Rain and humidity

I stole these pictures from a couple of girls on facebook, so they are small. I forgot to bring my camera on our trip north.

Once again I'm slow about posting something. I don't really have any excuse except laziness. I've become a Louisianian. Temporarily anyway. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, right? It's been raining here on an off this weekend which means one thing -- big hair. It's amazing how fast my hair gets frizzy and big when I step outside my house in the morning. From what I've heard, the summer has been exceptionally dry, so I haven't had to deal with this kind of mugginess until recently. We're talking over 100% humidity. :) And a lot of clouds. This weather also means that I have to turn every light on in the apartment to make it feel like I'm getting a little sunshine.

Nothing too too exciting has been happening. School started a couple of weeks ago. What a blast. It really hasn't been bad so far, acutally. I have two classes and supervision/clinic/internship which is 5-8 hours a week for me. Then I have an externship which is the same as internship except it's off campus. Mine is with Safe Schools so I'm meeting with kids who have been referred by their teachers or parents to get counseling. With some kids I'll be meeting with their families also, which is very exciting since I am in school to be a family therapist. Besides working at the clinic and Safe Schools (which is paying by the way!), I'm also working 20 hours a week for my GA, and a few hours a week doing data entry at the Center. My GA is great this fall. It started in July and is with the Dept. of Continuing Education which offers classes like floral arranging, culinary classes, beginning guitar, etc. and a lot of certification kinds of classes.

I guess I haven't written on here since going to CO and then to MI and Canada. Wow, it has been awhile. All of that seems like a long time ago. Here are a couple of pictures from Canada. Heather, Rachel, and I went to MI for a friend's wedding and then we went on to the Toronto area from Detroit to see 3 girls we met in Korea. It was such a good trip. Niagra Falls was more incredible than I had imagined. I haven't seen it from the States, but the Canada side is supposedly better. It would be hard to beat what we saw. We got to go ride on the Maid of the Mist, which is a boat that goes very close to the bottom of the falls. The rest of the time we were there we went to a little town called Niagra-on-the-Lake, toured a winery that is known for its ice wine, went to Toronto and visited the Royal Ontario Museum, went through the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit that was there (amazing!), went to harbor of Lake Ontario, ate at a Korean restaurant, then went to a Noraebang (singing/karoke room) like we used to do in Daegu all the time. I know I'm missing some things we did, but it was such a great trip. Oh yeah, and we had to stay in Detroit for an extra day because I left my passport in Monroe. Thankfully I had a friend who was able to Fedex it! That little experience of leaving my passport was enough to give me an ulcer, but it ended up being good. Heather and Rachel were very gracious about it and we had a chace to look around Detroit. We made it home without getting shot, so I guess the trip was a success. I hear a lot about Detroit being dangerous, but I felt much safer there than I do in Monroe. ha Don't be alarmed. I feel fairly safe here, especially after moving to my new place and of couse I have my trusty pepper spray.

Time for me to quit delaying the inevitable. The books are calling...