Job, school (one class per semester PhD program, but the end is in sight), and life are good! Lots of vacation time mean I plan and take trips. I enjoy sailing, cycling, snorkeling, etc. A little bit of everything in moderation, right? Like sushi and spicy food. I'm looking for someone who is not afraid of trying new things and going to new places. I went scalloping for the first time last summer. I like working on DIY home projects too--the simple ones anyway! You only live once...but live it right and once is enough!

I am thoughtful, easy-going, and happy.

I enjoy traveling and try to do it often. I've been to San Diego, San Francisco, upstate NY, NYC, Boston, DC, Puerto Rico, and all over Florida recently (hmmm, a lot of Staycations apparently). Can you suggest where to go next? When home, I love watching dark clouds and swaying trees in a wind right before a huge thunderstorm.

Foosball and Connect Four. Don't know how it happened, but no one can beat me at those games! Also, watching peas grow in my back yard. It's slightly more exciting than watching the grass grow. However, they are tasty!

Remember as a kid when your teacher told you you could grow up to be anything? Well, I feel like that now in my current job. It's changed 180 degrees recently... and I'm still very good at it!

Books? A book for a class... not much fun. I have enjoyed Bill Bryson, Jhumpa Lahiri, and read The Kite Runner, Middlesex, and The Reader. Music? 70s rock, 80s pop, 90s alternative, trance, punk, bhangra... my tastes vary, but my favorite is ska! Movies? Amélie, Pans Labyrinth, Definitely,Maybe, Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, etc... genre doesn't matter as long as it's good.

1. Friends around the country, which give me excuses to travel to the West Coast, North, South, and beyond!
2. My bicycles, named Matilda and Grace Knight!
3. Warmth - I went to school up north, but now I'm back. Too cold up there with the great lakes effect and all. Brrrr!
4. A Place Of My Own - Where would I be without a place to relax, a place to have a fire in the fireplace (except we live in Florida), a place for home improvements, a place to scheme in landscape design, a place to paint walls, and a place to have a garden. Except I've rented out my house because it makes financial sense.
5. Volunteering, to make our world a better place.
6. NPR.

Life, love, friends, planning future trips. Oh when, oh when, oh when am I going to finish this last degree?

Out with friends... or not!

Your profile is cooler than mine. Sorry, no sarcastic come-backs or too-cool-for-you attitude in this profile.

Your profile is cooler than mine... and it is!