Geocache Marathon

My dad, sister and brother came up to visit me last weekend. What a treat! My dad brought his new GPS with him so we spent a large part of the weekend looking for geocaches in the Kingston area. It was so much fun! Finding a geocache was one of the activities listed in my 43 Things List so I was happy to be able to cross it off my list. I was looking forward to geocaching for a long time. The best part - not only did we find 1 geocache but 17 of them!! With the help of David and Matt on Saturday and Sunday, we found more geocaches and got to explore parts of Kingston we hadn't seen before.

Here are a few photos from our geocaching weekend. To see more photos, go to my Flickr Page or David's Flickr Page.

Comprehensive Exams (Part A) Are Over!

As many of you know, I've been very busy these last couple months studying for my Ph.D. comprehensive exams. I don't think I've ever been so exhausted and so stressed out in my entire life! Thanks to the help of my family, my friends and my supervisor, I pulled through and came out alive and smiling for the first time in weeks.

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with me over the weekend. It was really great to see you all.

Have You Seen Campus Lately?

Construction began last month on University Avenue and Union Street (see right). The University Avenue reconstruction project is intended to provide a more accessible and more beautiful public street for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles. The roadway will be replaced, the sidewalk will be widened, and a new line of street trees in spacious lawns will re-establish. The project also includes the replacement of water and sewer services and tie-ins to buildings along the street. The tentative completion date is December 2007.

The photo shown below is an artist's rendering of University Avenue south from the corner of Union Street following revitalisation.