Phoenix for the Summer?

There is suddenly a strong possibility that I will be staying in Phoenix for the summer to intern here instead of Seattle. We'll see what happens. There is also currently another HUGE glut of puppies available at the Humane Society, all lab-retriever and german shepard mixes. I'm telling you, if this apartment allowed dogs, we'd have a new resident.

Which brings me to this summer. If I DO stay in Phoenix, I am moving to an apartment that allows dogs and I am buyin' me a dog, and that's the truth.

Ooooooooo...

I have discovered the international wine section of the grocery store. Guess what I found?

Riesling. From Germany. Mmmm. Although I am not sure I like the fruitiness of it. I tend to favor dry wines. In any case, it's good to drink it and remember Germany...

Ach Tübingen...

Frick.

Well, I got an e-mail this morning informing me that I didn't get one of the internships I applied for in Germany. Although, it was electronically generated and not personally written so for all I know it means I didn't get BOTH of the positions I applied for at a certain company which shall remain nameless. I am holding out hope that I might still get the other one.

The tough thing is not knowing whether it's because my application just wasn't good enough or whether summer was just too far down the road for me to be considered. I'll put in my applications again in a couple months and see what happens.

Seattle Storm

So the snow is coming down measurably in inches in Seattle now. There are 2.5 inches so far. The storm began as I was on the plane waiting to pull out of the gate. I looked out the window and the fog and snowfall were so thick that it just looked as though the whole outside world had evaporated into a gray and white mist. I wanted to get out of the plane and just walk around in it. It was one of those moments when you wish that you could "freeze frame" the world and take some time to wander around.

The pilot and flight attendants kept saying that they were trying to get us off the ground and out of this "nasty weather" to Phoenix where it was "better." I sincerely believe I was the only person on that entire flight that had absolutely no desire to leave the state of Washington at that moment.

I am only excited to be back in Phoenix because I know that the sooner I come back here the sooner finals will be over. Just two and a half weeks, and then I'm free. This is our last full week of classes, and then it's time to enter into the downslope that is finals. December 13th can't come fast enough.

Is It Winter Break Yet?

So Thanksgiving here in Seattle was nice. Our whole family was over here, and it was a large and loud affair as usual, although somewhat unconventional in that the usual Halo tournament upstairs between my stepbrothers and I was abnormally short and I was abnormally sucky. Seriously, what happened to my mad skills?

The second abnormal event was that it snowed last night. Snow actually sticking to the ground in Seattle is rare; snow before January and February is even rarer. I woke up to a foggy, cold, and still-snowing morning, which I loved. I have really enjoyed the cold and rainy weather here over the past few days. I am sick to death of Phoenix's love affair with CONSTANT and UNENDING 80-degree cloudless days. Maybe some people can take monotonous weather like that 12 months out of the year, but I am not one of them. Having my first ever real 4-seasons year in Germany last year changed a few things, and I for one am no longer an Arizonaphile. I'm sorry, but it's NOT supposed to be sunny and warm at the end of November. If you don't need a jacket and/or scarf in November, you are not living in a normal part of the world. I need some rain now and then, hence the serious enjoyment in being home the past few days.

Unfortunately it's time to go back to Phoenix tomorrow already. I can't believe that 4 days went by so fast. I'm anxious to get back only so that we can get on with the ridiculous insanity that is final exams and promptly get the heck out of that horribly sunny state again for winter break, during which time I will be forming and refining my thesis topic, reading lots and lots of books, and spending lots and lots of time in coffee shops watching the rain outside and/or enjoying Seattle at Christmas. I love Seattle at Christmas.

Tomorrow I get to experience air travel on what is supposed to be one of the worst days of the year to fly. I hope it's not too bad. I plan on studying and iPodding all the way back to Phoenix.

::yawn::

5:30am. Time to get up and catch my flight to Seattle.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Things You CAN'T Do....

...when you're not in a pool.