Back in the 'Burbs

There are trees and lawns and yards. I don't have to wake up and go to work. The house is comfortable but unfamiliar (I keep turning doorknobs the wrong way). I feel like I'm staying at a bed & breakfast.

Last Day in Philly

Last day of work. Kind of surreal. Took a cab home from work. Even more surreal.

Good housecooling, though. All the cool kids were there. kenli, shaw, becca, emily, meredith, cat, marissa, meg, caitlin, peter.

Happy Thursday

What I just typed when in my head I was thinking "I have a question":

• I was q

What I drank last night (evening, really):

• 2 "Big Azz" (22 oz.) margaritas, a Little Butt (12 oz.) mango margarita, & a pint of Magic Hat #9

What the waitress brought me when I ordered sopapillas (fried dough dessert) in an attempt to soak up a few of the 56 total ounces of margarita I had just consumed:

• A glass of tequila

What we did about it:

• Each took a shot of the tequila and then sat around wondering A.) why the waitress had just brought us complimentary tequila and B.) why the waitress never brought my sopapillas, never thinking that these two mysteries might be related.

Actually, I'm Irish.

I was getting tired of the Canadian flag, so I google image searched my name and came up with this logo for the bed & breakfast that I run. Ever since I started googling my name some years ago, I have been fascinated that only one other person on the whole world wide web (wwww) shares my name. She sounds very nice ("Cecilia Kiely will surely lighten your visit to the Irish Republic with her boundless energy and special Irish humour") and I've always thought I should go visit, although I think it might be a little awkward to make the reservation over the phone (I picture it like something out of a Fawlty Towers episode).

http://www.claraghbnb.com/

One Week and Counting . . .

Oh, I'm going to miss being cc'd on emails that contain questions like, "Did you buy my arguments in the mail to Ian on Smolyak's alg?" In a lot of ways, the world of applied math professors reminds me of the culture of high school debaters.