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Getting Started
I guess I will start this out by saying that I am an undergraduate attending an archaeology field school in Ireland for the first time. This is more for my friends and family, once I am in...
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Finding an Archy School (and other headaches ;) )
Finding a field school isn't very difficult (after all google is one of the easiest ways to find anything now) but finding one that meets your own goals and expectations is a tad bit more...
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Asking Questions Can Be a Good Idea
Man oh man did I feel determined earlier today. I have been waiting to find out how much a "small financial contribution" was from the award I received from the Art History department and boy did...
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Financial Fiasco Fixed!
Well for anyone wondering how the financial fiasco turned out, it was in my favor. I absolutely am so thankful to everyone that was involved in fixing that disaster. They, being an administrative...
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Arts and Science Banquet
So, a week ago yesterday was the Arts and Science Banquet. It was everything I thought it would be and little more intimidating than I had hoped. I started getting ready for the banquet several...
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Musings On My New Favorite TV Show
Recently, I started watching The Walking Dead. I realize I'm late to the party with how popular this show is, but I am trying to catch up. Anyway, I am getting more and more sucked into the show...
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Zed's Dead, Baby. Zed's Dead. (aka I finally watched Pulp Fiction)
Hey all, sorry it has been a while. After spring break classes picked back up again and planning for Ireland became a bit more hectic. The good news is that I have funding to go to Ireland! I also...
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PACE The Little Mermaid Jr.
One of my favorite Disney movies when I was little was The Little Mermaid. I loved the music, the characters, and I especially loved that Ariel saved her prince and he also saved her. I thought...
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Snow and Video Games, Perfect Combo...
So I am stuck inside today because of the amount of snow on the ground... Hey mother nature, this is March AND Spring Break! Could you lay off the snow? Anyway, with little to do, I have started...
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Protection
So, I felt like doing a little blurb today on friendship and family and how the two relate to protection for me. I have a very hard time getting close to some people. I usually am very standoffish...
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Day One on Family Trip
Well started our vacation today! Our flight went from Kansas City, Missouri to Charlotte, North Carolina with a connecting flight to Philadelphia. The morning started off with a heart attack. The...
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Day Two Family Trip
We got up fairly early and headed to Washington D.C. This was the city my brother was looking forward to the most. He loves history and really enjoyed visiting all of the landmarks. Our lunch consisted...
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Day Three of Family Trip
On the third day we split up into two groups. My mom, step-dad, and brother went to the Air and Space Museum and my cousins and I went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. It was HUGE....
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Day Four of the Family Trip
We decided to take a relaxation day. After walking all over D.C. we were all tired and sore. My cousin’s house is beautiful and has an indoor pool and hot tub that we took full advantage of that...
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New York, New York, The City so Nice They Had to Name it Twice! (Or day 5)
We got up very early to drive to New York. We were going to take a Megabus and after riding one from New York to Boston, I am EXTREMELY glad we did not. (They are a comfortable and cheap ride, but...
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Day Six
We woke up in the hotel room and got our things together so that we could check out in a timely manner later that day. Then, we all met in the lobby and headed towards the Grey Line buses again....
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First Day in Ireland
The plane ride to Ireland was uneventful. There was a touch screen tv in the seat in front of me so I had inflight entertainment the entire time. The man who sat next to me was from Dublin so we...
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Ireland and the Beauty of Trim
They say that jet lag is something to be dealt with when traveling overseas. The day I landed I felt the effects more than I thought I would. It probably did not help that I did not sleep on the...
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I know that I know nothing
It has almost been a year since I was in Ireland and it feels like it was decades ago. In the past year, I have had many things get in the way of my blog posts. I am going to start them up again though...
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A New School Year... or How I Am Relearning Everything I Thought I Knew
Well, a lot has happened in the past year. I graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Art History, and Archaeology. I was hired to work for Burns &...
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A Checklist That Never Ends
So, school has been amazing for the past several weeks. I am in the archaeology Master's program here at UCD and all of my classes have been as informative or hands on as I had hoped/dreamed. We have...
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