Par-tays

Here is the first round of pictures from my three weeks in Boston over the break between semesters. The time was full of gatherings so I decided to theme these blog posts around those meetings. Enjoy!

For Holly's b-day she wanted to eat out and do Karaoke so Alice directed us to Cathay Pacifica. After stuffing ourselves with Chinese food, we headed to Pacifica's lounge where Alice, Holly and the latter's "little" brother took turns serenading us.





New Years Eve, Adam and Jack were co-hosting a party at the Reel Bar in Allston with another DJ dude. At first unable to decide whether or not to trek out, the five of us ladies in the Yuill Circle house finally started off to the party at 11:20 pm and made it to the bar just in time for the count-down. Then we danced another hour to the smooth sounds Jack was spinning.




Jack and the Ladies

Finally, a few days before I flew back to Boise, the White ladies invited folks to join them at Matt Murphy's pub for a goodbye dinner before their move up to Anchorage, Alaska. Lot's a laughs, some hugs and pictures, and promises to visit someday. Good times.


Brenna and Cait

more pics of this shindig

quick post

howdy folks. just found it humorous that Boise State's library now has a blog on blogger.com. someone even left a comment on the first post. :)

Hallelujah, Hallelujah...

Choirs are singing!
Angels are dancing!
Bells are ringing!
Organs are resounding!
(big gulp of air)
I got a Graduate Assistantship!

I will be working in the office of BSU's Marching Band greeting folks at the front desk as they visit the office and answering phones and organizing the music library, etc. It's not the most glamorous job in the world but I'll get all my tuition and fees paid for as well as receiving a stipend. One thing that I'm looking forward to is helping the office move into their new digs in the newest building on campus - a multi-million dollar monstrosity that will be the indoor practice space for the football team as well as holding offices for athletics and cheerleading and Marching Band. It opens at the end of this month and so a lot of my job will be helping with that transition.
So that's the big news of the new semester. Since I'll be working 20+ hours for my GA and also teaching a couple hours a week, as well as being a full-time grad student - yeah, I think that's it - I am hoping to get a room in a Suite on campus. I don't feel like I'll have any time to commute, especially since I am still car-less.
I start this new adventure next Wednesday. Check back here for more episodes of this particular drama. :) And thanks, gentle reader, for taking the time to share this good news with me!

Boise again

so i'm back. i had another funny home moment on thursday, in the middle of my day o' travel "out West". i got my awesome parents to drive me two hours from Boston so that i could fly out from Providence, Rhode Island - much cheaper than flying form Boston's Logan. (Thanks again.) i spent the 3 hours from Providence to Atlanta reading a book i picked up at Salvation Army. i tend to "get lost" in fiction, whether it's a book or a show on TV or a movie. it's like i live in that place/time/experience for a little. so after i "deplaned" the jet from Providence and started walking thorugh the Atlanta airport, i tried to orient myself: "Where am i going? oh yeah, i'm going home" and the image in my mind was Logan airport. then i had to smile to myself and remember that "home" this time was Boise...
but it's good. i'm looking forward to classes starting again and i love looking out and seeing mountains. i already miss having friends nearby, but i've got this stubborn hope that i can and will make real friends here. one promising thing: i think i've found a church. it's called the Pursuit and meets in a movie theater cause, although it has about twice the number of folks as River of Life, my church in Boston, the Pursuit is only two years old. i've gone twice now and so far the folks at this church seem real cool and so i feel very hopeful.
what else... other than trying to get back into practicing and working at Interlibrary Loan - very excting! - i am not terribly busy. which is fine. oh yeah, i am also catching up on past episodes of "Lost". yes, i too am a "Lost" addict, thanks to my roommate. i fell into it at the beginning of the season last fall and now i suffer from withdrawal if i miss an episode. to make matters worse - better? - Chica got the first season of the show on DVD for Christmas so i've spent a few hours nearly every night since getting back to Boise in front of her big TV catching up with the show. well, i am still on vacation, kinda...
well, gotta run. til next time.