It's been a busy couple of weeks, and the coming month doesn't promise to let up much. Nina is just finishing up her Geology 101 class down at UNM, which means that after this week she won't have to drive down to Albuquerque and back every day. This should drastically improve her mood and therefore mine. Unfortunately, on account of her professor being a dingus, her final exam is this Saturday, July 3. Which puts it right in the middle of our four-day weekend.

This is a bummer, as we were planning on doing something special on this last holiday weekend before she goes off to Iceland and then to graduate school on August 9th. In order to salvage something out of the weekend, I'm going to go down and hike in the Manzano mountains south of Albuquerque tomorrow (and pick up two county highpoints while I'm there. When Nina gets back from her exam on Saturday afternoon, we're going to pack up the truck and drive to Colorado and climb some mountains there. We're tentatively looking at the Mt. Lincoln group and maybe Quandary Peak as a bonus on Sunday.

On Monday, my friend Luka from MIT will be stopping by as part of his across-the-USA driving tour. Wednesday, Nina's Mom shows up to visit. She will be followed two days later by my parents, sister, brother in law, and new niece. It's going to be a zoo.

So don't be surprised if you don't hear much from me for awhile.