POLO 309! my apartment this year with Beth, Holly, and Michelle. this is my little nook outside my room.  

a little bit of cute organization 

my closet 

the view from the doorway 

moose on thisted blom (that's the name of the very inexpensive duvet cover from Ikea)  

my new zealand display. the top center piece is about sheep. there are 20 sheep for each person in new zealand. it gets better: new zealand was the first country in the world to give women the right to vote in 1893. and that is why i want to go there!  

the right side of the room 

all of my books for the semester. well, actually this isn't all.  

the bookshelf I built all by myself 

and this is me being stupid 

my dad with his dark chocolate with dark chocolate icing cake for his 60th birthday celebration. A good time was had by all. (phrase, courtesy of Beth Crawley) By that, I mean my parents danced to "Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash. Perhaps the champagne can be implicated in that strange occurence.  

the cake. yes, those are arrows pointing to the 60. if my other career plans fall through, i'm going to become a cake decorator. i'm not kidding.  

my cat, verbal, on my suitcase 

Larissa, Alison, and I at a Thai restaurant in D.C. on my fun trip up there last week!  

GOLDWARE!!! (courtesy of Lars' grandma) - like silverware, only gold . . . what Alison and Larissa are going to use in their new apartment 

Alison and I at George's Place  

view from the Lincoln Monument . . . one of those handsome young men (ooops - and women) is my cousin - I saw him on his day off from boot camp at the naval academy (big surprise!) although he couldn't talk to me because he wasn't allowed to talk to civilians . . . 

it's not just any stone building . . . it's the washington monument!  

GRRRRRRRRRRRR . . . aren't we scary? 

THE ZOO!  

the pygmy hippo  

mom and baby gorilla 

the baby giant panda