Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Parks and Recreation

How did a whole month pass since my last post?  I never even gave a report on Haiti.  Life got a little crazy after returning since I had a week of classes to catch up on, and then it was time for finals.  Finals were followed by a pretty intense work week - dean's office + grading papers, as I was a TA for a professor + new student orientation on Friday.  And that was our spring break!  Needless to say, it wasn't much of a break...however, I did manage to squeeze in a little time in the grand outdoors.  Thursday I went with a group of friends from Fuller to Joshua Tree for the day.  I honestly expected it to be a boring desert with a bunch of Joshua trees. But it was a lot more impressive than that! Plus, my dear ole pal, Naomi, came to visit from Seattle!  And she's so hard core, she hiked in her bare feet! :)

This past weekend some friends and I went to the Grand Canyon.  It was a pretty quick trip since we left Saturday morning, drove 7 hours to get there, then came back the next day.  But it was so worth it! Our friends, Cristian and Bella, are expecting a baby in 3 months, and then they'll be heading back to their home in Romania.  So this was a last opportunity to see the Grand Canyon before their life changes dramatically.  Grand Canyon is beyond grand; we didn't even come close to seeing it all.  Pictures could never capture it...  But here are a few anyway.  

And that guy standing in the snow with me...his name's Matt. And he's pretty great.