hurrah
i am officially off academic probation! i think i can cushion my GPA a little more too after i get my undergraduate biostats class approved by the track representative, which will hopefully happen because it used to be on the site as an option. YES!!! i might even TA next semester if there are still openings. it was a long and hard process, but i'd like to thank everyone who read about my gripes in the last 3.5 years. now, i just need to cross my fingers and hope that our third review will be a positive one and i can put the paper that's been the bane of my existence for 1.5 years to rest.

other than that we are planning a bike ride around town to see all the lights tonight and my mom's bringing back brazilian rum from sao paolo which is apparently hard to find in the USA so we can make real capirinhas. and i got another edition of Wholphin DVD magazine. just when i thought they'd sunk.

and i've decided that besides focusing on work and passing classes, i should train for another triathlon. the captextri is near my birthday and actually has 3 lengths, so if i don't feel ready for the olympic lenth, i can always register for the sprint which is the same length as the danskin. i really need to learn to breaststroke and do some open water swimming in groups before then though. and i may need to consider getting another bicycle since mine is cute but really heavy.