I am really demotivated today
Summer update:
- I have been doing a lot of research out at my lab this summer so far which was expected and seems to be going relatively smoothly. The only thing that sucks is the one instrument that does cell parameter determination in the diamond anvil cell is quite popular right now, so I really need to budget time. We have six cells and all are being used by me, Jing and Elinor. One of my cells is about to finish up soon and I just loaded another yesterday with a new sample. I am having a bit of trouble trying to find a good crystal of An20 for the cell that is about to finish up, but there is still some time for me to do so. I also will be starting a manuscript to publish in the fall and write an abstract for GSA. I will probably do that before I leave to get married in July so then I can see where I am at with my experiments.
- I am getting married in 2 months! It is kind of crazy, but I am really excited. It's a good thing that my parents and Andrew's parents are being so helpful because I really doubt we would be able to make it possible this summer otherwise. Andrew and I will be traveling back to MI on June 5th-10th. It will be nice to get out of B-Burg for awhile and to NOT think about research for a bit. I am kind of looking forward to wearing my dress, getting my hair and face done and all that girly jazz. I guess it is because I really don't do it often at all and it makes me feel kind of special. My mom set up an appointment to have my face professionally done which I have never done before so that should be interesting. I am also SUPER stoked for Mackinaw Island! Sigh...it just can't come soon enough!
- I got a new bike on Monday that Andrew bought me for my early B-day present. My other bike I got when I was 10. I like it so far, but the gears kind of shift weird, so I might take it back to the store to have someone look at it. Other than that, no real problems so far. I want to do the Huckleberry Trail soon which is a really pretty trail from Blacksburg to Christiansburg and is about 8 miles. I rode my bike to school today. I am not sure I want to ride it to my lab just yet because there is a pretty big hill. I would have tried today, but I am pretty sore from working out yesterday.
- The only real miff I have about here is the fact that hockey can be hard to come by on TV sometimes. I feel kind of deprived =(. Andrew and I went to Champs (not the chain restaurant, a local place) yesterday to watch the wings game which was kind of fun. They have good TV's there and I really like it when the undergrads are gone.
Ummm. Yeah, thats all I have. I guess I will try to do work now. Mer.
- I have been doing a lot of research out at my lab this summer so far which was expected and seems to be going relatively smoothly. The only thing that sucks is the one instrument that does cell parameter determination in the diamond anvil cell is quite popular right now, so I really need to budget time. We have six cells and all are being used by me, Jing and Elinor. One of my cells is about to finish up soon and I just loaded another yesterday with a new sample. I am having a bit of trouble trying to find a good crystal of An20 for the cell that is about to finish up, but there is still some time for me to do so. I also will be starting a manuscript to publish in the fall and write an abstract for GSA. I will probably do that before I leave to get married in July so then I can see where I am at with my experiments.
- I am getting married in 2 months! It is kind of crazy, but I am really excited. It's a good thing that my parents and Andrew's parents are being so helpful because I really doubt we would be able to make it possible this summer otherwise. Andrew and I will be traveling back to MI on June 5th-10th. It will be nice to get out of B-Burg for awhile and to NOT think about research for a bit. I am kind of looking forward to wearing my dress, getting my hair and face done and all that girly jazz. I guess it is because I really don't do it often at all and it makes me feel kind of special. My mom set up an appointment to have my face professionally done which I have never done before so that should be interesting. I am also SUPER stoked for Mackinaw Island! Sigh...it just can't come soon enough!
- I got a new bike on Monday that Andrew bought me for my early B-day present. My other bike I got when I was 10. I like it so far, but the gears kind of shift weird, so I might take it back to the store to have someone look at it. Other than that, no real problems so far. I want to do the Huckleberry Trail soon which is a really pretty trail from Blacksburg to Christiansburg and is about 8 miles. I rode my bike to school today. I am not sure I want to ride it to my lab just yet because there is a pretty big hill. I would have tried today, but I am pretty sore from working out yesterday.
- The only real miff I have about here is the fact that hockey can be hard to come by on TV sometimes. I feel kind of deprived =(. Andrew and I went to Champs (not the chain restaurant, a local place) yesterday to watch the wings game which was kind of fun. They have good TV's there and I really like it when the undergrads are gone.
Ummm. Yeah, thats all I have. I guess I will try to do work now. Mer.