Anya stayed home today as there was a class bike trip that was not strategic, and it gave her a time to work on some Algebra 2 and other projects at home.
I went to MHS and joined the Old Testament women for lunch at a Chinese/Japanese restaurant. The food is “mama hoohoo” (transliterated Chinese meaning so-so); not good Chinese food, but fairly inexpensive for Norway at $17 an entree.
There are two postdoc researchers, including Hoyce from the Maasai Research Group, and Marta. Marta was with us in South Africa in 2012. Tina is our fourth, who recently submitted her dissertation. These are wonderful women, and we have a sense of empathy for each one’s journey. We talked a bit about my midway evaluation, and they were encouraging, but I didn’t let them get away with just pandering to me. I know there are things that I need to do to strengthen the rhetoric.
I returned to campus and worked on gathering resources from the library and online journals. I will make the most of the rest of my time here scanning pages from the library and downloading journal articles that I have access to now.
As there weren’t any pictures from the today, I’ll add some from the weekend road trip with Knut, the Maasai Research Group colleagues, and Anya.
With blessings,
Beth