365: Officially Official

We went to our PO Box today and lookie what arrived! I'm officially an official Ph.D.! Wahoo! Of course I believe in balance in life so wouldn't you know that the same day I got my fancy diploma would be the same day I stood on the elevator for 30 seconds repeatedly pressing 6 and wondering why the doors kept popping open and I wasn't going anywhere. Turns out I was already on the 6th floor and I should have been hitting G (for Ground Floor). Just call me Dr. Ditzy.

365: My new bffs

I caught a nasty cold over the weekend. It sucks. That's all.

365: Labor Day Geocaching

It was the last day of Labor Day weekend and my mom and Dale's last day in Chico. Unfortunately my mom fell (three times!) while hiking and twisted her ankle pretty bad and I woke up with a crappy cold. So while our bodies tried to put a damper on the day, we all pressed forward and did a little easy geocaching around Lower Park and then had lunch at the Brewery. I caught Ange off guard while she was poking around some leaves with a stick. She is pointing the stick at me and saying "You don't take secret squirrel pictures of me!" But WRONG. I totally take secret squirrel pictures.

365: Labor Day Weekend Part 2

My mom & stepdad came to visit for the weekend and we had a BLAST. We went swimming in Bear Hole & spent the day at Lassen Park. Here's my mom and me on our way to Bumpass Hell. Yes, that's really what it is called. They have to leave tomorrow and that makes me so sad :(

365: Labor Day Weekend

Had a fun day at Bidwell with Ange, Mom and Dale. Until Ange broke her finger. Womp, womp.

365: One of the things I love about teaching

Whenever I do a class activity I tell myself students if they finish before everyone else does they can feel free to decorate the rest of the page as they see fit. I tell them I love jokes and pictures. This student wrote a joke and even folded the bottom of her paper to cover the answer! I love it. Usually the "extras" are better than what they were supposed to be doing in the first place! In fact I love student doodles so much, I think I'm going to start a whole photo album dedicated to them :)

365: Too early

Tuesdays and Thursdays are my way too early days. Ange has to be in class by 8 (earlier if she wants a good seat) which means we both have to get up at the butt crack to get dogs & moms going and get to campus on time. Today it was still WAY dark out! I had to turn on all the outside lights so we didn't get attacked by mountain lions!