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Blossoms, Juggling, and Haircuts

Friday evening, Erica and I went to see one of my students juggle at the steps of Hovde Hall. The weather has finally turned nice again, so the blossoms are reappearing. If I just hadn't had a headache, it would've been the perfect evening.

On Thursday, Erica surprised us all with her new haircut. She donated the lopped off part to Locks of Love.

It looks so cute! I couldn't stop taking pictures.

My student, Jon, said the activities started at 8, but when we got there, everyone was still setting up. We just enjoyed the lovely evening by the fountain and watched as people gathered on the steps of Hovde Hall.

Eventually, they started juggling and we moved over to the steps, as well.

(My student is the tall one on the platform.)

Then, as the light died away, they brought out the fire! Here's a math professor:

This fire dancer was my favorite.

Erica had to leave for a History Dept. softball game. I kept planning on leaving after each act, but I couldn't. It was so fascinating! The next act was fire juggling with nine pins!

They even had a man (named Inferno!) lay down on a bed of nails and then the most adorable children stood on top of him. Seriously, it's hard to tell in this picture, but the little boy was wearing a bandana and a cowboy hat and my ovaries started ticking he was so cute.

The show ended with fire-eating, but I didn't take any pictures of that. Needless to say, I was pleased I stayed till the end. Afterwards, I took some pictures of the fountain. They finally turned the fountains back on last Thursday. That made me happy.

This will probably be my last post for a while. My thesis is due in just over a week (on Tuesday, May 1st for those of you who want to send good thoughts - or fruit baskets - my way). I'm going to try and limit my Internet intake. I keep telling myself that I can do it for 9 days, but we'll see.