The front of our building
A plug in for block heaters in cars as many of the cars are diesel 
So we bought my plant last night, it is a Phalaenopsis orchid. It was my Birthday present and will be my "pet" while we are in Finland. We did not want to have to deal with a dog, especially not getting it back home. We also could not be mean enough to flush a fish down the toilet once we left. So, I settled on a plant; mainly because we will not feel bad about throwing it away when we leave and it is cheap to maintain.
I do however have a slight dilemma, I do not know what to name my plant. I would appreciate suggestions. My email address is listed on my profile and you can email names to me and I will pick one from the list.
On a different note, I went to register for classes today and found out that I just need to activate my student account to do so. I tried to do this but one section in the process is messing up so I will have to try later today or tomorrow. I hope to start my first class next week. It will be a Literature review course on Organic Food and Farming. I am working on free-range pork production as part of my Master's and this will allow me to get more than one use out of the Literature review I have to do anyway. Classes end on December 20 for this quarter and start back in mid January. I hope to take three classes during the 3rd quarter in January and one class during the 4th quarter in March. The last quarter ends two days before we leave but my class is online so I can finish a week or two in advance. I hope to get all of this worked out in the next week or so.
