my cousin robin is staying with us while she's working here in pittsburgh, and it's been nice to get to spend some time with her again so soon after her last visit. she came in last night and will be staying through next wednesday, then coming back again the following week. maybe she'll bring her daughter anja next time. erik is totally infatuated with robin. it's very sweet, and she's very good at humoring him.
aside from being my birthday next week, it is also the G20 conference (actually ON my birthday) here in pittsburgh. people would have you believe that armageddon is afoot! i hope it won't be that bad and that the protestors can behave themselves. they're going to be gathering in oakland (very near where my lab is) and marching downtown each of the two days. there will be tons of road closures and snipers on rooftops and all that fun stuff. i have no idea what it will be like at school. my parents and peter are urging me to stay home on those days, and while that idea is attractive i just don't know if i will be able to get out of my responsibilities. although i guess it could be nice to take off my birthday and maybe do something fun, especially since it will be AFTER my thesis committee meeting and i might actually be able to enjoy it.
i haven't really had a chance to take many pictures lately. i haven't blogged since last weekend when we went to the ligonier highland games i guess. we had a great time! when i was younger i used to go every year and compete in the highland dance competition, and since we've moved back to the area, peter and i have gone every year but one and we always enjoy it. we both love the pipe bands, and this year erik REALLY enjoyed getting to see (and pet!) all the dogs. he particularly liked a golden retriever named saline (not sure if that's spelled right, it was some sort of gaelic name).
i think erik's favorite part was playing at the playground.
he also loved the fountain.
my favorite part was the pipe bands.
peter was super excited about the highland dancing trophies he won.
it was a great day, and we had a really nice dinner afterward with my mom and judy poellot (an old friend/mother of highland dancer/girl scout leader). here's a little mosaic i made:
i also took a couple pictures of xena this week. i was realizing since erik came along i haven't taken many pictures of her at all, and she's very sweet and photogenic and deserving of pictures, so here they are:
wow. i am even procrastinating going to bed! i better get going. i really really really need to finish up my presentation tomorrow and after school my mom's coming out and we're going to have a picnic in schenley park and then go to phipps conservatory. i think peter will probably bring erik home after we eat though ... i don't think either of them has an interest in going to phipps but i would really love to see the longfellows exhibit! should be fun and exciting!
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