New Blog

Welcome to the the new blog. I transferred all the old blogs to this site, but haven't got the pictures on yet.

Well, the countdown continues until we return to the states. Ben is doing a crazy amount of projects for his final week of classes next week. And then he has a week of finals. I am going a little crazy, with having nothing to really do and wanting to be home, but it's alright. I know I should savor times when I can relax.

Luckily I have Kato, our cat, to keep me company while I am here alone. Ben and I are so glad we decided to bring him. He's so fun and sweet to us. Yes, I know that most of you reading this don't agree, but we really love him and are grateful for him. Kato has a new friend/enemy (sorry Chloe) named Giga. She's the neighbor's cat and comes over to Kato's balcony so they can stare at each other and sometimes cry and hiss. And while Kato is a giant beast compared to Giga, she is nimble, and Kato is not, so we're not sure who would dominate in a fight. But we're not about to find out and we try to keep them apart.

Ben has a friend at school, Silas (from Kenya) who owns a fish business. We got some of his mussels and tuna when my mom was here and it was awesome. Ben had the idea to have a fish/sushi party for his classmates. So last night we had this big party at one of the professors apartment's. Ben and I made sushi with fresh tuna and Silas and his wife made unbelievable scallops, shrimp, mussels, whole fish (which i now now how to cook, eyes and all), smoked salmon and fresh salmon and tuna. The food was amazing, but it was a lot of work. Everyone had a great time.

Another event coming up is the glorious 30th birthday of Ben! Yay! June 25th!

I can't tell you how excited I am to see friends and family in 2 and a half weeks.