yep, i assembled that desk and the corner cabinet with my own two hands. and if i have to be honest, i definitely had the top and bottom cabinet panels on backward at one point. no worries, though. it's all assembled and all functional at this point. yay, me. and thanks target and target sales. my poor old little desk was just stretched beyond its capacity. although i can say that i felt awful throwing it out. when lacey and i left for the gym, i felt kind bad leaving it by the dumpster...but no fear. someone had rescued it even before i returned home that same evening. phew.
i also realized, that i'm not sure that many of you know, but sometime last month i got a "wild hair" so to speak and dyed my mane a mahogany color. it's started to fade a bit, but i had taken a few pictures so that i could at least show mom and dad. i think enough stuff had gone down in the early part of the semester that i needed something to change and change immediately. it was either this or a puppy and i'm technically not allowed to have pets. it's lightened up a bit already, but it's been fun because people haven't tended to notice immediately. it was kind of like when i got my nose stud...there's this "something is different" response and then a few minutes or hours or days later people seem really able to pin down what it is that has changed. i think this is a good thing. or maybe that's just something that i need to tell myself.
i'm trying to finish up a bunch of work and a equally large amount of cleaning before kara arrives on saturday. hopefully it will be nice over the weekend and we can take some hikes. i'm just itching to get outside, i must admit. the weather, however, has not been as eager to allow me to do so. thanks again, pennsylvania.
oh, i almost forgot! yesterday i was a judge for the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) day. Basically, students in grades 7-12 present on research projects that they've done in either behavioral sciences, zoology, biology, physics, chemistry, and two other fields that i can't remember right now. i judged behavioral sciences (9th and 10th grades) in the morning and physics (8th grade) in the afternoon. it reminds me of high school drama or music competition in that each participant is judged against an overall set of standards rather than against other participants. overall, though, was really impressed. you can tell a number of these kids have a good jump on what it means to think about something scientifically. makes me proud... :)
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