texas sky

the sky in texas and the clouds in it were unbelievable. I have posted a bunch of pictures of it on my flicker site. Here is my favorite.

an aside... I just found some things I had written months ago. I will post them soon.

my heart got bruised and my ego got battered but all in all this weekend was good.

home & sick

Well, I am not homesick anymore. Just at home and actually sick. I slept most of yesterday and slept in today. Unfortunately I can't get out of all of my commitments for this evening. I am going to Crazy Girls with my students. But as there will be lots of classes there, I may be able to scoot out early. I feel like there is a balance between not spreading germs and not letting people down (and of course taking care of oneself - why does that one always seem to fall last?).

FOG

One of the things I missed about home was fog. And today, this morning, it is here to welcome me home. Fog, thick and cool. Some call it June Gloom. I consider it God's air conditioning. It is so great to back in the fog. It is the little things - Waking up with my cat to a foggy sky.

silently for me...

Home - where everything is waiting. I am about to head off to Hobby airport and fly HOME!!! I am very excited. Very tired. I need to study and sleep. And Frankie will be VERY glad to see me.
I can't wait. I have a bunch of pix to put up from this trip - mostly of the clouds as they seem very different here. Some of the architecture in Austin. But the sky here in Texas is beautiful. I will put them up on flicker sometime after my Spanish final. HOME here I come!!!

Rain

Just got back from a walk. It was nice and cool as I left with big clouds blowing across the sky. And on my way back, they opened up and big drops of rain fell. At first sporadically, then in sheets. It was fabulous as it isn't cold enough to care that you are wet. It looks dark and dreary but it feels refreshing (not so refreshing that I wanted to stay outside after I made it all the way back, but refreshing none the less). The sidewalks were a bit slick and worrisome, but it was great. I got back to a freshly cleaned room. Gotta love it.

3 days

Three days until I fly home. I am so very excited. Granted I have a final in Spanish on Monday. So all my spare time (not all but alot) is tied up in studying. Also I have been watching the last season of Sex In the City as I was told I needed to before seeing the movie. It is hard not to keep watching more and more. But Spanish must fit in somewhere - there are lots of words and verbs and preterites and accents to memorize. Anyway, life is good and I am going home.

Iron Man to Roger Ebert to Studs Terkel

Tonite thinking about going to the movies, I was looking up Ironman and to make sure I had gotten the right name of the movie, I came across Roger Ebert's review of the movie. After reading that, I noticed a link to a previous blog entry of his regarding Studs Terkel. I was introduced to Studs Terkels work in my acting class with John Short. He had us choose monologues from one of Mr. Terkels' books. Anyway, Roger Ebert's article about him touched me and I just wanted to share it.