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Monday night we had the biggest thunderstorm I've been through in a long long time.  

I'm talking car alarms were being set off because the thunder was so powerful.   

And of course, it was all around 2:00am.  

Needless to say it was a pretty sleepless night for the two of us .

I was terrified our apartment was going to flood.  

Thankfully the storm must have subsided at some point, because we eventually fell back asleep.

Only to be woken up by our 5:30 and 6:00am alarms of course.

Yesterday was a pretty hectic day though.  I have never been more thankful for a school term only being six weeks.  Only a couple more weeks and I will be done!  I am counting down to May 25th you guys!!
Anyone have any exciting summer plans?   

Monday hum drum and dreaming

Anybody else out there wish this had been another long weekend?

I would have loved to have another recuperation day.

Oh well, can't get everything I guess.  

What I would really love though would be a little mini vacation right now.

Tell me that doesn't sound lovely?

Isn't it funny that no matter where we live, we all want the occasional escape?

Even in a place as wonderful as Hawaii, I wouldn't mind taking a small getaway elsewhere.
I'd love to go back to Asheville, NC. This is where we spent part of our honeymoon last summer.
Seriously, it's the cutest little hippy town you've ever seen.
It's absolutely precious.
Where would you like to escape to this week?

Rain rain go away...

So far winter break has been full of rainy days.

Leaving a whole lot of puddles...

This trench above is typically all dry.

Welcome to rainy Hawaiian days.

Believe it or not, it's not sunny all the time in paradise.

Back home in Virginia however, this is what's going on...

I miss a good snowy winter.

Thanks Nanna and Poppa for sending me the great winter wonderland pictures!

Christmas Break!

Finals are DONE! Check.

New car. Check.

Beach. Check.

Relaxation. FINALLY.

Beau catching some waves

Christmas in Hawaii

Our new car

Beautiful morning

A bit fuzzy, but welcome to a Hawaiian morning

Job Envy

I LOVE this project. Oh how I wish I worked at Duke. Check out this awesome CNN video about their work.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/11/20/ac.amazing.lemurs.cnn

Don't mock. This is WAY cool.

Where I would like to be today

Dilemma

This is clearly not a pressing concern, as it cannot technically be an issue until we leave Hawaii, when we will no longer live in a studio, but my husband is trying to warm me up to the idea of a dog. Not just any dog, but a bull dog. I have never wanted a dog before. Well, not since I was 10 at least. But how do you say no to faces like these? And my husband's cute face for that matter? I imagine this being a huge debate one day. Anyone have any thoughts on what to expect with a dog? Pros? Cons?

Sure they're cute...but they're so slobbery too.