researchy
Today, I got to show my boss what I've done so far and he was happy with what I have and even happier this afternoon when I was able to finish some calculations and one of the simulations I've done that fit the experimental data pretty well also had a close T1 (don't ask). So now I am "fiddling" (yes, that's actually what the guy in my lab who is teaching me said) around with the parameters of that fit to try to get it better. The T1 may have been almost right on, but the spectra wasn't that great. We'll see what happens. The calculations I was trying to do froze my comp 3 times yesterday which is part of why they weren't done til this afternoon. And now it looks like my comp may have frozen again while running simulations like it has been for the last few weeks. Maybe it is just tired. But that was exciting to have people say I was doing a good job today, and once this is fit, it will go into a paper, and I will be published in grad school :-).
In other news, I have two windows across from my couch kind of over the kitchen counter and part of the living room. I like to open one of these with a book to cool off my apt. but I guess since it's been so hot, Pika has taken to sitting fully out on the window sill, and even walking over to sit outside the closed window. So, last night she fell off the window sill, down to the grass below. I live in the attic of this house, that was a decent fall. I ran out after grabbing my keys, couldn't find her cause I hadn't brought a flashlight. Came back, stuck Boo in a harness since for some reason I thought she might help me find her sister, and grabbed a flashlight. Pika was under the same bush she had hidden under the last time I took her out to that side of the house with her harness. She came out pretty easily, and then I awkwardly carried them both back inside and gave them treats. That was quite stressful, but thankfully none of us was hurt (I thought I might fall down the stairs in my rush).
Now I have to kill another 40 min or so before heading to swim practice. Stupid swim camps pushed our practice back an hour. Luckily I am feeling much better about my swimming, and so now it makes me happy instead of just exhausted. Maybe I'll actualy read the article I took to group meeting today and talked about (I admitted to only being able to discuss the abstract at the time), it did seem pretty interesting.
In other news, I have two windows across from my couch kind of over the kitchen counter and part of the living room. I like to open one of these with a book to cool off my apt. but I guess since it's been so hot, Pika has taken to sitting fully out on the window sill, and even walking over to sit outside the closed window. So, last night she fell off the window sill, down to the grass below. I live in the attic of this house, that was a decent fall. I ran out after grabbing my keys, couldn't find her cause I hadn't brought a flashlight. Came back, stuck Boo in a harness since for some reason I thought she might help me find her sister, and grabbed a flashlight. Pika was under the same bush she had hidden under the last time I took her out to that side of the house with her harness. She came out pretty easily, and then I awkwardly carried them both back inside and gave them treats. That was quite stressful, but thankfully none of us was hurt (I thought I might fall down the stairs in my rush).
Now I have to kill another 40 min or so before heading to swim practice. Stupid swim camps pushed our practice back an hour. Luckily I am feeling much better about my swimming, and so now it makes me happy instead of just exhausted. Maybe I'll actualy read the article I took to group meeting today and talked about (I admitted to only being able to discuss the abstract at the time), it did seem pretty interesting.