So, I’m sitting here in my office, eating stale doughnuts left over from the weekend, trying to avoid work. Last night was a late night for me because I had a night class and by the time I get home from a night class, I am so wound up that I can’t sleep. I ended [...]
Archive for March, 2009
The Foodie Files: Making The Coach Eat Vegetables
Posted in The Foodie Files, pop culture, tagged beef stew, Beef with Jalapeno, Books, chicken in honey mead wine, Food, gnocchi, Recipes on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An Office-Based Weekend
Posted in It's My Life, The Critters, tagged Fish, Office, To Do List on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After my 2 p.m. appointment was cancelled yesterday, I ended up playing hooky. I went to Barnes and Noble and bought a few books. I went to Target and bought a picture frame, dog food, two movies, and the In Treatment DVD set. I went to Petsmart, where I took a picture of a guinea [...]
A Return to Regularly Scheduled Programming
Posted in It's My Life, The Professoriate, tagged spring fever, tenuritis on March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, what has been going on these last two weeks while Dr. Disenchanted was waxing lyrical about her adventures in Peru? Icky, ordinary life, my friends — icky, ordinary life. I’ve had to put out fires, grade midterms, and write lectures. I went to our University’s Honor’s Day Colloquium because my good student won our [...]
Day 8: The Lima Layover
Posted in Travel, tagged Hacienda, Lima, Museum, peru, Travel on March 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Arqueologic y Historia del Peru
Lima, Peru
March 14, 2009: From Puno to Lima, Peru
Dear Grandma,
Today, I went to a wedding in Lima. Obviously, I didn’t know the people who were getting married. And, seeing that I don’t know Spanish, I couldn’t even tell you what the priest was saying. What I can [...]
Day 7: Floating Islands, Sheep Shit, and a Three Hour Tour
Posted in Travel, tagged Lake Titicaca, peru, Reed People, Taquile Island, Uros Islands on March 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lake Titicaca
The largest lake in South America
March 13, 2009: Floating on Lake Titicaca
Dear Grandma,
Here I sit, curled up on the bed in my hotel room, waiting for this massive storm to pass. My roommate, the Spanish teacher, tells me that I shouldn’t be worried about the storm siren that is wailing loud enough to be [...]
Day 6: High Takes on a New Meaning
Posted in Travel, tagged Lake Titicaca, peru, Puno, Racqui, St. Pedro, Travel on March 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Parque Arqueologico Raqchi
Remains of the temple walls
March 12, 2009: 400 Miles from Cusco to Puno
Dear Grandma,
You cannot experience the truly beautiful areas of the world without suffering, and boy, am I suffering! Last night, my ragged breathing worked its way through my roommate’s earplugs and into her subconscious, causing her to wake up and ask [...]
Interruption
Posted in It's My Life on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This just in: I am so freakin’ far behind that I might never, ever catch up.
That is all.
Day 5: Shake Your Bootie
Posted in Travel, tagged Aguas Caliente, peru, Travel on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parrot in Aguas Caliente
March 11, 2009: Aguas Caliente to Cusco
Dear Grandma,
Brace yourself because today was probably the most boring day of the trip, thus far. Although a bunch of folks decided to go back up to Machu Picchu (remember that’s ~$60/person) for a few hours, I decided that my cash was better spent in the [...]
Day 4: The Lost City
Posted in Travel, tagged Aguas Caliente, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, peru, Travel on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taken from the Train
Between Ollantaytambo and Aguas Caliente
March 10, 2009: Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu
Dear Grandma,
This morning, our group left Ollantaytambo in a flurry of activity. After breakfast – sweet potatoes, hot dogs, soupy eggs, elderberry jam, and coca tea – our tour guide had to get 29 people and all of their luggage to the [...]
Day 3: The Sacred Valley
Posted in Travel, tagged peru, Pisaq, Travel on March 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Parque Arqueologico Pisaq
In the Sacred Valley of Peru
March 9, 2009: From Cusco to Ollantaytambo
Dear Grandma,
I find myself in awe of the Andes.
I feel like I’m an extra in the Blu-Ray version of that Planet Earth series. The Sacred Valley of Peru is incredibly lush this time of year. Bright blue skies with crisp white clouds. [...]
