Jump Around

Its game day here in Madison. For a town with a moderate size population, game days still mean a huge swell in the amount of people driving, and more importantly walking though the campus area. The sea of red is pretty enormous, plus today's first game of the season is an evening game (6 PM kickoff), and I'm pretty sure most of the undergrads have been partying since noon. Being the victor of season tickets, I too, am going. I'm meeting some friends and heading over at about 5 to 6. I would have liked to be there earlier, because I like to be ever where earlier, but I guess as a cool grad student, I will have to be semi-late. I got a complaint that I wasn't excited enough about the game. I am excited on the inside, and it will be fun, but not outwardly excited, which is pretty strange, considering I get excited about everything else. Seriously, everything.

This morning I dropped a good $15 at the Farmers market, scooping up Beets, Cauliflower, Green Beans, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Mushrooms, Bok Choy and some other things. Went for a brief 5 mile run, and by the time I was cleaned up, John was back from school. Then, I headed to the apple store where my ipod was pronounced as dead. Apparently running through thunderstorms and sticking your ipod in your sports bra for extended periods of time isn't quite idea. Next I headed to Verizon to get a new battery for my phone. I got the sweetest phone ever, but the battery is slightly less then ideal, so they are ordering me a new one. We then hit up qdoba for my birthday burrito, and as John headed to work, I curled up to some West Wing and took a nap. An amazing nap that still has me slightly sleepy. Football awesomeness tonight, and a good nights sleep.

Taste of Madison is tomorrow (well, its all weekend, but I'm going tomorrow). I'm also getting a run in, making some spin workouts, and probably coming in to catch up on some lab work. Sunday John and I both have the day off (I actually don't think grad students get the day off, but I'm taking it anyway). I don't know what the day will involve, probably the zoo, some running, and some amazing time doing nothing (after the lawn gets mowed). Grocery shopping is a must too. Its so crazy how being gone just a few days can throw off everything in my schedule.

I need to update this blog more. Because i really do like the idea of having a log of my grad school years. I'll figure out how to update from my phone, and that might help.

This semester is going to be a doozy, with Crystal Chem, Astrobiology and Science Journalism all making an appearence. Class load will be substantial, as will the amount of research neding to get done, but, if all goes well, I can be defending my masters come May. That would be amazing. AMAZING! Kinda makes me feel less bad about becoming old.