I might lose a love for corn.

This past weekend Elise and I met up in Lincoln, NE to get things squared away for August. We are so incredibly excited to get things started! Over the summer we have developed Lincoln obsessions. The co-ops have been located, the bus routes memorized, the farmers market scoped, I joined the UNL facebook network and we have emailed current and former students.

We found this oasis of an apartment for a great price. The owner and property manager are both great people and it's in a nice area (far enough West of "meth alley" and South of where the prostitutes like to hang - in daylight). We're a little further than we'd like to be from campus, but still within a mile which is definitely bike-able and there are some bus routes available too for the months of blood freezing cold.

Most importantly we visited the bookstore to begin our attempt at understanding the cornhusker football obsession. Of course we are not there. And probably will never be there. But we did make a brave attempt.



What is that on our heads you might ask? Corn hats. That's right. Some poor unsuspecting bookstore customer was tortured by the visual we presented. Two mighty woman duking it out for cornhusker bookstore champion. Who won? We will never tell.

love,
lindsay

holy moly

So I just went through and fixed all the picture links. Not sure why a lot weren't working... whoops! It is MOST important that you look at the Croatia photos. It was an amazing weekend in a beautiful country. I will never forget it, especially the tour guide :-)

Currently I'm in Greeley, Colorado (AKA "the center of the universe!"). Matthew has been here for about a year working on his jazz studies degree. After the long months apart we decided to have the summer together to promote sanity (individual and in the relationship). Living scantily and enjoying the company. I'll be here until mid-August when I will move to Lincoln, Nebraska for my graduate program. That's right. The land of the cornhuskers. If you send me money I'll send you a corn on the cob foam hat.

I miss being in the UK a lot. Although it's not so much the location, but the lifestyle and the friends. It has been difficult trying to keep up with practicing, healthy eating and exercising when there are so many distractions! I can't imagine how difficult it will become in Autumn...
I miss the other students everyday. There's always something that reminds me of them, and some reason to miss the company. We have a dream of meeting in August 2009 at the flute convention, it's being held in New York City. The non-Americans have never been to the States before, and it seems like the perfect excuse to come! Maybe we will only see a few parts of the convention...

love,
lindsay