I'm happy!
Yep.
Soon I'll be going to the beach with Chris and his family! Yay! And then when I get back, I'm housesitting for a couple days and I'm off to the beach again.
I've decided to go to Mississippi State and do the 7 year DVM/PhD program. I'm doing an equine study that involves proteomics, and if you want to know more, call me because I don't feel like typing about it now (I'm sure I'll be doing enough of that the next few years). However, today I got a phone call from my PhD mentor and she told me that she's picked up a peripheral project for me to do that involves sequencing and distinguishing the differences in the genomes of two types of phenotypically identical gorillas. That way when mothers are poached and babies are rehabilitated, we can run an assay and determine what type they are for future breeding/replacement, etc. She told me they've already made several zoo contacts (and in fact I may be going to take blood samples from the Atlanta zoo's family of gorillas in a couple weeks)! This means that I get the exotic animal experience I've always wanted! She told me she'd keep working on stuff with exotics if I just promised to do her equine study as well, since she's getting the grant money for it and has to do it. It's great. She's awesome and the next seven years are going to rock! Now to find somewhere to live...
Chris is looking for jobs in Columbia, Charlotte, and now some in Mississippi out of resignation and also out of excitement (hopefully). I'm definitely excited about it.
I hung out with some new friends the other day and that was a lot of fun. :) I'm going to Clemson tomorrow to hang out with Sam, Mike, and maybe Chris! I have a traffic court appearance to make because of an unfortunate speeding ticket. Can't wait. We're also going downtown! YAY!
So I'm just happy right now! I can't wait! Life is great.
I have a lot to do, so I'm going to go do some of that.
Soon I'll be going to the beach with Chris and his family! Yay! And then when I get back, I'm housesitting for a couple days and I'm off to the beach again.
I've decided to go to Mississippi State and do the 7 year DVM/PhD program. I'm doing an equine study that involves proteomics, and if you want to know more, call me because I don't feel like typing about it now (I'm sure I'll be doing enough of that the next few years). However, today I got a phone call from my PhD mentor and she told me that she's picked up a peripheral project for me to do that involves sequencing and distinguishing the differences in the genomes of two types of phenotypically identical gorillas. That way when mothers are poached and babies are rehabilitated, we can run an assay and determine what type they are for future breeding/replacement, etc. She told me they've already made several zoo contacts (and in fact I may be going to take blood samples from the Atlanta zoo's family of gorillas in a couple weeks)! This means that I get the exotic animal experience I've always wanted! She told me she'd keep working on stuff with exotics if I just promised to do her equine study as well, since she's getting the grant money for it and has to do it. It's great. She's awesome and the next seven years are going to rock! Now to find somewhere to live...
Chris is looking for jobs in Columbia, Charlotte, and now some in Mississippi out of resignation and also out of excitement (hopefully). I'm definitely excited about it.
I hung out with some new friends the other day and that was a lot of fun. :) I'm going to Clemson tomorrow to hang out with Sam, Mike, and maybe Chris! I have a traffic court appearance to make because of an unfortunate speeding ticket. Can't wait. We're also going downtown! YAY!
So I'm just happy right now! I can't wait! Life is great.
I have a lot to do, so I'm going to go do some of that.