Assignments

Check out this list!

1. Anthro paper on cloth in Incan and Aztec society
2. Communications Topic Assignment II
3. Communications Topic Assignment III
4. Volcanology Lab 6
5. Volcanology Viscosity Lab (Due April 7) - 90%
6. Volcanology Lab 7
7. Volcanology Term Paper (Due April 7)
8. Prepare Communications presentation (Due April 8 or 9 - not set)
9. Receive corrections and rewrite Topic Assignments II and III (Due April 10)
10. Communications Poster (Due April 10)
11. Correct and rewrite Sapphire term paper
12. Thesis presentations assignment
13. Write abstract for Communications

Ta da! However, this is what I have left to do before I go to work in Northwestern Ontario this summer:

1. Take-home exam in New World Civilizations (April 14)
2. Volcanology exam (April 14)
3. Global Tectonics exam (April 23)
4. THESIS (May 3)

I'm also working 4-5 days a week in the afternoon, so I'm going to be doing pretty much nothing but schoolwork until I go away I think. Wish me luck on exams!

Ridiculously good hot chocolate

A spicy hot chocolate that melds everything I love in a proper hot chocolate

1 heaping teaspoon tbsp cocoa powder
1 heaping teaspoon tbsp brown sugar (preferrably a rich one like demerara)
Good shake each of cinnamon and ginger
Pinch of cayenne
Splash of vanilla
Mug full of milk (preferrably homogenized)

Put the dry ingredients into a mug. Add the vanilla, and use a spoon to mix everything into a delicious smelling syrup. Fill mug with milk, and stir well to mix everything.

You can either pop it into a microwave now to heat it, or pre-emptively heat the milk, and add the heated milk to the syrup. Either way it's delicious!

Finally off the treadmill...

For awhile there I was so behind I felt like I was running on a treadmill - working hard and not getting anywhere. As evidenced by my update list below, however, I think I've managed to run right off the treadmill and keep going!

Assignment Progress:

1. Anthro paper on cloth in Incan and Aztec society
2. Communications Topic Assignment II
3. Communications Topic Assignment III
4. Volcanology Lab 6
5. Volcanology Viscosity Lab (Due April 7) - 90%
6. Volcanology Lab 7
7. Volcanology Term Paper (Due April 7)
8. Prepare Communications presentation (Due April 8 or 9 - not set)
9. Receive corrections and rewrite Topic Assignments II and III (Due April 10)
10. Communications Poster (Due April 10)
11. Correct and rewrite Sapphire term paper
12. Thesis presentations assignment
13. Write abstract for Communications

93 words

Speed test

Assignment Progress:

1. Anthro paper on cloth in Incan and Aztec society
2. Communications Topic Assignment II
3. Communications Topic Assignment III
4. Volcanology Lab 6
5. Volcanology Viscosity Lab (Due April 7) - 90%
6. Volcanology Lab 7 (Due April 7)
7. Volcanology Term Paper (Due April 7)
8. Prepare Communications presentation (Due April 8 or 9 - not set)
9. Receive corrections and rewrite Topic Assignments II and III (Due April 10)
10. Communications Poster (Due April 10)
11. Correct and rewrite Sapphire term paper (Due April 10)

Christmas Presents, Schoolwork

I've already started thinking about Christmas presents again, since it was nice to have everything done in time last year. So far:

-Grandmas - tea cozys
-Grandpa - socks

And that's it ;) I'll think of more in awhile. I've got lots of time after all!

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I need to make another list of school items that need to be done, so that I can check them off and make myself feel less overwhelmed.

1. Anthro paper on cloth in Incan and Aztec society
2. Communications Topic Assignment II
3. Communications Topic Assignment III - 5%
4. Prepare Communications presentation (Due April 3)
5. Volcanology Lab 6 - 80% (Due April 7)
6. Volcanology Viscosity Lab (Due April 7)
7. Volcanology Lab 7 (Due April 7)
8. Volcanology Term Paper (Due April 7)
9. Receive corrections and rewrite Topic Assignments II and III (Due April 10)
10. Communications Poster (Due April 10)
11. Correct and rewrite Sapphire term paper (Due April 10)

I'm not dead yet...

Sorry. Illness has really caught up with me. I'm about 2 weeks behind in schoolwork, basically locked in my apartment due to joint pain, and I can't even knit to keep my sanity (because of the sore fingers/wrists/elbows). Anyway, I'm sure that's not what anyone who still comes here, is here for!

Nothing much is new, although Sean has a great new job opporunity with GW, so hopefully he'll get it (he has a phone interview on the 26th).

I'd also like to thank Kimchi and miked for the well wishes :) Kimchi, they actually did check for celiac, which I don't have thank goodness. But they were so sure they scope me twice! They're 99% sure it's Crohn's at the moment, but I had a capsule endoscopy yesterday so that should be pretty definitive. If it's not Crohn's, it's some sort of rare (so they tell me) motility disorder, and we'll just keep up with painkillers for stomach and joints, and nutritional supplements for weight loss.

Cold

I'm cold. Very cold. Winnipeg has been in a nearly continuous deep-freeze for at least 3 weeks now, with never more than a few days warmer than -20C, and windchills usually in the -30 to -40 range. Last night our power went out for most of the night, and went out a few times again this morning, meaning our heat didn't work and is still not working quite right. It also scrambled our internet again and it needs to be sorted out properly.

I'm going to Edmonton on Saturday for a 4-day visit with Angela, including an evening with Elizabeth. Luckily it's supposed to be no colder than -5 there! That leaves me with the problem of what to wear to the airport...it's going to be -30 here that day, and -5 when I land in Edmonton. Hrm.

Edmonton plans:

-IKEA - I'm bringing an empty suitcase to fill with IKEA stuff. Seriously.
-WEM - there's some new stores (H&M anyone?) that I'd like to check out, as well as some old favourites like Sanrio, the Glow store, etc. I'm really hoping to find a bento box at Sanrio (if not, I'm still buying some Hello Kitty chopstick sets) or at T & M
-Whyte Ave
-Yarn stores (Hello! Of course! Never know what you can get in different cities right?)

-Restaurants: I'd LIKE to go to Yianni's and possibly more places, but my funds are limited

-Not sure what else we're going to do yet, but we're going to have fun! Tea drinking and knitting are of course included....Angela, should I bring any DVD's for evening entertainment? Have you seen "Stardust" yet?
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