Fall Semester...

Hi everybody,

So it's been a while. Braden and I are both busy, well into the fall semester. My classes and job and research are going well, and Braden's working at his job and dissertation research. Tsuki is getting into mischief and shedding. None of these things make for really great pictures. At any rate, here are a few shots from the ropes course my department takes the new master's students to every year. (This was in September.) As a GA in the department, I get to go along, too. We did a lot of team building activities and some high ropes stuff. And then there are the obligatory shots of Braden and Tsuki, demonstrating the extent of the excitement around our place recently.

Most of the first-year master's cohort, plus some faculty and Nicole and me (the GAs).

Everyone goes over the spool... (I forget what the background story to this one is)

The infamous "build a bridge across the lava to get your team members to the other side" exercise.

Low ropes team traverse. (We were pretty crappy at this one.)

Some people did the high ropes part of the course.

No, Tsuki--go back.

Braden is multi-tasking.