Monthly Archives: December 2009

Christmas observations

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Mica

1. The family dog Gryphon is bad at posing for photos. 2. Foods that I make that look good… …don’t always taste good. 3. Fortunately, the rest of the family has good cooking skills: 4. My dad and cousin Josh … Continue reading →

Posted in family, food, friends, love | 19 Comments

My knee and pride hurt.

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Mica

I set off for a six miles this morning. I tried to do running with a few walking intervals to get through the really icy patches. Unfortunately, as I vaulted myself over a bank of plowed snow and ice, I … Continue reading →

Posted in injury, running | 17 Comments

Dirty snow and ice.

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Mica

The boyfriend and I made it home safely to Richmond. Both of our flights were somewhat delayed, but I won’t complain too much. Unfortunately, yesterday’s 1:45am wake-up call left me dragging for most of the afternoon and evening. This coincided … Continue reading →

Posted in family, gear, running, weather | 17 Comments

This is a change of plans.

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Mica

After we spent several minutes (=30) on the phone getting the flights changed, I had an extra day to blow doing fun stuff. I ran five miles, though not very well. I had to stop and stretch a few times … Continue reading →

Posted in food, friends, rants, running | 17 Comments

Change of plans.

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Mica

We were set to fly home tomorrow (Saturday), but this got in the way: It’s not all that disappointing. Our original travel plans were quite complicated (train to Chicago, train to Milwaukee, flight to Baltimore, drive home to Richmond), so … Continue reading →

Posted in travel, weather | 9 Comments

Farkin’ finally!

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Mica

I turned in my last of three final papers today. Finally. I promptly did some Christmas errands and bought The Tudors (Season 3) on DVD because post-finals is the best time to enjoy glaring historical inaccuracies! This afternoon, in preparation … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, food, friends, silliness | 15 Comments

Hard sciences vs. semi-rigid humanities

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Mica

An excerpt from the boyfriend’s answers to the take-home exam on field theory: (Click to enlarge) A sweet-ass drawing I made and considered putting in my final paper on vowel harmony: (This is supposed to show how the orientation of … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, French, linguistics | 12 Comments

The weather outside is frightful.

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Mica

…but writing final papers about vowel harmony is so delightful. For Matt: Note: Come February, I will think that 12ºF is plenty warm, as I’m sure many of you already do. However, Matt and I are having a competition to … Continue reading →

Posted in weather | 16 Comments

Myotonic dystrophy and you!

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Mica

Yesterday, I cautiously pushed my long run to seven miles. I’m still trying to be on the alert for indications of IT-band irritation, but fortunately, I got through all seven miles without a flare-up. Here are my splits: Mile 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in family, running, video | 9 Comments

Crazy dog lady.

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Mica
Posted in Frenchie, silliness | 18 Comments