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I know this is not the first time I have talked about graduating, but the ceremony was today.  It was held at the school and our speaker was the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim.  Unexpectedly, he was really good.  I got to wear my yellow ropes (two for honor society and one for graduating with honors) and I got to share the experience with my good friend Keri (congratulations!) and most of my family.

On the Internet Public Library website (http://www.ipl.org/div/hello/) you can learn to say hello in a number of different languages. In honor of my friend Adam who is currently in Bali, I learned to say hello (good day) in Indonesian:

Selamat pagi

From http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/b/bathroom.htm,

“The sign for “bathroom” is made by forming the right hand into the letter “t.” The palm side is facing away from you. Shake your hand side to side a couple times. Some people use a twisting movement instead of the side to side shake. Either is fine.”

It looks like this:

I’m not really a city-slicker, but I haven’t spent much time on farms. It was a pleasure to go to Wilson Farm (http://www.wilsonfarm.com/) today because I got to see how it all works. I don’t know much about how plants and vegetables grow, I just enjoy them.

My favorite part was the greenhouse with a robotic watering system. Spouts come buzzing along the ceiling of the greenhouse and water all the plants along the way.  They had the most beautiful flowers- orchids, gardenias, hibiscus, etc. It was pretty cold out (especially with the wind) so I didn’t really take so much pleasure in the outside activities, but it was still sort of fascinating. The trip culminated in a visit to the barn where there are a ton of little chicks, some older chickens, two goats, two pigs, and a llama named Belle. Please note that the farm tour guide said that these were pets, but she also said that on occasion you can smell chicken fingers cooking.

It is called Fanny Dooley.  Here’s how you play:

Name a thing you do not like (this thing cannot have doubled letters), then name a thing you do like (which must have doubled letters.

Examples:

I do not like Red Bull but I like lattes.

I do not like pears but I like strawberries.

I do not like writing papers but I like reeding (haha- just kidding.)

Hi there! I know that I have some readers, so I am hoping that you might have some suggestions for new things for me to try. They don’t have to be big. The only requirement is that they must be new to me. I have done over 90 new things so far, and I have about a hundred more ideas, but I am looking for things I may not have thought of. Any ideas/suggestions welcome. Thanks!

Notes:

-I am in Massachusetts, but am willing to travel throughout New England.

-I will be in Maryland in June.

-I will be in Spain (Barcelona and Madrid) in the summer (for six weeks.)

-My only fear is of the dark (and lobsters, but that is so weird that I shouldn’t even mention it.)

-I am willing to try just about anything.

-I don’t mind spending money for new experiences.

-Sandy

3:16 PM I sent a package to a soldier via anysoldier.com. I don’t know any people who are currently serving overseas in the military, and this is my small way of saying thank you. Regardless of whether you support the war, please support our troops.

www.anysoldier.com

3:00 PM Today I was going to go hear an author speak about demons and demonology, but I misread the time. I thought it started at 7 but it really started at 1 so I missed it. Bummer. Since I was in a supernatural mood (does that exist?), I thought I might head up to (where else?) Salem and go to a ghost museum. Alas, it closes at 5 and I am sitting in front of my computer at the moment, so it doesn’t look like that’s my new thing for today. Anyway, I am trying to think of a new thing to do for today, and I’ll definitely come up with one so stay tuned.

Brianna, this one’s for you. haha

I went to yoga again this evening (I may become a regular.) You may remember that I could not figure out this Eagle pose. I finally got it! Something about the way the arms and hands come together made no sense to me, but I tried it in front of the mirror and I got it down.