Eight days to PhD Day

I'm losing my mind. I am in the middle of doing ten things at once and keep forgetting to finish them. I keep losing things. I look for things, cannot find them, and they are right in front of my face. A boy who works down the hall told me that most PhD's he knows are completely scatterbrained, so therefore my transformation is almost complete. That made me feel a little better. But if I lose one more thing, I just might have to scream.

oops

Somehow, mid-experiment, I forgot about it. I'm a little bit peeved with myself, so I am taking a break and drinking coffee. Apparently my brain stopped functioning earlier and needs a pick me up. yum. so, I found a shoe, another much needed pick me up.



Shakeup by Steve Madden $59.99 at stevemadden.com

recommendations from seeree

anyone who knows me, knows i have lots of skin problems. dry skin, ecsema, basal cell carcinoma, sun burn, etc etc etc. And it's only going to get worse. And so, with winter weather torturing so many of us, here is a list of my favorite lotions:
1. Cerave. Available in a lotion or cream, and is supposed to have healing ability as well as moisturizing. It has no scent and helps when it seems as though nothing else will. This was recommended to me by my dermatologist for my ecsema issues (to use something besides a steroid that thins my already sensitive skin).
2. Burt's Bees Thorougly Therapeutic Honey and Grapeseed Oil Hand Creme. Your skin will suck this up like a marathon runner sucks up water. And then everyone will ask "What smells like apple pie??" There's nothing wrong with lotion that smells like baked goods.
3. Olay Quench. It's fabulous, and I've seen it recommended on TV shows too.
4. Aveeno. Everything by Aveeno is great. I really just recommend all their lotions (not their face wash, it didn't do what I needed, but lotions they know).

Like my mother before me, I must try all lotions to deal with all these skin issues, and therefore, I can be your guinea pig.

moving and shopping

We have moved! We no longer live in college town of rednecks! We now live in big happening city with more stuff to do than I ever could imagine. Which includes LOTs of shopping. Which Adam and I did yesterday. For HOURS. $400 later, we had a new entertainment center, a huge shelving unit for cds dvds etc, fabulous curtains for the living room, an area rugs, and random necessities for the bathrooms, kitchen, etc. I have to say we did some fabulous shopping and got a LOT of stuff for that $400.

I wish Mary Poppins could teach me how to snap my fingers and put my stuff away! And make my thesis format itself!

Back to work!

dead tour 2009

Something else to make 2009 fantastic... the surviving members of the Grateful Dead are going on tour again!! They haven't toured since 2004, they played two shows for Obama in 2008 and must have the tour bug! Hopefully the tickets won't be too expensive...

Yippee!!!

new year, new shoe!

Once again, I am taking a break from thesis writing to post a shoe! Now, I cannot afford this, and if it wasn't on sale, it would not even be in my shoe search list, but here it is...
Stuart Weitzman Icing in Black Peau de Soie $99.95 at shoebuy.com (which is 64% off - $280 for shoes is a bit ridiculous).

happy new year!

Happy new year!
2009 is going to be a big year for me, with graduation kicking it off with a bang. The next three weeks may be the most stressful ever, with the least amount of sleep ever, but that's okay. When it's over, people will call me doctor!
I will then start my new post doc. So fabulous.
Adam and I will get married this year. He has waited for way too long for me to finish school, and we will be getting married sometime in the next 9 months (give or take).
It has been ten years since I graduated from high school. I am thrilled that I will be done with school by the time I go back for this silly reunion, though I am not even sure I want to go.
Plus we will have much to do with decorating our new house!
2009, bring it on!