Clearing out the Cobwebs...

Wow, it's pretty dusty in here!!

Sorry for my lack of posting, school has been crazy busy these last few weeks (honestly, the whole semester). I would say I'd never take that many classes at once again... but I'm sure I eventually will have to again!

I thought I'd share some of my pictures from Yosemite. I went on a class field trip there a couple of weeks ago... it was incredible. It was just beautiful beyond description. I did go last year, but by that time most of the waterfalls had stopped running... they really do make a difference!

Oh, and by the way, I just about cried with excitement when I found out Blogger updated the picture uploading.  True, you still can only upload basically one at a time (or at least input after they are all uploaded), but baby steps. Baby steps.

Still, I got a little photo happy, I can't help it, I just love our parks (and especially Yosemite) so much...

 

Also, we were in a documentary! Very exciting, though quite uncomfortable.  They wanted us to be very natural throughout it, and it's hard not to stop talking when a camera is clearly recording everything. 

 

Magical, at a certain time of day, the light hits this waterfall just right, and it climbs from the bottom, slowly up to the top.  I was so fortunate to see this!

 

Making dinner in the dark...

Hike up to Vernal Falls (which was closed at the last 300 ft... grrrr)

 

Cute Owlie at the museum

 

If anyone knows what these flowers are... I would love to know!

 

Galen Clark, first protector of Yosemite... he made this headstone and had six (five remaining) Sequoias planted around his grave... so now he is in the trees.  I thought that was very poetic.

 

Yosemite Falls

 

Native American grinding rock...

 

Waterfall along our hike around Hetch Hetchy

Below, the beautiful Hetch Hetchy...

Pictures & Updates...

I thought I'd share some pictures here on my blog, because I've truly been terrible about blogging lately. As I've surely mentioned before, my best friend and I do have a sort of fascination with taking random photos and pretending we are aspiring photographers. Sometimes we excitedly text each other "photo shoot" ideas, though many remain just ideas. Her boyfriend suggested a "country" type of theme... and here's the result! Of course that photos are "improved" with Picnik's "60's Mode" (I can't remember the real name of it, but it makes the photos look warm and wonderful).





And here are some photos from Easter...

We actually went to brunch with the family at a restaurant, which isn't our normal plan. We also went to church in the morning, which was really nice.

Not much else is really going on in our corner of the world... we've been dealing with handing our car back to the dealer (a lease... never do it kids!!!). It's an absolute nightmare. Volkswagen's inspection company wasn't able to come out until the 13th, and our lease ends this Wednesday the 7th. Their fault, right? Well, according to them, I have to pay again to extend the lease. After arguing (and I'll admit, some crying, I am a bit of a crybaby), I realized that I couldn't talk them out of making us pay more.

Like I said before, the entire thing is a nightmare, and I have learned my lesson and vow to never, ever do it again.

School is good, but absolutely crazy. Added my 7th class today (another online, and short class) in a mad attempt to grab as many units as possible before hopefully transferring.

Hope all is well in everyone's corner of the world, and that you all had a wonderful Easter!

A Day by the Lake

Last Sunday we went to a nearby lake so that I could work on my Ecosystem project for my biology class. It was a beautiful day, and I thought I'd share some pictures. I actually have a ton of other pictures because I took a lot for my assignment, but just sharing a few...












I had an assignment for my Asian History course to visit the Asian Arts Museum in San Francisco, so Russ and I made a weekend out of the trip. It was really fun, and we both got our fill of good food (Pork Buns, Chinese Donuts, Chinese Pancakes, Oh my!) and lots of walking! I will most likely share some pictures once I have them uploaded, mostly the pictures are of the museum, which was really pretty neat, in my opinion! I have seen some very old things before, but I think the Oracle Bones that we saw were one of the oldest I've seen to date. Very neat, I will share more later!

Visitors...

I'm still here, I'm alive, I swear. My blog has just taken a backseat to "life" right now. To be honest, I don't have much to write or talk about, just busy with school, school, school. Also feeling a little down, and I try to keep my blog bummer-free, as I've said before...

I thought I'd share some pictures from our weekend, which was very nice. My cousin and her fiance came to visit us from Southern Cali. It was so awesome to see her and meet her fiance. I hadn't seen my cousin in over two years... We did the tourist thing, and took them to San Francisco, including a tour of Alcatraz. And little did I know, there was a Chinese New Year parade, celebrating the end of the New Year festivities. That was such a treat, I wish I could have seen more of the parade and festivities.

These pictures are in reverse order, not that it matters, but I'm just too lazy to deal with Blogger's dumb photo upload feature right now!