Eight random facts

1. I once had a job changing light bulbs in a cave.
2. When I was young and foolish, I took a bus across the country - twice.
3. A year ago, I found my high school buddy on Reunion.com, and found out she lives in the city I'd traveled to on business barely one month before.
4. My favorite pastime is swimming with the fishies.
5. I'm tired right now and will finish this later.
6. I once played the French Horn in Carnegie Hall. I imagined the stuff stuck to the floor was leftover jelly beans from the first Beatles concert in the U.S.
7. I love tzatziki.
8. My middle name is Marie.

Me&Sara at a Lunar New Year party

Me&Sara at a Lunar New Year party, originally uploaded by Artemismaria.

I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

New digs!

Here I am in my new office. I moved out of a shared office and into my own about a month ago. Now I can hold pronunciation tutorials and make my students do things they were too embarrassed to do when someone else was watching. :-)

Rainbows for Stephanie

This rainbow presented itself and soon after my sister was doing a lot better. I'm hoping another one will come soon. Send your thoughts and wishes her way.