The nice thing about family coming to visit after not seeing them for a year, is eventually they go home! Last week my husband's parents, sister and her family were here from North Carolina. I needed time to rest from their vacation by the time they left! I've seen more of this state during the time they were here than during the year I've lived here! We walked all over downtown, went to Ship Creek to see some salmon heading upriver to spawn, drove up to Hatcher's Pass, Summit Lake, and Independence Mine, they went to see Portage glacier while I had classes, and we had the unfortunate joy of going to the reindeer farm. For those who don't know, the only difference between a reindeer and a caribou is domestication. Here's a pic of my sister in law with her new friend!
Although it looks like she's holding it's antler, she isn't. Something we learned while there was that when the antlers are in "velvet" they're super sensitive. That's a fuzzy, blood vessel infused covering on their antlers and we were told that grabbing it would be like dropping a large brick on your toe...OUCH!! (By the way, I don't recommend trying to pet just any caribou or reindeer you may meet. These live on a farm, are raised around humans, and are not pregnant or in rut.) We had a great time, but I didn't spend nearly enough time studying. This week is make up week.
It always amazes me how fast these terms go by. At this point I should be deep in the research phase for two separate papers and I'm still having problems with narrowing down my searches in the KU library. It's frustrating to say the least. I did manage to snag a copy of the APA guidelines so I won't have to go in search every time I need to know how to cite something or how to format! It's just a shame that when it's time to do the serious writing, my brain wants to shut down...
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