After booking my flight early (in January!) to visit Colin for his 21st birthday and Easter, I was glad to finally make it over to Webb for a little break from school. The weather was perfect and we spent a lot of time outside on the Long Island Sound, in Welwyn Nature Preserve and playing croquet during Easter dinner (thank you Zangle family for hosting such a wonderful dinner!) Of course, I've been trying to practice taking pictures of food, but it's not really hard to make the meals we had look appetizing. I am so excited to start cooking in Tanzania!
A beautiful weekend on Long Island for Easter and Colin's birthday
On April 16th I received a surprise e-mail from Hannah Brencher in response to the love letter bundle my friends and I sent out (check out my last post to see them)! It is really rewarding receiving such a great reaction from Mark, and I know I will definitely be sending out more love letters soon! Thank you again to my letter writing helpers: Kelly, Anne, Yoni, and Aubrey :) If you have spare time and want to spread some love, check out www.moreloveletters.com . I'm definitely going to send some while I'm in Tanzania!
Angela-
Just received the following testimony from Nina, the young woman who requested the love letters for Mark! Please send on! He sent the following to her:
"I got a package today from The World Needs More Love Letters from Nina toMark. They were amazing!!! I read every letter and card twice and they truly brought tears to my eyes. I was sitting reading and crying all choked up and could not believe you and others took the time to think of me this way. I always knew you were truly special since the first time I met you and Danielle and I believe you are truly an angel sent from heaven. I cannot begin to tell you how much this meant to me and I was truly touched. I cannot thank you enough, I will see you very soon and look forward to it!
My eternal thanks, Mark"
Due to such a chaotic semester with school, homework, regular work, and research, I didn't have too much time for volunteering. Writing the letters was a nice, relaxing way to spend time spreading some cheer! Luckily, at the very end of the semester, I could finally go to Project Grandpeople one last time for an afternoon with the residence in Audubon park! Since I coach 8 and under tennis on Saturdays, I haven't been able to play bingo at the nursing home, so it was awesome to be able to enjoy a sunny day outside. The residence had such a great time since they barely ever get to leave the facility. Michelle and Mai did a great job planning the event, hats, flowers and all :)!
Angela-
Just received the following testimony from Nina, the young woman who requested the love letters for Mark! Please send on! He sent the following to her:
"I got a package today from The World Needs More Love Letters from Nina toMark. They were amazing!!! I read every letter and card twice and they truly brought tears to my eyes. I was sitting reading and crying all choked up and could not believe you and others took the time to think of me this way. I always knew you were truly special since the first time I met you and Danielle and I believe you are truly an angel sent from heaven. I cannot begin to tell you how much this meant to me and I was truly touched. I cannot thank you enough, I will see you very soon and look forward to it!
My eternal thanks, Mark"
Due to such a chaotic semester with school, homework, regular work, and research, I didn't have too much time for volunteering. Writing the letters was a nice, relaxing way to spend time spreading some cheer! Luckily, at the very end of the semester, I could finally go to Project Grandpeople one last time for an afternoon with the residence in Audubon park! Since I coach 8 and under tennis on Saturdays, I haven't been able to play bingo at the nursing home, so it was awesome to be able to enjoy a sunny day outside. The residence had such a great time since they barely ever get to leave the facility. Michelle and Mai did a great job planning the event, hats, flowers and all :)!
A wonderful afternoon spent in Audubon park
Then there's classes. A little rough this semester, but for different reasons. I'm not the biggest fan of vague classes where I never really understand the point. Unfortunately, I had a few of those this semester which makes for an unmotivated Angela. Of course, I had to just get them done and over with and that's exactly what happened. I at least got to make my own version of etch-a-sketch via labview, an accelerometer, a plastic plate, and a mydaq. I wish I would've taken a picture of the whole contraption. It seemed like a suitable final project for my last class with Dr. Walker. I learned a lot about doing research in Dr. Shevkoplyas' lab this semester and am so glad one of his graduate students, Omid, has been helping me get everything together. I don't think many people realize the time and thought that has to be put into science, or at least I think so. I think it's great that I'm involved with a project that actually involves complex equations and problem solving rather than growing cells, but it definitely makes it more frustrating. It has just been really hard not getting too overwhelmed reading theoretical calculations and trying to weed out the right papers to work off of. I think I am ready to really start making big progress on it when I get back though, because I feel like I know what I'm doing a lot more now.
It is crazy that this is already my 6th semester almost over at Tulane, and the real world is approaching at a rapid pace!
It is crazy that this is already my 6th semester almost over at Tulane, and the real world is approaching at a rapid pace!
I always try and make time for little breaks! BME (and Friends) soccer team, Aubrey and I's nearly naked mile attire and a cheese and cracker, salmon and wine dinner party with friends :D
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