Harry Potter and the Masters of Education

Yea!! It's good to be a master in something. This is a photo of part of my IslandWood cohort. Brenda suggested that we wear the hoods. Unfortunately we were not presented with our magic wands at the ceremony. I guess that comes later. :)

Row row row your boat!

I rowed in my first race last Saturday! Whoo-hoo! It was a boathouse scrimmage, so it was pretty low key, but since it was the first race for most of us in the boat, I think we were all pretty amped up.
You can see me in the stern of the boat in the neon yellow cycling jacket. I was sitting in what is known as the 8 or "stroke" seat. Everyone has to watch me for the right pace/timing, which was pretty stressful for a race. (Although it was also motivating for me to get back into pre-grad school shape....) The race was definitely type 2 fun; I felt like I was going to die at one point, but in the end it was pretty awesome. (just like our coach told us :)
Hopefully Pete will be able to finish up his coursework soon so we can go sculling together! Yaaa!

Almost there...!

I finished my two final papers today! Emailed one, and hand in the other tomorrow.

Just had to try on this fancy get-up to make sure it fit. The sleeves are very silly.

Pete Heart Roller Skating

Remember elementary school birthday parties?
At UW you can relive them in one of the IMA gyms, complete with rockin' music and crazy skilled skaters with some smooth skating moves... kind of like Pete.

From the snow to the beach: Olympic National Park

We enjoyed exploring Olympic National Park and Port Angeles over Memorial Day weekend. We were lucky to have sun on Saturday and Sunday... although the coast was still covered in clouds. (It almost seems more beautiful and wild that way.)
The bed and breakfast we stayed at was also excellent... a wake up call with tea and coffee in the hallway and an AMAZING breakfast!
Thanks Mom & Dad Zim!
P.S. Pete also mentions he had a good burger on Saturday. :)

It's genetic...

May 7th... and I'm hard at work finishing my Master's exam.
Writing almost 30 pages is definitely equivalent to doing a thesis project.
Note the work style... piles everywhere. It's genetic. :)