long way from freedom

Oh, where has the month gone? I never seem to have the "time" to update, meanwhile I'm getting plenty of spider solitaire time in--I was on the verge of deleting it, but I can't...I haven't even made it up to 2 decks yet. On January 31st, we said goodbye to our dear friend Andrea...because she's going to Australia, the lucky girl!!! We thought we'd show her what a good time was: we took her to modernized, the best thing since the compilation album Spirit of the Sixties (H, you know what I'm talkin' about!). Here is proof of that night: Yep. The week before reading week was trying for my family. My grandma passed away on February 12th. My aunt, uncle, and cousin (Hi Meg!) came in from out of province to be here, and while it was nice to see them all, it wasn't the ideal situation. Here are some pictures to commemorate her life--we played these and others at a slideshow at her funeral.

Grandma Loves Kitties

Min (Middle) in younger years

Grandma and Me (and highwaisted pants, I know, I know)
Artsy picture, courtesy of Daddykins

Steve had been looking forward to going skiing and I didn't want to let him down, so we still went to Asessippi that weekend (Feb 13-15). It was so cold on Saturday that it felt like 2 trucks had run over my feet, so we packed it in early that day. We woke up on Sunday to a windchill of -35, so we cut our losses and headed back to the city, but not before taking a few more pictures

Nice, Steve

The rest of my reading week was uneventful; in fact, I think it was the worst reading week in history for actually getting reading done.

Aaaand that pretty much brings us up to date. I finished my last midterm of the year today, now only 3 group projects, 5 presentations, and 4 finals to go! *sigh*. At least I have summer to look forward to. My March will be coming in like a lion...haircut, the Waking Eyes, lots and lots of work and school!