The Shortest Door

Yesterday was a great day! I went for a four hour walk through the lightly snowing streets of Madison. My camera and I walked and walked, made three pit-stops and only got lost once (that I know of). After that I attended a girls Hockey game, a first for me. It proved to me I could never be a parent. I know if my kid showed no hustle on the ice, floor, pitch or whatever the game place was, they would be walking home from the event even if it was 100 miles away.
Thank goodness I'm not a parent.

Please enjoy a selection of the photos from the weekend:

Cardinal in an Apple Tree (next to a creek)

Apples frozen solid and probably with a fairly high alcohol content.

Henry

The gnome king's throne

A blur of motion

It's been sometime since I've posted to the internet and I think it's over due. I was very regular about posting while I was living in Japan but it has nearly been a year since I posted last so HERE I AM.

News with me:

Feb. 07 I returned from living abroad. It was time, I needed a new direction. That said, I really miss the lifestyle and am working hard to find the same sort again.

Feb~ March - I decompressed, lived in the snowy north and got to know all the people I hadn't seen in so long. My itchy feet made it hard to stay in one spot too long though and I moved myself down to where the action was. Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.

My sojourn to Sheboygan County was eventful. I was there until September and got many of my goals accomplished. Among them:

I helped build a house with a friend. Very cool experience and I recommend it (as long as you're not paying the bills).

I did a lot of volunteer work, studied for the GMAT, took the GMAT (the GMAT is the test to enter business school), I organized almost all of the books and magazines in the Sheboygan Falls public library and finally I got a job and into Graduate School (for business).

Now I'm in Madison and working for one of the world's Heparin manufacturers. Heparin is a blood thinning compound derived from pigs. I work in Validation. The work is great, the people are nice, and the place is easy to live. No complaints, so I'm said when I have to leave it all behind for school next week.

So end the first post and a very abridged version of my life in the last year. Tune in for more (mostly pictures) thoughts as I struggle with school, debts, and the future.