Back in Pittsburgh

Yes, I'm back in Pittsburgh until the end of July... Taking classes, working at the library and doing a bit of research as well. As you may know, it's been a while since I've blogged. Much has changed. Much hasn't. But about that changing part: We didn't go to Florida--scheduling conflicts with Brendin's aunt prevented us from making the journey. Instead, following a brief jaunt to Washington DC, Brendin and Mohammad made the trip to Macungie. From there we took various day trips to Philadelphia, Binghamton (where one can find a road named Harry L Drive and a lecture hall named--how appropriately--Lecture Hall), Reading, and Hershey. We also took in a Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs baseball game where we saw the home team fall 1-0 to the Syracuse Chiefs... and they didn't get on the board until the top of the 9th inning. The highlight of the game was the privilege of seeing TJ Bohn play for the second time in 5 days. He was on the major league club when we saw the Phillies play the Pirates in Pittsburgh the previous friday. Thankfully, the Phillies won that game, though I was the only one in our party of 5 actively rooting for the Phils. I also took in my high school orchestra's concert and had a good time.