tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512035091585845702011-11-27T17:17:31.898-07:00who you become in life results from a simple sequence of choices... yes, simple. a group of options is presented, you review, contemplate, evaluate, even ponder, and then you choose from your group of options and progress with the effects of that choice, or you choose not to choose hence remaining unchanged.Tiffany @ bride-on-purposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957363816378389125noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-851203509158584570.post-9555262069850807102009-01-05T13:21:00.004-07:002009-01-05T13:55:27.927-07:00

wow... that's all i can say! is it weird that sitting at my desk at work catching up on the hundreds of personal emails and what seems like thousands of work emails that i have selfishly neglected for months, feels like the most fun i have had in just as long?!?! ok, not really, but it feels great to be back in the living, contributing to society (side giggle, since most would argue that phd

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so, it has been a while since i last updated you all (my faithful 5 readers) of the happenings here in Rif. well, it has been happening all over austria and elsewhere, not just in my quaint little village. in the last 10-ish days, i have been blessed to have family time in vienna, and also in prague. it has been a dream to be surrounded by my most special people, and to soak up the euro vibes

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so last night i got invited to a slide show of my neighbours adventures this past summer in norway and sweden. i met christian in the hallway when i saw his ski boots out drying. since we have spoke about snow when we have seen eachother, and he seems like a very cool guy. so, yesterday, i was coming in from my run and he told me he was having some people over to look at pics, and that he "hoped

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as you can see, today is rainy, but the weekend is snow... sweet, powdery white stuff!! can't wait! in the mean time, here is a pic of some the snow that the mountains have had the last couple of days... this mountain has become my tracker of the weather, so i am sure you will recognize this picture!!work is coming along, and hopefully my boots will be here today so i can get moving on the

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so it is official, i exist in the outside world. today, not even 5 days after it was mailed, i have received a letter from home... G&G i love u!! for some reason, even considering the mass amount of electronic correspondence i have been lucky to have with home, receiving a hard-copy version of mail (you know the kind, where pen is put to paper, envelopes are licked, and stamps... come on, stay

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for a displaced runner, at what point does a jog switch from an adventure to exercise? well, i will let you know if/when that happens! so far, exploring the rural area surrounding the university by foot has been pure joy. armed with my ipod and runners, i set out initially with the intention of burning some calories, feeling my body move/breath/sweat, and as an added bonus, to do some

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so, today is friday (already?!), which means the week is nearly over, and the weekend is soon upon us. because i am here for work, and not simply to dabble in rural-euro living, and because certain people reading this blog (hi g&g) are very supportive and encouraging of my work, here is an update...arrived, settled, comfy... check!assigned oh-so-invaluable helpers... check!subject recruitment...

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so there comes a time in a relationship (be it with a parent, sibling, partner, friend, or otherwise) when you must realize your differences, and accept them. i don't mean telling yourself, heh, we're different, it's all good (and secretly thinking/hoping that your differences will go away), but actually believing/knowing/trusting that those differences are unique elements of your relationship,

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so, the weekend has passed, but the sore quads remain to remind me of my adventures! saturday saw a visit into the big city, salzburg. while not technically a big city (~145,000 ppl), it was a refreshing change from the somewhat village-esque setting i find myself in at the university. there was hustle and bustle, and slow weekend market gazers. there were tourists who spoke english (!!) and

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so as it turns out, i don't live in salzburg right now, i live in rif... a small town about 10km outside salzburg, which is home to the sport university, the christian doppler laboratory, and that's about it?! well, i am of course exaggerating, but to be honest, this town is really small, in that quaint mountain town kind of way. the sport university clearly attracts the active type, as i don't

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now that the tears have dried up, leaving nothing but glassy red eyes and salty lines down my face, i have a couple minutes (ok, an hour) to kill... which is why telus has made an astounding $10.50 off of their newest customer... did you know that the vancouver airport has free wireless internet?! or someone correct me of its latest status, but 2-ish years ago when i was last there it did. so why

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today is the start of the weekend, and in light of my looming departure (2ish days away), ian proposed a wicked adventure to carry us through to the end... the breakfast marathon! i casually mentioned the other day that i wanted to have some eggs bennie before heading off, since one of the things that i found a bit disappointing in europe last year, was the lack of the greasy american breakfasts,

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so as i sit at my desk and try to shift from weekend mode to productive work day mode, the left-over key lime pie that i ate as the dust settled sits heavy in my stomach and tries to reach out and type "help me... i can't move!!". Sweetened-Condensed Milk, you are officially on my list of things to never again put in my mouth... but why-oh-why must you be so delicious and delectable?! the weekend

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it was seriously two days ago that i said i would never blog... but, meh, why not join the forces right?! well no, this was not an accidental decision, nor an unconscious one. i thought to myself, self, you can blog, or you can not blog, and here i am blogging. i need to throw in my disclaimer... i was reading my friends blog this morning (accidental or not, love ya acc.pharm.), and i was

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