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Today I leave St. Petersburg for a four day cruise. To the arctic circle. It's already fall here and I'm suddenly nostalgic for all the things here that have become familiar that i may never see again. The 24 hour store that always has cherry juice, Nevsky Prospekt, large and touristy though it is, with its seemingly endless supply of side streets with interesting shops. Even the Russian, though I'll be glad to carry out a transaction without having to gesture and make horrible faces to get my point across. I'm doing my last gasp of Petersburg shopping today, with presents for certain friends purchased, money exchanged and soon it's off to the hotel for food and frenzied last minute attempts to shove a few stray items into my bag. In four days I'll be headed to Indiana, and in 13 days I'll be back at Smith or almost there.

Other exciting news:

I talked to my mom last night and she met my advisor at the ASA meeting. Apparently she said quite wonderful things about me, then my mom talked her ear off. I reassured mom that this way, she'd be sure to believe that she was my mother.

The engineer got us tickets to the Pixies show in PA in November. She said the seats were "okay." The seating chart, however, shows them on the side, right behind the pit. Not only that, but she's fixing my futon frame and possibly setting up my bed for me before I get to school. I could say that I'm happy & lucky, but it doesn't even come close.

Comments

[jabberwocki.livejournal.com]

hehehehe, i'm sure your advisor was charmed.

[chimbleysweet.livejournal.com]

DAMN! red sox in september, the fucking pixies in november? you are a lucky, lucky girl.

[masscooper.livejournal.com]

I know! Maybe I'll get the plague in October to balance it out, but I just like to think that it's the universe paying me back for last semester.

[masscooper.livejournal.com]

Well we're charming people. If you like em nervous and verbose.