Almost done...

I'm looking forward to summer for so many reasons.

Even though my astrobiology class was awesome, it will be nice to not have to be in class at 9:30 AM two days a week anymore. I like to maintain a relatively early schedule, but some days, I could really use another hour of sleep. After our mock proposal review on Monday, and a one-page summary (which is nothing, after the paper I just wrote), I'll be done.

I'll be going to Seattle for an astrobiology grad student conference. I'll also be giving a talk there. I'm still waiting to hear about Spain. Hopefully, if I am accepted, I'll be able to go to both things, but I'm not sure if M will let me. He can be kind of weird about giving people time off sometimes. I think it will depend on how much work I can get done in the meantime, but unfortunately these decisions have to be made pretty soon...

I like the warm weather. I like riding my bike to school and not having to wear a jacket.

I look forward to dancing as much as possible, since I won't have much else going on besides lab work.

Right now I have to get as much work done as possible, since I have a week-long training session in a couple of weeks. I haven't reminded M yet. I wanted to get some good data first. This is probably not the best idea, but it's what I'm doing. The timing for this training session could not be worse; I need to try to finish this project before I go to a conference at the end of the month.

And on that note, it's off to work...