I'm thinking I should get the flu shot sooner rather than later too, just to make sure I'm semi-healthy. I have Orientation all day on Wednesday and my first class is Thursday night. Eeek!
I started reading some of my articles for only one class. Firstly, I love my Nano. Secondly, wow! I have a lot of reading ahead of me. And I got my syllabus for one of my other classes. It's a novel in itself. I am surely going to have to drop a class, 4 is way too many for my first quarter.
I created my website for UCLA. It's simple, but I like it. Just has my resume on it and a picture or two. Nothing more really. By the way my new laptop kicks ass. So awesome. And my niece was so much fun when I went to San Diego to visit with my brother & niece to get this thing. She was having so much fun with her newfound playmate (me) that she totally got upset when I was leaving and wouldn't go to my brother, but clung to me. So cute.
I survived my first Yom Kippur at my own apartment without my Mom! She went on a vacation a few days before Yom Kippur, unaware that the vacation was during the holiday. We still got to have Rosh Hashana together, which was nice. Although I usually sleep over at her house for Yom Kippur and we go to temple and fast together. I went to temple by myself and then my boyfriend and I went out to dinner for me to break the fast. Turned out rather well, actually. I still wouldn't have minded knowing someone(s) at temple, but it wasn't horrible for me to go by myself at all.
Ok, I want to go to spin/sculpt tonight, so I'd better continue what I intended to do on my laptop (study a little and read some stuff before I start school). I'm on my way to obtaining my Masters! Wow! (And getting in some quite serious debt, of course, but I suppose it's all worth it). Excitement, excitement! Bad pink eye!
