A couple of crazy days
Thursday: Ernie's Birthday!
Thursday was pretty crazy. I was in the lab most of the day. Started around 9:30 working on my own with the machine for a while, then Dr. Driscoll came down and helped me out for a while... eventually we realized we should eat lunch so he took me to the Faculty Club dining place. Was very very tasty. Kinda cool. Then we came back and played with the machine more and finished up the day with some coding. Went home around 5:30 to meet up with everyone for dinner.
We were going out to dinner for Ernie's Birthday. We let him pick where he wanted to go, so we ended up at PF Changs. It was pretty awesome. We ordered like eight or nine dishes and shared everything. It was pretty awesome. There were only ten of us there, but still, it was pretty awesome. After we went back and ate the amazing cupcake cake i'd made ernie. Was pretty awesome. Then there was some hanging out and guitars were played. After a while, people disappeared and we did some swing dance in the guys appt. Might have a few extra people to take out next week. Then we walked around campus and saw the singing tree. (a tree that plays music). It was kinda spooky cause it was dark and couldn't really tell what was going on with the tree.
Friday: Fourth of July!
I had the day off today, so i slept in till around 11:30. After i got up i met up with Erica and Richard who were headed over to meet Averi and Ernie at the beach. We then met Brandi and Stephanie on the way over and finally got down to the beach to hang out after a very long walk. It was really crowded, but very fun. We went all the way in and played in the waves for a while. Part of the beach was designated for surfers and the other part for swimmers. The swimmers side was very crowded. But oh well. We played frisbee for a while, and then i sat and wrote a bit on my story. We headed back to the dorms around 4 and showered and ate a small dinner.
Then nicole drove me to Dr. O'Neil's house (one of the other professors in my group) and i stayed there for about two hours talking to people and making friends. Then after that nicole picked me up and dropped me off with everyone else at the beach and she went off to see her family. Those of us at the beach watched the fireworks from the beach, which was pretty awesome. Then we started our long trek back.
We had determined to take the bus back, so we got to the stop at 9:30 and waited. By 10 the bus hadn't come yet, and we'd seen two buses go by in the other direction. So we were concerned. There were a lot of drunk people waiting at the bus stop and there was a fight that almost broke out between two of the guys. Crazy. Eventually Averi, Erica and Melissa got sick of waiting and decided to start walking up the hill because they didn't want to wait for the bus any more. So they left me, Ernie and Stephanie to wait for the bus in case it came so they could grab the next stop. The three of us waited and waited. By 10:30 one bus had come by but was full and said another was on the way. Around 10:45 Erica called and said that they had caught the full bus at a later stop and had managed to get back and Averi was coming back for us in her car. We finally got back close to 11:15 and then gave up and called it a night cause all of us were too tired to do much else.
That's all for now. We're planning on going and seeing two movies tomorrow, which will be interesting. Hancock and Wall-e. So, we'll see what happens.
Thursday was pretty crazy. I was in the lab most of the day. Started around 9:30 working on my own with the machine for a while, then Dr. Driscoll came down and helped me out for a while... eventually we realized we should eat lunch so he took me to the Faculty Club dining place. Was very very tasty. Kinda cool. Then we came back and played with the machine more and finished up the day with some coding. Went home around 5:30 to meet up with everyone for dinner.
We were going out to dinner for Ernie's Birthday. We let him pick where he wanted to go, so we ended up at PF Changs. It was pretty awesome. We ordered like eight or nine dishes and shared everything. It was pretty awesome. There were only ten of us there, but still, it was pretty awesome. After we went back and ate the amazing cupcake cake i'd made ernie. Was pretty awesome. Then there was some hanging out and guitars were played. After a while, people disappeared and we did some swing dance in the guys appt. Might have a few extra people to take out next week. Then we walked around campus and saw the singing tree. (a tree that plays music). It was kinda spooky cause it was dark and couldn't really tell what was going on with the tree.
Friday: Fourth of July!
I had the day off today, so i slept in till around 11:30. After i got up i met up with Erica and Richard who were headed over to meet Averi and Ernie at the beach. We then met Brandi and Stephanie on the way over and finally got down to the beach to hang out after a very long walk. It was really crowded, but very fun. We went all the way in and played in the waves for a while. Part of the beach was designated for surfers and the other part for swimmers. The swimmers side was very crowded. But oh well. We played frisbee for a while, and then i sat and wrote a bit on my story. We headed back to the dorms around 4 and showered and ate a small dinner.
Then nicole drove me to Dr. O'Neil's house (one of the other professors in my group) and i stayed there for about two hours talking to people and making friends. Then after that nicole picked me up and dropped me off with everyone else at the beach and she went off to see her family. Those of us at the beach watched the fireworks from the beach, which was pretty awesome. Then we started our long trek back.
We had determined to take the bus back, so we got to the stop at 9:30 and waited. By 10 the bus hadn't come yet, and we'd seen two buses go by in the other direction. So we were concerned. There were a lot of drunk people waiting at the bus stop and there was a fight that almost broke out between two of the guys. Crazy. Eventually Averi, Erica and Melissa got sick of waiting and decided to start walking up the hill because they didn't want to wait for the bus any more. So they left me, Ernie and Stephanie to wait for the bus in case it came so they could grab the next stop. The three of us waited and waited. By 10:30 one bus had come by but was full and said another was on the way. Around 10:45 Erica called and said that they had caught the full bus at a later stop and had managed to get back and Averi was coming back for us in her car. We finally got back close to 11:15 and then gave up and called it a night cause all of us were too tired to do much else.
That's all for now. We're planning on going and seeing two movies tomorrow, which will be interesting. Hancock and Wall-e. So, we'll see what happens.