i'm currently in st. louis for the SAA.  i have never had so many fellow MSU people on a flight with me before.  even better it started on the MI flyer shuttle to detroit.  i was with my advisor, another committee member and a fellow grad student.  then at the airport it got even better.  besides the 4 of us we had 3 more grad students, a local ( Read more... )

i'm kind of freaking out right now.  i leave for germany in a week and i feel like i haven't done anything to prepare.  i still have to go through my field stuff to figure out when i need to bring, make a list of what i need to get, submit my NSF grant, and figure out how to pack for 3 weeks in 1 suitcase where i'm essentially packing for 2 ( Read more... )