Invisible Stephanie

This is Stephanie, also known in some circles as "Mr. Ed." Stephanie had been dreaming of going to Israel for five years, ever since Dr. Schuler first started going, well, five years ago... I met Stephanie through mutual friends (Andy Jones, Matt Griepentrog, Aaron Gerkhe and Greg Holz) during my freshman year. We hung out and had fun, but then Sophomore year she was on internship in Hawaii. Last year she returned to CSP, and, I will have to admit this now, for a very short (and I mean very short time Steph) I actually forgot who she was?! Ok, just kidding, I didn't really forget who she was, I mean who could forget Stephanie? Well, apparently as evidenced by the trip, a lot of people!
You see, whilst in the midst of Israeli adventures Andrea, Jessica and I (you see, I forgot Stephanie even right there?!) formed a bond of friendship which some could even call annoying. (Just ask them about dinner the first night at the youth hostel in Jerusalem, we laughed and laughed and laughed to the point that Dr. Schuler, the next night, said, "I would invite you to use your inside voices at dinner this evening" Ok, that's not exactly what he said, but it was something along those lines. So, the next night we decided that we would behave ourselves. This meant sitting up straight, talking about the weather and the economy and drinking our water with our pinkys in the air.) Getting on with the story, it got to the point where whenever anything happened in which the four of us were involved Andrea would either get the blame, or the credit, depending upon the circumstances. Eventually, along these same lines, Stephanie was almost completely left out of the mix! For example, Stephanie AND Andrea were involved in the "writing" of the Waterbreak Song (see Andrea's Blog). However, Andrea ultimately got the credit for this. In the same vain, Andrea was blamed for our apparently loud and disturbing antics at dinner the first night at the hostel. In reality, we were all to blame (some more than others). Finally, Stephanie emailed us this morning in regards to a comment made in Rhoda's blog. Rhoda states that Jessica wore Nancy's tiara that night at the pub, in reality, it was Stephanie who did so.
So, here we see the unfortunate outcome of being a sweet, kind and gentle person such as Stephanie. No matter how hard you try you can't get blamed for anything! Keep up the good work, this skill may come in handy some day. As long as people like Andrea are around to take the blame that is.

Pictures of the day:














Saying goodbye to Hippos - Saturday of evacuation.














Independence Hall in Philadelphia (duh...)















Carpenters' Hall - First Continental Congress

Food For Thought:
How many archaeologists does it take to change a lightbulb?