Back In-YC

As I type this Nikki is finishing her last class of this school year somewhere uptown. I am holding down a bench at some hipster coffee shop in the Lower East side of new york, putting off studying by sending emails and wasting time in general caught in the internet. The last few days have been eventful. Mike and I held a pizza bake at the Norwich Bread Oven on Wednesday with members of our class. The local newspaper stopped by and plastered a dough photo on the front page. Shortly thereafter King Arthur Flour agreed to donate a quarter ton of flour to our project over the next year...

I have also just received word that I'll be awarded some sort of funding for the bit of research I'm helping with in the Plastics Department. PLus, the weather is beautiful and I have no right to complain about anything. So....

Studying

It really isn't that bad. With the test-every-third-week schedule, I get what amounts to a weeklong vacation after each round. So 2 days in the library is worth the next 7 in the spring sun. What am I learning about? Starting to get interesting, let's see:
dozens of bacteria, wound healing, the thalamus, eh never mind, interesting is a relative term. Last trimester I was still stuffing biochemical acronyms into my head.