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georion23feeling energetic even though i didn't go to bed till 5am again. and i've been all kinds of productive today.
finished my lpsc abstract and sent it off to ron greeley and tom sharp for review. ron said it looks great; still waiting on tom. tom was happy when i told him amy and i reserved our room at the conference center back in novmeber. they fill up really quickly and it's a major hassle if you don't stay there and have to arrange travel to and from your hotel room. ron and i might turn this into a little side project if i've got time, maybe over the summer. could be fun. i have enjoyed the project so far. would be cool to turn it into a real paper. went shopping and got some stuff from target. got some racquetballs and bounced one around my kitchen with my racquet for awhile. wish my back was better so i could go play! and then i got a planner from office max as it appears to be 2006 now and my old planner doesn't quite work anymore. did dishes and cleaned up my desk so i can actually see it now.
lots of cruise stuff today! been coordinating with sara and todd and carnival cruise lines. since todd has been in the military for two years we get a discounted price on our cruise! less than $600 for a 5-night western caribbean cruise! so exciting! and only $200 is needed now. the rest is due by april 25, which is very doable. that's only ~$100/month. no problem. so the plan goes as such:
june 23 - fly to houston and see christi
june 26 - todd and sara drive to houston from austin, pick me up from christi's, we drive down to galveston and depart on our cruise
june 27 - day at sea
june 28 - cozumel, mexico!
june 29 - playa del carmen, mexico
june 30 - day at sea
july 1 - arrive in galveston, drive to austin
july 4 - all kinds of independence day festivities woo!
july 7 - midnight showing of pirates of the caribbean 2!
july 8/9 - fly back to phoenix out of austin
oh man, this is going to be so much fun. it's going to be awesome and i think it's something all three of us need. and we haven't really done anything just the three of us since before chris and i got together so that'll be great too. i can't wait!
so i'm not going to ta mineralogy this time. i'll be ta-ing colloquium instead, which will be nice because it's much less of a time constraint and i'll be able to get more research done. and i won't have the giant mineralogy lab block to worry about when scheduling things. so yay for having the coolest advisor who gets me an awesome ta job and makes sure i've got time for research. he's awesome. i need to go by chili's and get his gift card i'm giving him for watching my cat. he really got me out of a bind.
apple soda. yum.
jorge comes back tomorrow i think, and we'll be hitting this instrument proposal thing pretty hard. it's so cool. can't wait till everyone gets back from guatemala/elsewhere and school starts so we can really get going.
need to go by walgreens and unpack some more. wonder if sarah and i are going out tonight, or if i should cook this ham i bought. hmmm... or todd and i could go see pride and prejudice. so many choices.
summary: been productive, lpsc abstract is done, yay cruise woo, ta-ing colloquium instead of mineralogy, my advisor rocks, i love apple soda, instrument stuff is going to start up again soon yay, time to go. bye
finished my lpsc abstract and sent it off to ron greeley and tom sharp for review. ron said it looks great; still waiting on tom. tom was happy when i told him amy and i reserved our room at the conference center back in novmeber. they fill up really quickly and it's a major hassle if you don't stay there and have to arrange travel to and from your hotel room. ron and i might turn this into a little side project if i've got time, maybe over the summer. could be fun. i have enjoyed the project so far. would be cool to turn it into a real paper. went shopping and got some stuff from target. got some racquetballs and bounced one around my kitchen with my racquet for awhile. wish my back was better so i could go play! and then i got a planner from office max as it appears to be 2006 now and my old planner doesn't quite work anymore. did dishes and cleaned up my desk so i can actually see it now.
lots of cruise stuff today! been coordinating with sara and todd and carnival cruise lines. since todd has been in the military for two years we get a discounted price on our cruise! less than $600 for a 5-night western caribbean cruise! so exciting! and only $200 is needed now. the rest is due by april 25, which is very doable. that's only ~$100/month. no problem. so the plan goes as such:
june 23 - fly to houston and see christi
june 26 - todd and sara drive to houston from austin, pick me up from christi's, we drive down to galveston and depart on our cruise
june 27 - day at sea
june 28 - cozumel, mexico!
june 29 - playa del carmen, mexico
june 30 - day at sea
july 1 - arrive in galveston, drive to austin
july 4 - all kinds of independence day festivities woo!
july 7 - midnight showing of pirates of the caribbean 2!
july 8/9 - fly back to phoenix out of austin
oh man, this is going to be so much fun. it's going to be awesome and i think it's something all three of us need. and we haven't really done anything just the three of us since before chris and i got together so that'll be great too. i can't wait!
so i'm not going to ta mineralogy this time. i'll be ta-ing colloquium instead, which will be nice because it's much less of a time constraint and i'll be able to get more research done. and i won't have the giant mineralogy lab block to worry about when scheduling things. so yay for having the coolest advisor who gets me an awesome ta job and makes sure i've got time for research. he's awesome. i need to go by chili's and get his gift card i'm giving him for watching my cat. he really got me out of a bind.
apple soda. yum.
jorge comes back tomorrow i think, and we'll be hitting this instrument proposal thing pretty hard. it's so cool. can't wait till everyone gets back from guatemala/elsewhere and school starts so we can really get going.
need to go by walgreens and unpack some more. wonder if sarah and i are going out tonight, or if i should cook this ham i bought. hmmm... or todd and i could go see pride and prejudice. so many choices.
summary: been productive, lpsc abstract is done, yay cruise woo, ta-ing colloquium instead of mineralogy, my advisor rocks, i love apple soda, instrument stuff is going to start up again soon yay, time to go. bye
