Where to start? Well, both the concerts in Rocktober were very entertaining. Matt did not enjoy Death Cab's opening act at all. On the flip side, Ben Fold's opening act, Missy Higgins, was enjoyed by both of us.
After the concerts we were off to Hawaii, which was beautiful. We really enjoyed going on vacation with all of our friends. It made for a lot of great memories. Carl and Joanne had a sunset wedding by the beach and guests were treated to 4 desserts. While in Hawaii we took surfing lessons (Guess which Harrington got up on the first try and which one didn't? ). We also swam with sharks, went snorkeling on a coral reef where we saw endangered sea turtles and met a former Neil Diamond roadie who regaled us with tales of life on the road with Neil.
On the plane ride home from Honolulu, the captain came over the loudspeaker and announced that the current temperature in St. Louis was about 38 degrees. Matt was wearing shorts and a t-shirt...brrrr.
A week later, I went out to my former field site and took down bird houses while having a small graduate student retreat (I don't know if I have mentioned that I somehow became chair of the social committee). We had a bonfire and got to see the stars. It was a nice break from the day to day. Matt stayed home and watched football games.
I had a stressful few weeks at school where I felt like I would never catch up. I'm still not completely above water, but am definitely feeling better in general as the semester comes to a close.
We went bowling with a group of Matt's coworkers recently in a really cool bowling alley that has been in the upstairs of this building since 1916. Matt beat me in both games we played, I maintain that I never got warmed up.
Other than that we've just been hanging out around the house for the most part. It was 28 degrees today on my way into school. If I had my way, I would never leave the house until the cold went away.
We're off to OK for thanksgiving and will be in MD and NC over the christmas holidays. Hopefully we will get to spend some time with most of you.
Courtney
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