Unfortunately the USA is now out of the World Cup. We've watched all the US games and managed to watch a good portion of the other games as well. Currently I'm actually streaming the Argentina-Mexico match, well streaming the radio at least. The game is on ABC and I just didn't want to deal with people to see the match. Both teams have been playing really well, so it will be unfortunate which team gets to advance. While it was great that the US made it to the Round of 16, I was kind of hoping they'd make the quarter finals again. Once again though, it seems Ghana has our number and is a young up and coming team. Maybe they'll go on to win the whole cup and we'll have a host of records broken -- like the first cup in Africa being won by an African side. While I'm saddened that the US is out, I'm glad that I'm not so emotionally involved with other teams. The possible exception being Germany. But even watching the game this morning I didn't have the same desire for Germany to win as I've had for the USA to win.
We watched the Germany-England game this morning. England looked like they had velcro on their cleats and were bogged down while Germany looked fluid and fast. It was kind of ridiculous. Twice this cup Germany has scored 4 goals in a game. This is ridiculous for most youth competitive teams, so having four goals against you in the world cup seems incredibly excessive. Portugal beat North Korea 7-0 though and that was definitely excessive.
The past week has brought heat, t-storms and tornadoes here. Fortunately the past few weeks of course I've been talking about weather for my Earth Science course. We got to go outside several times and look at clouds. The zoo has been the zoo and we're getting TONS of surveys. We regularly get about 500 surveys a week. We're managing to keep on top of the surveys and the databases. It wasn't something I thought the team of RAs would ever get together, but am quite proud that we did manage it. We can now color when we have free time as opposed to cutting stuff, copying stuff, and entering data.
Chris is in the midst of summer school. We forget how much work goes into summer school, and is is wearing us both out a bit. Well, its now halftime for the game so we're going to get some stuff done and I won't be at the computer.
Hope everything is well and cool where you are.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Just a few minutes
I want to procrastinate working on my powerpoints for Earth Science so I'll blog instead.
The pasta I wrote about last time turned out really really well. We're going to make more in fact. It was a nice buckwheat pasta and it was tasty with tomato sauce. I know that isn't how the Koreans or Japanese traditionally eat the buckwheat pasta, but it was tasty none the less. Today I'm going to try to make a simple rice pasta. It shouldn't be too difficult, but it will be me going at it alone instead of with Chris's help. We'll see how big of a mess I make. I just need to remember to keep the dough small.
I've got a day off of the zoo and am not going to the University since I'm not sure if my boss would be around. I also am going to go downtown tomorrow to watch the US beat Algeria and advance to the round of 16 in the World Cup. We've been watching a lot of World Cup lately. We managed to have someone taking pics of us at the sports bar across the street during the US-England game. During the US-Slovenia game I was told off by Linda for being too loud. Chris had said I couldn't have a vuvuzela and now both Linda and Tom (co-worker of Chris) agree. They were surprised that Stoops in TX couldn't hear me.
After making pasta I did a triathalon. It was a lot of fun. I had a late wave start for the swim and so it was interesting. We had to be out of the transition area (where you keep your gear for the other legs of the race) by 645 since the elite people started at 7. My swim wave started so late that those people were done before I even started swimming. I did quite well though. My overall time was 1:30. I did a 14 min 750 swim, a 46 min 23k bike, and a 24 min 5k. I had 6 minutes in transition time as well so that's great. I participated in it with Jolene. Chris and her boyfriend, Tim, came out and cheered us on. It was quite a bit of fun wondering when I was going to see them and where they would pop up. I surprised them several times by how quickly I was riding and running. Afterwards we went to breakfast (well, lunch) at Mimi's cafe and I didn't get sick. They have a gluten free menu and I just had an omelet, but still that's something. I couldn't have the muffins (which is a tragedy) and then I couldn't have the potatoes. One of these days I'll figure out what I can eat and go from there.
Other than this not much is going on. We haven't had anything damaged by the recent storms, we haven't even lost power. There have been some great lighting storms and if only I had a good camera to catch the lightning it would have been perfect. Friday it was great because in my Earth Science course we were talking about weather. It made the perfect day to discuss what creates weather and how weather might be different from climate.
Anyway, I should get on my earth science lectures and go with the topics of fronts and wind patterns that we'll talk about this Friday.
The pasta I wrote about last time turned out really really well. We're going to make more in fact. It was a nice buckwheat pasta and it was tasty with tomato sauce. I know that isn't how the Koreans or Japanese traditionally eat the buckwheat pasta, but it was tasty none the less. Today I'm going to try to make a simple rice pasta. It shouldn't be too difficult, but it will be me going at it alone instead of with Chris's help. We'll see how big of a mess I make. I just need to remember to keep the dough small.
I've got a day off of the zoo and am not going to the University since I'm not sure if my boss would be around. I also am going to go downtown tomorrow to watch the US beat Algeria and advance to the round of 16 in the World Cup. We've been watching a lot of World Cup lately. We managed to have someone taking pics of us at the sports bar across the street during the US-England game. During the US-Slovenia game I was told off by Linda for being too loud. Chris had said I couldn't have a vuvuzela and now both Linda and Tom (co-worker of Chris) agree. They were surprised that Stoops in TX couldn't hear me.
After making pasta I did a triathalon. It was a lot of fun. I had a late wave start for the swim and so it was interesting. We had to be out of the transition area (where you keep your gear for the other legs of the race) by 645 since the elite people started at 7. My swim wave started so late that those people were done before I even started swimming. I did quite well though. My overall time was 1:30. I did a 14 min 750 swim, a 46 min 23k bike, and a 24 min 5k. I had 6 minutes in transition time as well so that's great. I participated in it with Jolene. Chris and her boyfriend, Tim, came out and cheered us on. It was quite a bit of fun wondering when I was going to see them and where they would pop up. I surprised them several times by how quickly I was riding and running. Afterwards we went to breakfast (well, lunch) at Mimi's cafe and I didn't get sick. They have a gluten free menu and I just had an omelet, but still that's something. I couldn't have the muffins (which is a tragedy) and then I couldn't have the potatoes. One of these days I'll figure out what I can eat and go from there.
Other than this not much is going on. We haven't had anything damaged by the recent storms, we haven't even lost power. There have been some great lighting storms and if only I had a good camera to catch the lightning it would have been perfect. Friday it was great because in my Earth Science course we were talking about weather. It made the perfect day to discuss what creates weather and how weather might be different from climate.
Anyway, I should get on my earth science lectures and go with the topics of fronts and wind patterns that we'll talk about this Friday.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Pasta Making
I realize that it has been a few weeks since I blogged anything. Fortunately many people don't follow this blog weekly so most won't even realize it. I'm waiting for pasta to set before I can cut it so I have a few minutes to sit down and write.
For the most part summer has started with a bang. In the end of May we did stuff with friends for Chris's 30th birthday. We started the weekend going to a Fire game on Thursday night. Then Friday night Chris had friends over for a wine and cheese party. Then Saturday we went paintballing so that everyone could get shot. It ended up being an experience and I'm still wearing a few of the bruises. One of the bruises in my thigh still hurts when I run. Sunday night we went downtown and simply hung out for the most part. Then Monday we took a train out of the city and got to rest before a busy week.
I've also started working at the zoo and at a place called Westwood College. I'm teaching Earth Science on Friday nights from 6-10. It is going well I think. I'm not the "traditional" teacher, and most people seem to prefer how I teach to the "traditional" way, so that's a step in the right direction. The zoo is crazy. We are taking about three times as many surveys this year as we did last year, and we've got a few in the works that we are trying to get ready to roll out by the end of the month. It isn't that difficult to get a nine hour day in there if that tells you how much stuff we have to do.
We had our 5th anniversary this week. It was Thursday and it was a lot of fun. I went for a bike ride and a run, and then we went out for supper. We went to the Chama Gaucha restaurant. It is a Brazilian steakhouse. We went there for Mother's Day and hadn't been back since. The manager remembered us though so it was quite interesting. I didn't get sick for a second time, and I even ate the bread on teh table! There is something to be said about being able to eat the bread on the table.
Today I didn't have to work since tomorrow I'm participating in a triathalon. I'm quite excited and nervous, all at the same time. I'm scared to admit what time I will be getting up in the morning, but hey, it's all worth it. My friend Jolene and I are doing it, as well as a few other ladies from the church. We'll see how it goes. It has been much more fun to train for than a half marathon is. I do a lot of the stuff as cross training anyway, but this way it is required. Hopefully I'll make a good time.
Not much else is new here.
We had our 5th anniversary this week. It was Thursday and it was a lot of fun. I went for a bike ride and a run, and then we went out for supper. We went to the Chama Gaucha restaurant. It is a Brazilian steakhouse. We went there for Mother's Day and hadn't been back since. The manager remembered us though so it was quite interesting. I didn't get sick for a second time, and I even ate the bread on teh table! There is something to be said about being able to eat the bread on the table.
Today I didn't have to work since tomorrow I'm participating in a triathalon. I'm quite excited and nervous, all at the same time. I'm scared to admit what time I will be getting up in the morning, but hey, it's all worth it. My friend Jolene and I are doing it, as well as a few other ladies from the church. We'll see how it goes. It has been much more fun to train for than a half marathon is. I do a lot of the stuff as cross training anyway, but this way it is required. Hopefully I'll make a good time.
Not much else is new here.
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