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| Seth and I at the Charleston Beer Festival with D! |
Wow! We've been a lot busier than I realized this semester, between classes, going to the beach, and hanging out with friends, and just enjoying our lives. We live in Mount Pleasant now, and we LOOOOOVE it.
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| Our dock! This is at high tide... |
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| Rosie loooooves the smells. |
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| Our backyard view = tranquil escape. |
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| Poor Seth was eating, but it's still cute of us. |
To start the summer off, our friend T came to visit! She loves historical preservation, and had never been to Charleston, so we were stoked to help show her around. :-) We went to Middleton Place, took her to Shem Creek Park, and tried a couple new restaurants, including Andolini's, which has AWESOME pizza and Taco Boy with delicious tacos, of course! We also went to see Back to the Future at Waterfront Park in Mount P, which was so much fun! We found friends.
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| Cooper River Bridge at twilight, and the side of the screen. |
We have been able to explore the parks around here some-- we've been to the beach a couple times, and I spent an afternoon working for the ALS 5K on the beach with the lovely C. C's gone walking with me (and Rosie) several times now. It's been so much fun! I love Charleston in the summer, especially when there's not that much heat compared to last year.
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| Beaching it up with C! |
Seth's work has been going awesomely-- he loves it, which is about all we ask for. :-) He's learning a lot, and enjoying himself and the people he works with. Always a plus.
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| Relaxing on the dock after work at night with Rosie. |
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| We did a painting class together! |
I LOOOOOVE this semester. I'm working on a research project that I'm insanely passionate about, and have finally worked out how to do it. I should actually be working on that now rather than updating the blog, but, eh. I've also been tutoring for anatomy, which makes WAY more sense now, including why the heck origins and insertions of muscles are so important! Neuro is AMAZING, and I love it. It's just so much fun, and the people are so inspiring-- between CARES and this summer, I've found another passion of mine, which I didn't expect to love nearly as much as I do. Between classes and work, we've just had a wonderful summer with great food, lots of relaxation, and good time together. We're going home in 2 weeks to celebrate my grandmother's 90th birthday-- so excited!
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| Our first Riverdogs game. :-) |
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| Rosie loves the crab pot... | | |
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| Rosie and I in Shem Creek. |
It's not a super exciting life, but especially after the insanity of last semester, it's seriously been the perfect prescription. I just need to find out where I'll be on fieldwork in January, and it'll be truly perfect! We've had lots of small moments that have added up to awesomeness-- we signed up for the Color Run 5K in October, watched Rosie scare away a turkey vulture, have enjoyed swimming, played board games with friends, enjoyed a few new restaurants, and just spent time outside, loving the sunshine. Rosie's gotten a couple haircuts, and I just learned tonight that my longest hair is now 8 inches-- the minimum to donate! It needs to grow more to really be as long as it should be all over, but still-- that's way longer than I thought it was. I'm going to keep going for at least another few months. My goal is to grow it out until graduation, but we'll see if I make it that long; it may be gone well before then. :-) Even so, I'm excited! It's been a personal goal for ages, but I tend to get sick of it and chop it all off well before this point.
On that note, Rosie needs a walk, and I need to finish my homework-- the end of the semester is nigh!
