Saturday, April 19, 2014

Day Two Hundred Sixty

Another UT baseball loss today. Come on, Longhorns! You can't start losing when I become emotionally invested in your games. I went with my cousin and his wife though, so even though we lost it was a great afternoon. Josh and Emily, we should probably hang out more. Maybe even go to a game where UT actually wins...that'd be cool.

It was warm enough at the game to indulge in my love of snow cones. They had a station where you add your own flavoring to the shaved ice, and I somehow ended up squirting grape flavoring all over my arm. Awesome. I also learned that if you get a snow cone at a game, you better be ready for the bees to attack. I spent a good five minutes twirling in circles and dodging around to save my cone from a determined bee. I probably looked like a lunatic, but I'm proud to say I was victorious in avoiding the attack.

I am exhausted. Watching my team lose just takes it out of me. On a final note, here's a photo from the game.

Friday, April 18, 2014

Day Two Hundred Fifty Nine

I get to see my cousin Josh and his wife Emily tomorrow! I'm pretty excited.

I also get to grade papers tomorrow. That is not exciting.

Time to sleep.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Day Two Hundred Fifty Eight

I'm fairly certain that almost nothing feels better then a hot shower after sitting for 3 hours at a drizzly baseball game. And UT didn't even win. It was still fun though, and I actually went with someone this time! It was nice to finally have some company in the outfield. And in the spirit of baseball, I got an overpriced bottled water to go with my obscenely expensive chicken strips - which were surprisingly delicious for food that was made under a tent at a college baseball game.

The rest of the day was pretty boring. Class, homework, office hours. I was barely home at all...I left at 8am and didn't get back until 9pm. No wonder the day felt like it lasted forever.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Day Two Hundred Fifty Seven

Another 10 hour day on campus. Thank goodness my desk is right next to a window, or else I would rarely see the outdoors. And thank goodness I keep my desk stocked with snacks, or my stomach would constantly grumble. I'm starting to get the hang of this grad school thing...minus the constant exhaustion part. I'm not sure I'll ever get used to that.

I only have one more week of teaching lab this semester. I keep trying to convince my students that they'll miss me, but I think they're too focused on graduating to even pay attention. Oh well, I remember the feeling vividly. One of my students started getting sassy with me after I almost tripped over his foot, and one of his lab partners looked at him and said, "Dude...she grades your reports." It was funny. And true. Behave, students!

I went to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner with a lab mate of mine. I forgot how much I love that place. Grilled chicken and fresh carrots? Sign me up! On the drive home I saw something that reminded me of when I came to Austin for my recruitment weekend. Behold...side-of-the-road Easter pinatas. When I was for recruitment, they were everywhere along the road. And now that Easter is just a few days away...they have returned in force. I still have no clue what they are or why they're so popular, but it's weird.

Bunny pinatas. Everywhere.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Day Two Hundred Fifty Six

Parking on campus was weirdly difficult today. I knew it'd be a little trickier with a home baseball game, but everything was full. My sheer determination not to pay the $25 to park in the garage led me to an obscure UT parking lot waaay east of campus that I never knew existed before today. It's almost in a residential neighborhood. It was bizarre, but it was also free with a permit, so I gladly took one of the open spots.

One of the best parts of today was realizing that 4 out of the 6 members of our lab were wearing flannel plaid shirts today (I was one of the plaid wearers). It was such a happy accident. It led to a conversation about how we should take a new research group photo where we're all wearing plaid shirts...and possibly make the photo a lumberjack theme with axes and logs. For some reason, I don't think my advisor would go for this, but it's fun to think of.

Tomorrow is my early day. Nothing helps you wake up like morning traffic. Oh wait...that's not true at all.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Day Two Hundred Fifty Four

This weekend was lame. All I did was sit in the apartment and work on homework and grading. The vital stuff for tomorrow is done though, so that's good. Can we just jump to two weeks from now, when I'm done teaching for the semester and the classes I'm taking are almost over? That'd be super.

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Day Two Hundred Fifty Three

Today I sat on my butt all day and did homework. Tomorrow will be more of the same, with a little grading sprinkled in. Just living the dream.