Just had a great visit...

I had a great evening tonight. Aunt Patty and Uncle John stopped in Richmond on their way to Williamsburg. They got to see the Grossbergs' house and meet Rick and Judy, then we all went out to dinner at Mekong (Rick's favorite). It felt so wonderful to visit with family here in my new surroundings! A very nice Tuesday night diversion. I just wish it could have lasted even longer. There seemed to be a lot of common ground shared by the two parties, with all the traveling both the Grossbergs and the Joneses have done; additionally, Judy is a pediatrician and Aunt Patty a pediatric nurse practitioner. (LOTS to talk about there.) So, awesome. A really happy time. :-)

I'm looking forward to attending my first Umphrey's McGee show since July (Big Summer Classic in Philly with Emilee!). The show is at Washington & Lee on Friday. The band is on a couple days' break right now so I'm hoping they'll come back to the stage ready to rage. I've got to get MAD studying done this weekend, though. Sadly, the time has come when I MUST create up-to-date outlines. But here's the good news: three classes ain't no thang. Yeah, I'm stressed. In reality, I should be thanking my lucky stars that I'm here at U of R taking three classes rather than Tulane taking four. (I'm sure my tune will change in the spring, when UR 1Ls take FIVE clasess...)

Tomorrow I am supposed to go to Chipotle for the first time. A fellow refugee told me that they give free meals to anyone who can prove they were displaced by Katrina. So I'm psyched for my inaugural Chipotle experience. Plus, food always tastes better knowing it's free.

I miss swimming. I left all my awesome swimsuits that I purchased this summer in New Orleans. I don't even know where the pool is here at UR. My goggles, etc...all left behind. So that is something I might try to do soon. I feel more like myself when I have a chance to swim...

Is anyone else pissed that New York Times is now charging $50/year for online access to Op-Ed? Now, it is honestly worth $50 to me, because I read the Op-Ed columns pretty much every day. But it's hard to accept shelling out that much cash when you used to get the milk for free. Yaknowwhatimsayin? Seriously. Although I do think it's cool that "Times Select" also entails access to archived articles. 100 per month I believe. A lot of times I'll do a search in NYT and find links to articles in the archive and I'm all like, "Blast!" because it used to cost a couple of bucks to look at an archived article. So I'm thinking about sucking it up and doing this thing, however loath I am to buy the cow.

I miss my baby but am otherwise very content, happy and relaxed...bubble baths'll do that to ya. Buenos noches.