Today, I finally got the last question for the final exam finished. With the different style of exam, it was a real trial, but it's over. We will finish the course Tuesday. Today, I also did something a little different. Georgia needed the car, and my usual ride (Fuge) was out of town. I went to wake Georgia up to take me in and had a second thought. Last nite, I took these 3 pictures. They are take at the corner of Washington Avenue and 30th street which is the corner of the Vet clinic grounds. As you look toward the vet school, you can see the sign (OOPS, looks like I jiggled) as well as the entrance to the small animal clinic which has only been open for a few years. As you look down the railroad tracks,you can see at the end... the poultry building, where we live. You may need to click on the picture to make it big enough to see the building. If you don't recognize it, go back to Georgia's posting where she shows the pictures of the poultry building.
http://georgia-wintersong.blogspot.com/ "Home in Corvallis".
Anyway.... this morning, I thought, "If I can capture both places in pictures from one place, they can't be too far apart". So, I through my brains (Dell Latitude D520 + accessories) on my back and grabbed my bubba keg full of tea and started out down the tracks. Actually wasn't too bad, and I'm sure my doctors would have been thrilled. Got there in about 25 minutes. Problem was, with the time change, I started in the dark and when I got there the vet school was still locked. It doesn't open til 7:30. Fortunately a student was sitting in the lobby studying and let me in. No big deal, just a little different.
I foolishly agreed to let the students do an extra credit project that is usally graded by the technical staff at the U of I... Well, they're a long ways away and I didn't feel I should impose on the local technologists for this, so I will have one more project before finishing the course... besides giving the final exams. Starting to get those strange feelings. Part of me is missing home, ready to head out... Another part of me is sad to see this stint to be coming to an end. It really does seem a lot shorter than it is.
3 comments:
I can feel your bitter-sweetness...we miss you!
hello, we are having fabulous weather in cornland Illinois,
(springfield) 60 degrees for the last 3 days. good biking weather,
on your post, in the first paragraph, when you're talking about where the pictures were taken there's a 'tyo' "these pictures were take at . . ."
God bless my family,
B-McKne.
B.. maybe your viewing screen wasn't opened enough, I went and checked and it says.. at the corner of Washington and 30th by the vet clinic. ???? luv skk
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