Hey Y'all!
Today I completed my 24th trip around the sun! Woo! It was a pretty good trip, but let's hope the 25th is even better. I went to school like normal today, but then right before my ornithology class, I looked out the window and saw 3 White-winged Crossbill right outside in the cedar tree! I had never seen a crossbill before, so I popped into class, got a couple of my classmates to come look (one of which had his binoculars with him. PERFECT!) and we had a look. I asked Don my teacher about it and he said they are pretty rare here, but can visit in the winter. It was a wonderful birthday treat from the birdies!

Then Georgie came to pick me up and he had a birthday card and in it, it said IOU one kitty cat. So pretty soon here we're going to go the shelter and get us a kitty. So today we went to the new Petsmart in Selinsgrove and picked up some toys, litter and supplies. It's very exciting! We're going to have a new member of the family!

Tonight George is taking me to the chinese buffet because I told him if he took me anywhere too expensive that I'd just feel guilty the whole night about how much it cost and I wouldn't be able to enjoy it. So this way, I can indulge in some deliciously terrible food, and not feel too much guilt.

In other news, that George never got around to posting, he officially got his accompanying job at Bucknell! He'll be working 5+ hours per week at $25 bucks an hour with the opera students now through sometime in March. It's temporary, but now that he's got his foot in the door, maybe they'll think of him next time they need somebody. Way to go George!

My research proposal is coming along. I turned in a crappy draft to Don last night and he said it was actually pretty good, but obviously I still have some work to do. But that's a major step out of the way. I think I can pull it off now. I still have a test on Friday to study for and Stats homework to keep up on, but a bit of the pressure has been lifted.

Tomorrow for my Ornithology lab, we're going on our first field trip and I'm pretty excited to get out there and figure out where all the birds are. It will be focused on water birds, so ducks and geese mostly.

That's all the updates for now! Thanks to everybody who sent things, or wrote notes! It's always wonderful to hear from you!