Life Update

So I haven't been updating lately, but here goes a summary of what's been going on in my life for the last month or so...

For those who don't know, Corey and I got back together shortly after he came up to Dartmouth to help me move out (that same day I tested for my black stripe). We began speaking to each other about a week and a half before that. I won't go into it here, but I feel that a mutual understanding has definitely been reached. And, amazingly, after months and months of frustration and dead end conversations, I began to see changes as soon as he was able to put into words (better than I could) exactly what it was that I wanted and what the issues have been. I've never been happier... I really don't know how I'll be able to live without him while I'm in Budapest this Fall.

While at home during interim Leon (my brother), his girl, Corey and I went to Six Flags and the Wild Safari there. Gotta say, it was a blast - especially being able to spend the day with Corey, being a baby and going on kiddy coasters, sharing every ride with him, laughing and screaming, and all that gushy stuff.

Here are some shots from the Safari:There were a lot more great shots, but I wound up taking a lot more video clips than I did pictures because they're more interesting to watch. There were giraffes wandering in and out of traffic, there were bears, rhinoceri (?), and of course monkeys and kangaroos, and lions (caged).

And not quite from the Safari, but here's Thum Thum after he walked into the house all soaked. My parents speculate that he must have fallen into one of our neighbors' pools, but if he did I have no idea how he could have possibly gotten out.
In other, more boring news, I'm back at Dartmouth now taking summer classes (go sophomore summer). I couldn't take the computer science class I needed because it met during the same hour as one of my math classes so I'm taking System Dynamics (ENGS 22), Abstract Algebra (Math 31), and Race and Ethnicity in the US (SOCY 42). The SOCY 42 class satisfies NA and SOC requirements and plus it's a pretty interesting class and gives me a chance to focus on my math and engineering classes as well.

One last thing - while I was back home during interim we celebrated my grandma's 90th (!) birthday:

That's my dad, my g-ma, her home-attendant (and good friend), Christina (brother's girl), Leon (my brother), and me.

From left to right: Valya(friend), G-ma, dad, Christina, Leon. The photo on the table is one my father had made for her birthday. It's an enlarged version of an old picture her husband gave her when she was 35. (That's her in the picture).