09 August 2008: Happy engagement Jen and John!
On Saturday, 9 August, 2008
03 July 2008: Happy Birthday baby Oscar!
Congratulations Mama Stephanie and Papa Frank!
image from: Frank
3 November 2007: Leeds to London and met up with a Brown classmate, Emily (Consultant, Japan/India).
[insert photo: family likeness] After lunch we wandered into the National Portrait Gallery to try to find her grandfather's portrait. Unfortunately the image was recently removed (I explained they were making room for Emily's portrait), but there were paintings, caricatures, and even a bust to be found in the museum computerised archives.
I savored my last night in the UK with my parents over dinner. And fell into a tipsy conversation with my dad about math and logic, of all things, which was actually quite thrilling. (Dork alert).
I'm going to miss my parents terribly, but after meeting Emily's gap year travel buddies for evening drinks, it was reassuring to see healthy supports even all the way around the world.
2 November 2007: 2nd day in Leeds with Frank (BioMechanics Post-Doc, Philadelphia) and Stephanie (Yoga Instructor, Ohio).
After a morning at Frank's lab at the University of Leeds and a wandering walk to Hyde Park - I rested in the afternoon doing yoga for the first time, ever before the "hat party" tonight.
Frank showed me yoga push ups and four other moving or holding shoulder poses. It was quite tiring, so I was thankful the routine actually concluded with a "yoga nap".
Anyway, it was during that time I felt and explosion in my belly chakra. I disregarded it as gas...
However, when I told Frank, he notified me we were doing Aura yoga, which does target the electromagnetic properties of the gut! Who knew.
As a yoga instructor, Stephanie was delighted to hear of my experience.
31 October 2007: Guildford Halloween pub crawl with Jennifer's pub co-workers.
[insert photo: jen/me] I dressed up as: Jen. It was easy - people always say we look practically like twins. I only needed three signifiers: 1) work shirt, 2) cashier card, and 3) the infamous mole.
22 October 2007: A song is playing at the Star Inn, Jen's workplace.
I ask mom:
- Is that Tina Turner?
Mom bursts up and looks out the window:
- Where?!
... Or do you mean the music?
- I mean... there.
Mom bursts up and looks out the window:
- Where?!
[Moments later, referring to the music, of course.]
- I think it is Tina Turner...
Mom bursts up and looks out the window:
- Where?!
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