after my stats camp adventure, i spent the weekend in the bay area, and what a great time i had! i hopped on a plane right after my last stats class, and landed in san jose just in time to have dessert with my favorite girlfriends. it is so wonderful to be able to get together with these women after months of being apart - and the time just melts away! we always laugh, share, and enjoy our company. i am so blessed to have such wonderful ladies as my great friends.
the next morning brought a celebration for one of these great friends - my oldest (that is, the friend i have had the longest) friend, with whom i have been friends since we were 5 years old. she is having her first child, a son, next month, and her mother-in-law hosted a lovely shower. my friend recieved many great gifts and we all had a good time enjoying breakfast, playing games, and celebrating.
after the shower, i ran some errands with my mom, and relaxed at home a bit. i had a little bit of time to catch up with another friend, who was getting ready to hop on a red-eye to new england for a business trip. soon after, i was gearing up for a performance of mama mia! my mom invited me to join her for this show, and although the movie did not bode well for the play, i was delighted to find that the play was more energetic than the movie by leaps and bounds! it was a great show, and we both enjoyed it! a great mom-daughter date night!
sunday morning i wanted to go for a bike ride with my dad, but i also really wanted to see the ocean while in california. so, we packed up the bikes and headed to the coast for the best of both worlds. we biked up and down the oceanside for 2 hours, enjoying the beautiful weather and equally beautiful view. we reluctantly loaded the bikes back up and headed home for a family lunch. a delicious bbq with the whole family was a great ending to my fantastic weekend. i didn't want to come back to the desert!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
a new (and nerdy) adventure
i've spent the past 3 days in lawrence, kansas. a long way from home!
i'm at what is fondly called "stats camp" - a series of week-long statistics workshops. the "adventurous" part of it is trying to learn a complex and sophisticated statistical technique in 7 days. so far, i'm doing okay, but it is definitely a challenge.
lawrence is a small college town, just between topeka and kansas city. the first day we had a group dinner and social time, so i got to meet and socialize with some of the other attendees. (there's about 50 people in my class and 100 in the other class this week) yesterday, i got to go to downtown lawrence ("downtown" might be a stretch), to wander and have dinner. i ate at a cute bistro with an incredible vanilla lavendar cream soda (YUMO!), and then stumbled onto a build-your-own-cupcake shop. my dream come true! i got to pick a cupcake (vanilla, chocolate, red velvet, strawberry), a frosting (or mix!), and two toppings. the verdict? i walked out with a vanilla cupcake with oreo frosting, chocolate drizzle, and an oreo cookie AND a vanilla cupcake with a bit of strawberry frosting and a layer of peanut butter frosting, raspberry drizzle, and toasted pecans. the oreo cupcake was good, but the peanut butter / strawberry / raspberry combination was like the most delicious PBJ i have ever eaten. delicious!
it's hard to believe it's wednesday night and the week is more than half over! tonight i stayed in, reviewing my notes (still not through the first day!) and catching up on work and email (and blogging. and finishing off my cupcakes.)
i'm at what is fondly called "stats camp" - a series of week-long statistics workshops. the "adventurous" part of it is trying to learn a complex and sophisticated statistical technique in 7 days. so far, i'm doing okay, but it is definitely a challenge.
lawrence is a small college town, just between topeka and kansas city. the first day we had a group dinner and social time, so i got to meet and socialize with some of the other attendees. (there's about 50 people in my class and 100 in the other class this week) yesterday, i got to go to downtown lawrence ("downtown" might be a stretch), to wander and have dinner. i ate at a cute bistro with an incredible vanilla lavendar cream soda (YUMO!), and then stumbled onto a build-your-own-cupcake shop. my dream come true! i got to pick a cupcake (vanilla, chocolate, red velvet, strawberry), a frosting (or mix!), and two toppings. the verdict? i walked out with a vanilla cupcake with oreo frosting, chocolate drizzle, and an oreo cookie AND a vanilla cupcake with a bit of strawberry frosting and a layer of peanut butter frosting, raspberry drizzle, and toasted pecans. the oreo cupcake was good, but the peanut butter / strawberry / raspberry combination was like the most delicious PBJ i have ever eaten. delicious!
it's hard to believe it's wednesday night and the week is more than half over! tonight i stayed in, reviewing my notes (still not through the first day!) and catching up on work and email (and blogging. and finishing off my cupcakes.)
Friday, June 3, 2011
four-week musings
so, i wasn't totally successful at my 4 week challenge. but i know that i could do it if i really wanted to. lately, i've just been too tired or too discouraged by the end of my work day to make the extra effort to workout. usually i end my workouts feeling better than when i went in, but it is also discouraging sometimes because i'm not able to do everything i want to do. but by not working out, i get further away from being able to do those things. the vicious discouragement cycle! some days i have enough energy to break the cycle. other days, not. i think maybe i need to find something positive to draw on or reward myself with on those darker days. hmmmmm...
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