Sunday, bloody Sunday.

So today has been a pretty lazy Sunday day: I LOVE it. I woke up pretty early (7AM)ish, made a killer eggs and potato breakfast, took a nice nap when John left for work, made roasted beets, potatoes and carrots with fresh peas for lunch, had some egg salad for dinner, randomly watched some TV, and took a shower. Note the lack of going into the office, going running, or even reading a paper. Aside from the lack of John time, its been a pretty sweet day.

Yesterday afternoon Kate, Andy and I drove to Mt. Horeb which aside from being the Mustard Capital of the world, has a healthy troll population, and some awesome roads for going on a nice long road ride. Although we only did around 30 miles, there were some hills, and it was beautiful out. Very beautiful. Afterwards I headed into lab to run a gel to check the status of the PCR I was up late running on Friday. The results were mixed, with my DSR genes amplifying, some of my DGGE amplifying, and none of my 16s amplifying (I think I forgot to add in the taq). Anyway, I'm excited to head in tomorrow and see if I tweak anything I'll get a better result.

I'll get up early tomorrow, pull and easy 5 miler, and then I want to hit up Yoga at lunchtime. This week is going to be super sweet: Harry Potter finally came out in IMAX, which I've been waiting for, and there will a sweet date sometime near in my future which involves some awesome Potter-ness. Also, two of the coolest people are moving to Massachusetts (stupid east coast), and there is a moving party on Friday. I have a follow up doctors appointment for my thyroid on Thursday, and some serious lab work to get done Monday through Wednesday. Although, I might see about sneaking out to walk around the zoo for a few hours on Tuesday.

I'm getting a little sad about all my new friends leaving. Its pretty hard to adjust into a new place, get everything settled in, and then BAM, people are moving away. Even crazier to me, is the fact that a week from tomorrow marks the one year mark for when John and I moved down here. That single-handedly makes this the shortest year of my life. I mean, I'm sure time has moved in a fairly linear consistent manner, but man, the times just flew by. Makes me worry about how future years are going to speedily progress.

On a side note, I'm trying to take a science and environmental journalism class in the fall. Its pretty writing intense, and its full right now. I contacted the instructor, and I can swing by on the first day of class and see about sneaking into the class. I've been thinking about going into science journalism and outreach, so I'm hoping that this class will give me a great opportunity to get my feet wet and see if I like it.