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[Pax]

Isn't it funny how different we can be?!

It's pretty interesting! When new students come to campus you can see that vulnerable look in their eyes at first. I'll ask them if it's too spacious for them and they'll nod and comment "it's just too OPEN!".

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Here's what I was doing yesterday, installing two new hives....

[Pax]

BSG - That is so neat!!!!

[Crankin]

I got an email from one the agencies I applied to... they want to set up an interview! Plus, I am still in the running for the one I hit it off with at the job fair.
I hate this whole process, though.

[Dogmama]

[QUOTE=BleeckerSt_Girl;572341]Here's what I was doing yesterday, installing two new hives....

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What gorgeous scenery! I'm SO sick of cactus!

[Pax]

What gorgeous scenery! I'm SO sick of cactus!

I remember when we lived in AZ, I would look at a picture of lush green spaces and feel desperately homesick. The Midwest isn't the most scenic place on earth, but I sure like living here.

[snapdragen]

Dogmama - why is your boy in a donut?

[Crankin]

Me too, Pax.
Plus, there were no cacti left in Tempe. Had to drive for miles to see any real desert. Miles and miles of brown, drab concrete, stucco, and strip malls.

[OakLeaf]

From a poem I wrote a few years ago, after a week in northern California in the summer:

"Life's blood clawed from parched earth; each blade of grass proof of a battle won."

I like to visit the American West; I couldn't live there.

[Dogmama]

Dogmama - why is your boy in a donut?

That was a few months ago. He had an operation called a gastropexy where they attached the stomach to the intestinal wall. German Shepherds and other larger dogs are prone to bloat & torsion. It's where they eat rapidly, gulping a bunch of air and/or exercise too soon afterwards, get very excited, etc. The food bloats the stomach and the stomach can twist on its axis. It's an emergency situation because internal organs begin to die off quickly & the dog can go into shock & die. Because of Zack's size & structure, he was a really good candidate for bloat.

So, the doughnut was instead of the usual cone. He was licking his stitches, so he wore a doughnut for a few weeks. Much easier to maneuver around than a cone.

[Dogmama]

I remember when we lived in AZ, I would look at a picture of lush green spaces and feel desperately homesick. The Midwest isn't the most scenic place on earth, but I sure like living here.

This is my 50th summer here. I'd move in a second, but DH has a thriving business that he loves.

If God really was a woman, she wouldn't make a menopausal, hot flashing woman live here.

[Crankin]

Oy.
Glad I moved away before that. Being in an overheated classroom was enough for me when i had flashes. I remember my mom just dripping with sweat in AZ when she started menopause. And being ecstatic when they moved to San Diego shortly after that.

[snapdragen]

Ah yes, I'm familiar with bloat in doggies. Glad he's OK!

[Owlie]

I remember when we lived in AZ, I would look at a picture of lush green spaces and feel desperately homesick. The Midwest isn't the most scenic place on earth, but I sure like living here.

The University of Arizona was actually my top choice for grad school. While I was pleasantly surprised by Tucson, and DBF (who's from Mesa)'s insistence that there was greenery within driving distance, the landscape was such that I wasn't sure that I could take living there for the 4-7 years it would take to finish the degree. At the very least, I figured that I might want to move north and east as soon as I graduated. Moot point now, of course, but it's something I'm going to consider the next time around.

[bmccasland]

The University of Arizona was actually my top choice for grad school. While I was pleasantly surprised by Tucson, and DBF (who's from Mesa)'s insistence that there was greenery within driving distance, the landscape was such that I wasn't sure that I could take living there for the 4-7 years it would take to finish the degree. At the very least, I figured that I might want to move north and east as soon as I graduated. Moot point now, of course, but it's something I'm going to consider the next time around.

You mean you didn't like living in technically the lushest greenest desert in the world? The Sonoran Desert has two, count them, two rainy seasons. And there is greenery on top of Mt. Lemmon, the Rincon Mountains, and the Santa Rita Mountains, or in their canyons.

University of Arizona, class of 1981.