My life in State College: Smokey

State College, PA. Yup,  since August 2010. I returned awhile ago, tis true; Germany is but a distant (sigh) memory now.  I suppose I decided that this blog wasn't coming with me once I returned. But now I've brought 'er back. And what's been happening since August you ask?

• I moved back into my old brick duplex rental with two new fantastic roommates
• I taught and survived the fall semester
• I attended close friends' T&S and cousin J's wedding in the fall  
• I spent New Year's in Madrid, Spain with 35 dear friends from Marburg (for more on Marburg, see all previous posts before this one :) )
• also: other wonderful reunions with MR folks here in PA and also in NY
• I visited old roomie J-Humph in San Antonio (warmth in January!)
• [ummm...I turned 30]
• I found out that I'm a bridesmaid in two of my best friend's fall 2011 weddings
• I found out two close friends were preggers with their first babes in August 2010 and recently met the little ones for the first time
• I am currently still surviving semester nummer zwei at PSU

annnnnnd....


I GOTS ME A KITTY! OK I got Smokey back in October. BUT, he's great. To rejuvinate this blog, some kitty talk and pictures are certainly in order:

Smokey the cuddle-boy

zzzzz...!

me and the fuzzball

Mr. Whiny McWhinerstein has stolen the collective hearts of me and my roomies H & R.

Not much else new. work. work. work. drinks. chill. repeat!

This week, I felt reminded of how State College is in the summertime (Spring Break left our collegy-town gloriously empty). Oh, how I look forward to that....

Coming up: Chicago for AAAL annual conference annnnd that's about it. Looking forward to sharing a room with great friends - fellow app-lingy folks T & E.

~J

"Life is either daring adventure or nothing." - Helen Keller 

[keep the nothing at bay...]