this weekend we went to the river for plans to cross it and we got this. lyala stepped on the river and it all broke apart!so we are in a little thaw right now. it has been in the positive temps celsius for the past couple of days and is suppose to continue for a week. after that it may freeze again, and i might get my chance to cross the river.
here is another kinda cool pic of the ice.
on other notes. lyala got a deferral at yale for a year! this is really good for us, we can delay going to school for a year to get settled back in the states and raise the baby a little. we still haven't heard from duke on this subject. there is not much reply from duke about it and it is starting to make their program look bad.

i guess i need to start looking for a job in the states. i am going to look in both areas to see what is out there. if anyone reading this has any leads in the research triangle, NC or the New Haven, CT area, let me know!