Monday, December 5, 2011

Almost done

The semester is coming to a close, finally.  I am so very ready for all of my classes to be over.  Not much of note has happened other than work and school.  Thanksgiving was a lovely affair with my darling friends, and I am looking forward to a wonderful Christmas.  I am now going to inundate you with pictures.  Enjoy!

Back of Head
In the beginning of the semester, before the weather made the road conditions unsafe, we decided that a road trip to anchorage sounded like a fine idea.  So Becky, Margaret, Bojan and I set out on an adventure, just because we could.
Becky

Bojan
Margaret







City of Anchorage from our hotel balcony

Thats the ocean view.  Its really just mudflats






















Halloween found us all dressing as characters from Doctor Who.  With the help of much curling and hairspray, I was River Song.  Artur was my Doctor (the eleventh), Becky was the Tardis, Margaret a Dalek, Bojan the Silence, Dave was the Master, and Teri went as a Weeping Angel.  We. Were. Amazing.

Omnomnom delicious pierogi (Homemade by myself and Artur)
Yay Aurora!  While Artur was here we went out one night and he took some amazing pictures.  It was a stellar night for aurora, and it's amazing what a difference a tripod can make when taking pictures at night.


The aurora was moving so fast that the longer exposure, necessary to get enough light, just blurred the green.  it was so very epic to watch!









Pristine bench all covered in fresh snow....

Sarah monster attacks!  I couldn't leave the perfection unmarred.

These last pictures here I just snapped a half hour ago.  We have had some gnarly weather the past few days, going from well in the negatives to 40 above!  It's wrecked havoc on our roads and walkways, making everything so very slippery.  The clouds can't decide if they should let go of freezing rain, or fluffy snow, so they do a little of each every day.  The grade schools got the day off today, but our Chancellor decided we could tough it out and kept the campus open.







And....that's all I've got for you.  Hope you enjoyed!