Day 145: My first crockpot dinner

I decided to try out the crockpot today for the first time. I found a recipe for vegetarian chili that was different than the one I usually make, so I gave it a go. Success!

Day 144: Reading on a Saturday

Although I did laundry, went grocery shopping and attended a dinner party on Saturday, I spent a fair amount of the day reading this. Thanks to H for the recommendation!

Day 143: Welcome

I have been waiting to take a shot of this Yale welcome sign since I arrived. This was taken from the shuttle bus that I take to work, at around 7:50 AM or so.

Day 142: 30 Rock

I forgot what fun it is to go to meetings in the city. Except when it's freezing cold, of course.

Day 141: My office

For my parents, who were very interested to see what my new office looks like.

Day 140: Tea in Boston

My first business trip today was to Boston. It was a long trip and there were a few cups of tea involved. The last one was in a cafe while we were waiting for our last meeting of the day. I'd asked for black tea, and when I looked at the label, I was quite surprised to see it was one of my favourites: Bewley's in Dublin. I have a box of it at home that I'm making my way through, courtesy of the trip to Ireland I took in October with P.

Day 139: My desk is already messy

My Wonder Woman cup looks right at home in my new office. Which, as you can see, is already a bit of a tip. Or at least this part of it is.

Day 138: Snow and ice

We had a big snow storm last night, and this morning it all glistened in the sunlight. Although this looks like you could sink your hand right into the powder, it is actually frozen over. On the walk to campus, I kept breaking into sheets of it on fences and brick walls along the sidewalk.

Day 137: Another present from my sis

I told my family I wanted a crockpot (slow cooker) for Christmas and my sister got me one, but I couldn't carry it back with me on the plane home. So I returned it in Chicago and bought another one here online which we just received yesterday. Here it is! I'm really looking forward to using it soon. Thanks, sister!

Day 136: Lunch at Claire's

It was terribly cold today, but I went out to look at the shops for clothes for work (our shipment of things from the UK is not coming any time soon!) and I stopped to meet S at Claire's for lunch. Claire's is a well-known vegetarian restaurant in New Haven, and happily today they were serving plenty of hot soups. I had the mushroom barley pictured above.