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Couple of quickies:
L.A. peoples! Nic and I will be coming down for a desperately-needed weekend away, from 24th to 27th September (Monday afternoon through Friday morning. Dinner, anyone? Email me at the profile address.
Also, must preen: I was interviewed for Mary Sharratt's ("Summit Avenue", "The Real Minerva") blog
My exam results are in:
Linear Algebra and Advanced Calculus: Ph. D. Pass with Distinction
Real and Complex Analysis: Ph. D. Pass
Algebra: Masters Pass, Ph. D. Fail
So, I need to retake Algebra in January, but the other two are good.
Dark until Wednesday as we're headed to Chicago for an actuarial seminar (oooooh, how fun is THAT going to be?).
Okay, I'm headed out for Cambridge to pick up Tom Scola, and then we're off to meet up with Lee in Maine. I'll surely be grey for the week, and probably dark, depending upon the state of the phone connection to Lee's house.
Have a good week all.
Just checking in to let you know we have weathered the storm. We lost much of our ackee tree, much of our leche, and a huge avacado is history. Many trees down in the neighborhood. Power lines down and doing the sparky dance. We have no structural damage and half power. No 220 (A/C, hot water, stove), but much of the rest is working until they shut us off to repair the downed lines.
Yes, there will be pictures!
We haven't heard from Bahamian family yet. We appreciate all the ~ma that was headed our way.
Bitches already heard this, and some of the rest of y'all have figured it out, but for those of y'all that hang in other threads and might not have heard, me and him are getting hitched.
Next summer sometime. No, we don't have an exact date yet, nor a place, although we have a few ideas in mind.
Yes, there will likely be swords on the big day. After all, we can't very well not invite these guys -- they're how we met, not to mention the fact that they're armed and more than a little crazy. Betting pool is open as to how long I can stand by and not grab a blade and join in myself.
Yep, there's a ring. It was originally made from my great-parents' wedding rings, and it was the only thing my great-grandma kept when she sold everything else (really: house, business, jewelry, everything) to get the family to the US in the 1930s. The beloved is having it repaired/restored/watchamacallit with an antique stone that we got as a gift from a friend. And now I'm all teary-eyed all over again. Thanks a whole freakin' lot.
I have no intention of wearing anything white or frilly, although I find it's a really fabulous excuse for a new brocade corset.
That's about it for now. If I get to ranting about the whole wedding industry and how evil they are, you'll know where I'm coming from. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Back from my brother's wedding in Holland. Had a splendid time--my new SiL is sweet and warm and crazy about my bro and he feels the same. My mom held up well, even though she's midway through her chemo treatments and did get unsteady on her feet when tired. Mostly I spent time herding her and her BF and my Aunt, all over 75 around. VERY tiring. The bride is one of six kids and it was so fun to meet my new extended family who are very close. We were invited to her charming mom's house for a pre-wedding breakfast on Sunday--it's a tiny two bedroom apartment where she raised all the kids after her husband died. Four boys on bunkbeds in one room, two girls in the other and she slept on a fold-out couch in the living room. It's one of those Dutch families where all six of them are tall and slim and blonde and look like they could be models and seeing them all together was quite overwhelming.
Some good news, re my mother's breast cancer. Per her last MRI, she's just going in for a lumpectomy (sp?), so she'll be in and out of the hospital tomorrow. Health-ma, of course, is always welcome, as surgery of any kind is a risk, especially at her age. However, I'm feeling very relieved at this point.
Quick Frances Update (Tropical Storm that is):
We are still waiting for it to hit. Which should be some time this afternoon. Last night they were saying this morning but because Frances is dragging its feet and in no hurry to leave that was revised.
It's been raining steadily since last night. The coastal counties have closed several main roads due to flood concerns. There's lots of flooding and power outages here. Flooding is not a worry here since we are on a hill.
The power went off last night around 11:30 pm and we got it back about 15 mins ago (there were some areas of town that lost power yesterday afternoon and I'm not sure if they have it back yet) I don't expect the power to last, we lose running water when we lose power so I'm going to take a quick shower.
I have no idea if I'm supposed to go into work tomorrow.
some ~ma for my nana would be appreciated. she's already had a mastectomy about 10 years ago on one breast and they had to do 3 different scans on friday because they "saw something".
