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Ahh, today has been kind of awesome, and I'm only an hour and a half into it. :)
First off, 'cause today is the second day of freshman orientation, my advisor had freshmen to counsel, so I got a "day off" from research. I'm not totally off the hook, I still had reading assigned to me. But, I already did it, and him cancelling the meeting gave me the chance to sleep until 11 AM today.
Now, I've been spending my time drinking coffee, listening to Eisley, and generally bumming around. It's kinda awesome.
All the same, I miss being able to visit my friends at a moment's notice (BILLEH and Jackie :) ), and I miss my family and my animals, and (even though he's only 45 mins away and I see him every weekend) Morgan. GAH.
I've been frustratingly shy again since I've been here, it's kind of sad. When I was back in my spring assignment, I was all alone and I really wanted to be near people. Yet now that I'm in my summer housing and there are people all around, I can't even bring myself to talk to my roommate. Who seems perfectly sweet, by the way. An adorable and eerily intelligent "Christian school girl " type, really. I'm sure we'd get along great if I could fucking SPEAK. But I have more chances to socialize coming up, tonight is an "ice cream social" in the lounge. I'm going, if only to get sweet yumminess in my tumminess. Lols.
As for the research though, things are going pretty awesomely. It took awhile, but I finally feel confident in what I'm doing, and it's pretty damn interesting, really. It's essentially playing atomic billiards. The experiment is approaching fast, I'm going to Michigan... a week from today? Maybe a little sooner? I don't remember whether we leave the 9th or the 10th. Hah.
That's about it I guess.
First off, 'cause today is the second day of freshman orientation, my advisor had freshmen to counsel, so I got a "day off" from research. I'm not totally off the hook, I still had reading assigned to me. But, I already did it, and him cancelling the meeting gave me the chance to sleep until 11 AM today.
Now, I've been spending my time drinking coffee, listening to Eisley, and generally bumming around. It's kinda awesome.
All the same, I miss being able to visit my friends at a moment's notice (BILLEH and Jackie :) ), and I miss my family and my animals, and (even though he's only 45 mins away and I see him every weekend) Morgan. GAH.
I've been frustratingly shy again since I've been here, it's kind of sad. When I was back in my spring assignment, I was all alone and I really wanted to be near people. Yet now that I'm in my summer housing and there are people all around, I can't even bring myself to talk to my roommate. Who seems perfectly sweet, by the way. An adorable and eerily intelligent "Christian school girl " type, really. I'm sure we'd get along great if I could fucking SPEAK. But I have more chances to socialize coming up, tonight is an "ice cream social" in the lounge. I'm going, if only to get sweet yumminess in my tumminess. Lols.
As for the research though, things are going pretty awesomely. It took awhile, but I finally feel confident in what I'm doing, and it's pretty damn interesting, really. It's essentially playing atomic billiards. The experiment is approaching fast, I'm going to Michigan... a week from today? Maybe a little sooner? I don't remember whether we leave the 9th or the 10th. Hah.
That's about it I guess.