General Updates

A lot has happened in the last few weeks. To start with, I no longer live with JK. He went away on vacation for about a week, I watched Hershey the dog, and when he came back, I moved out. This was planned, and I gave plenty of headway.

I currently am living in an apartment that's actually in the center of town. It is a little bit less than two miles to get to the base. In fact, I turn right out of my apartment, turn right at the end of the street, and if I keep going straight, I end up on base. Win.

AK finished up school for the year, and came down to live with me. Timing worked out really well there. She finished up her finals and whatnot before the end-end, and I had a meeting to finish up Division II with JM and CJ. I went up to Amherst for my meeting, brought some great beer to celebrate (Three Philosophers. If you haven't tried it, do so). JM and CJ asked me all sorts of questions to gauge the sorts of things I have learned in the last two years. This is, of course, after I had given them a portfolio and retrospective essay. That way, they knew about which things to ask questions.

After the meeting, AK and I drove down to my folks' house. We had some dinner and grabbed a few things that I had not brought down the first time around. In the morning, we drove down to Frederick. And, I, smartypants that I am, went in to work. I had a nuclear extraction to do (I will explain that in more detail in a different post), and it took me about five hours. I had just driven about five hours, and then I worked for five hours. A glutton for punishment.

AK and I went tag saling last weekend. We bought a table, chairs, a microwave, a toaster, and various knick-knacks. Our apartment is starting to look homely.

AK is on the hunt for the elusive "job." She has applied to probably 30 places by now... So far, no dice. But, not all of them have rejected her yet either. If nothing comes, she is planning on volunteering. Probably with the local animal shelter.

I have been falling more and more into a routine. Aside from nuclear extractions that take about five continuous hours, it is mostly hurry up and wait. Right now, I am waiting for a gel electrophoresis (1.5 hours). After that, I do about ten minutes of stuff, and wait another 1.5 hours, etc.