All Quiet on the Western Front

Things are indeed quiet here. Aaron left for Cincinnati this morning (very, very early), and will be getting back to Lawrence late this weekend, which I am looking forward to very much. We got out of bed around 3:30 this morning to get to the airport on time - that was not very much fun at all. I felt like I had worked a full day by noon - ugh.

However, we had a great weekend. The weather was only so-so, but not necessarily downright bad. We spent most of the day Saturday dealing with computing issues... getting a wireless network set up (which was no easy undertaking for two laptops) and reformatting Aaron's laptop. The whole ordeal took most of the day. We went to church at St. John the Evangelist's on Sunday, and we went for a drive afterward. We drove out to KC, thinking that we would find a cool part of town to walk around and explore, but all we found were the Projects. That was the second time we've tried to find some fun in Kansas City and only found deserted streets and slums. I'm sure that nice parts of the town exist, but we've yet to find them.

Well, the 3 a.m. rising time has done me in for the evening. Later.

Nice, long weekend

Cable TV is the devil. I have spent way too much time this weekend in front of the TV. I'm hoping that the root of the problem is the novelty of having cable, but I am doubtful. I did manage to tear myself away from 24/7 "Law and Order" long enough this weekend to do some other acitivities. I went out to Clinton Lake on Sunday and went for a hike, found my way to a mall in Kansas City, and got almost entirely up to date on my photo albums. It was certainly nice to have this long weekend.

I thought that I would post some pictures from Christmas, since I kind of glossed over November and December.

More Pictures of Lawrence...

Here's another one of the downtown landmarks... pretty cool looking place, but I don't think I'd quite fit in on "fetish night"...


This is Lone Star Lake, near the outlet flow. There were lots of cattails, and it looked like I place that I would like to live if I were a duck. Or a bluegill.


And, the part of campus that I now get to call home...

Some Pictures of Lawrence, KS

Here they are, as promised...

I drove out to LoneStar Lake, which isn't too far from Lawrence on Sunday afternoon. It was a very nice lake, and I was pretty much the only person out there. The rest of the photos are pretty much just random pictures of downtown Lawrence ...

We're Not in Ohio Anymore, Milo

Amidst all the other life changing events which we've been dealing with these past few months, we finally made it to Kansas! Lawrence, KS is on the east end of the state, about 45 minutes from Kansas City, MO. So far, I am really enjoying the town. It's actually quite pretty - lots of rolling hills, beautiful sunsets, and a great big wide-open feel to it. The city of Lawrence has a population of about 70,000, and seems to be exploding. I'd say that 75% of the housing here has been constructed in the past 15 years. Everything is all new and shiny, which has its ups and downs.

I can't wait until this spring - I'm going to get a new roadbike and zoom (or plod, you know, whatever) all over the coutryside. The terrain is perfect for roadbiking. Seriously, there ARE hills here! In general, this part of Kansas looks a lot like Southern Indiana. There's a big lake just west of town that is very nice, too. It looks like there should be some nice hiking trails out that way. Someone told me the other day that there is a nest of bald eagles right off of the road by the dam, and you can see them flying about quite often.

The townhouse that we're renting backs up onto a farm field, and there are a couple of old dead trees in the middle of the field. I wish that I had a pair of binoculars, because I swear that there was an eagle in one of them the other day. It would make sense - there certainly are enough field mice around. I know because they have decided to pitch camp behind our fridge in the kitchen. Although Milo doesn't have front claws, he's still a fine mouse-catching cat. I almost felt bad for the mice. Almost.

I'll be sure to post some pictures after I upload them...