TGIF: Holidays

No overdue paper on deep water formation in the western North Atlantic for last semester's PhysO class is gonna stop us from having a little fun on Thanksgiving day. In about one week there should be a Christmas tree behind us. That's Maria and Ana on the right. Clara and me on the left. Clara turned two a week ago. Happy holidays from the family.

Here in Texas we eat tamales from Christmas. Like on Mars.
They do the same thing there...

Man, I hope it snows. Good luck with final exams, everybody.

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