We're Back

...but tired.

I'm behind on work, but I'll get caught up as soon as possible and be able to blog soon.

Excitement and Headaches

I've been trying to get my wife registered for her next semester. We worked out the schedule, but stumbled upon how to fit in her first chem class. If she has to take it in the fall, it's gonna cause issues by pushing out her transfer date. Making it worse is that we need to fit something in that's 'interesting' for her. She took two math classes this semester along with english and a couple 'fun' classes, but they were not intellectually stimulating much. Hence she got bored. There are a few possibilities replacement classes, but she has another 6 classes that are contingent on this first chem. oy.

I'm starting classes again to try to get that procrastinated degree in the spring. I went and took the placement test since I've been out of school for so long. I was concerned that I might have forgotten too much or that my english is not no goot these thar days. I whizzed through the test in far less than half the time necessary. I was a little concerned because in my experience if it is too easy you probably screwed up. Turned out I was wrong: I placed as high as they allow. Even so, I am going to see the department heads about what I can register for/test/skip ahead in (klep is what my folks used to call it).

We're off in 3 hours to catch a flight to Hawaii! We'll be in Honolulu for a week, but we'll do some island hopping at the same time. Blogging is going to be pretty nonexistent for the next week. I'm splitting work early to help finish the packing.

Happy TDay everyone. See you in a week!

Vacation Report

As I said last night, we're back. We had a good time, but I suspect that I ought to have returned to work sooner. Even so, we did have fun.

At first we didn't go anywhere. I've made it a point that the family will be having a quiet, family Christmas each year. Traditions are important to ingrain for a family early on. It helps to build up a family identity. Avrora got showered with gifts. After a short bit, she even got a handle on the idea it was OK to rip wrapping paper. Lyuda got an iPOD video, an italk (to record her lectures), an electronic (purely english) dictionary and other assorted items. I recieved some very nice sweaters, an Amazon gift card, and some books.

Thent we went back to my aunt's place in North Fork, CA. We went there a couple days after Xmas until New Year's Day. My daughter had a blast playing with the dogs again. Lyuda went ice skating. We went around Yosemite some.

We returned home and immediately jaunted off to Tahoe to ski. Well, Lyuda skied. I babysat, and read, which was ok. She's announced that next year both Avrora and I will be skiing. hm. We had a good time. Lyuda was underwhelmed byt the ski runs, but LOVED the view. She liked Taos' runs from last year much better. we did go on a paddle wheel across the lake though. That was fun.

There will be pictures of the above on Wednesday.

We returned yesterday afternoon. That was my birthday and we had a low key BDay. Lyuda picked up some books: Revelation Space, The Robots of Dawn, Accelerando, and T. Rex and the Crater of Doom. She also made me a cake, some okroshka, and snuggled up big time. I am already plotting on what to do with that Amazon gift card.