http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla recent pleonast.com entries by user marla en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=616262 And now, we can celebrate something else together... Hook'em. ;) 2009-01-06 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=615693 So, last night the two other Nashville graduates from my program and I had a graduation party, complete with our very own hooding ceremony, to the tune of the other party guests humming Pomp and Circumstance. It was a LOT of fun, and surprisingly enough, felt like a real graduation ceremony. YAY!!! :) ...and considering how bad my haircut looked with my mortarboard back in 2002 at my undergrad, I was quite happy with how it looked this year... ;) 2009-01-04 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=612089 The sky is falling! 2008-12-23 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=611824 Weather.com says it's currently 9 degrees here. Wow. And I sure hope there isn't an outside line at The Pancake Pantry, which is where my team is going for breakfast this morning... 2008-12-22 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=611619 With the coldest temperatures in Nashville since January 2003! Thankfully it's clear, so there's no precipitation. ANNNNDDD since schools are already out, no traffic tomorrow! Woohoo! 2008-12-21 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=610910 Pleonast will be 6 years old within the next month or so. Go thank Kennon!!! 2008-12-19 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=610285 2008-12-17 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=609510 Today's news headlines: • Bush: Iraq war is not over, more work ahead • Illinois legislators focus on ousting governor • More power loss possible in ice-ravaged Northeast • Thai opposition party poised to take power • Environmental activists find new ally in U.S. labor unions • Egyptian company to build 3G cell phone network in N. Korea and ////drum roll//// • Students in India attempt to make world's largest sandwich HAHAHAHAHA 2008-12-15 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=607394 I just enjoyed my first taste of Trader Joe's goods (white bean hummus on a whole wheat pita). She inspired me. Last Tuesday I finished all my graduate school work. PRAISE GOD!!! I'm quite excited, as you can imagine. It's going to take a few weeks to truly get over the stress of grad school, but I'm sure I'll get there. I'm not sure driving 14 hours in less than 48 hours with them plus one other person in a 5-passenger vehicle is quite the way to get over grad school stress ;) It was more fun than I expected, though. My best friend's dad died yesterday. Please pray for her and her family. She wasn't close with him, but I am SOOOO thankful that their last meeting (day after Thanksgiving) ended on a good note. Another praise God! Lots of other stuff going through my head these days, too, but those are some of the main ones. Have a great week! 2008-12-09 http://www.pleonast.com/user/marla?l=5&entryID=604622 Issued by The National Weather Service Nashville, TN 10:45 am CST, Sun., Nov. 30, 2008 ... SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY... COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE 30S. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WITH UP TO ONE INCH ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE LAST TIME WE HAD MEASURABLE SNOW IN THE NASHVILLE AREA WAS BACK ON MARCH THE 8TH OF THIS YEAR... WHEN ONE HALF INCH FELL. WE HAVE NOT HAD MEASURABLE SNOW IN NASHVILLE IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SINCE 1.3 INCHES FELL ON NOVEMBER 10TH IN 1996. THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOW FELL IN NASHVILLE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WAS ON DECEMBER 30TH IN 2000. THE AVERAGE DATE OF THE FIRST HALF INCH OF SNOW IN NASHVILLE IS JANUARY 3RD. ****** In other news, only 1 more paper and 2 classes left! WOOHOO!!!!!! And you know what? I think I'm going to skip the la... 2008-11-30