Happy hunting

The all-out hunt for the perfect (or mostly perfect) apartment has begun! Except now it's morphed into the hunt for the perfect townhouse. I've found a few that I like, but I'm still working on narrowing them down by reading online reviews, comparing distances to school, grocery stores, etc. Nothing major :o) But in the next two weeks or so I should have one all picked out so I can move in during August.

I've started that summer reading I was rambling on about in the last post. I've read Lord of the Flies, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and the Odyssey in the past week. I'm thinking I'll go with my sister and mom the next time they go to the library so I can scout out some more books to read. I haven't decided what I want to read next, so the library should help me pick something out.

One week from tomorrow I leave for the Brochu family reunion! Too bad that I work every day until then... but I'll only be working there another 5 weeks or so. It's not bad, it gives me something to do, but standing up and walking around restocking shelves and putting back things that are returned to the store or left in the wrong place for 8 hours is tiring.

I was thinking about all the traveling I've done this year. It's not as exciting as Caitlin's trips to Guatemala and Ethiopia (she leaves on the 29th- I'm so excited for her but jealous at the same time!), but I will have been to a fair number of places during 2008 by the end of the summer.

• Ecuador
• Florida
• Georgia
• North Carolina
• Virginia
• Nevada
• California
• Arizona
• New Mexico
• Utah
• Maryland
• Delaware
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• New York
• Massachusetts
  
• Connecticut
• Vermont

Quite a list! Maybe I can sneak into New Hampshire while I'm up there- just to be there. Plus it's supposed to be gorgeous! Also, who knows where I might have reason to go this fall! Maybe I can attend some BME conferences to learn what all is going on elsewhere in the BME research world.