Lab Time Is Fun.......

I was at the lab from 1-8 today. I feel like I got a lot done. It's nice to feel productive. I read all the dissertations that were relevant and looked up more articles online to read later. I read some of Gilgamesh during my break from research. Jaime and Lesley were at the lab for most of the afternoon also, which is funny because I got the prize yesterday for being at the lab all the time. It was a skeleton hair clip (AWESOME!). I wore it all evening yesterday. I'll have to go to bed now. Katie laid down a little earlier, and I don't want to wake her up.

Notre Dame

I've been at ND for quite a while now. I passed the lab practical with an A. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be; though there were several things I would have gotten right if I had had 10 minutes rather than 8.
I spent the weekend with my cousin Brad. He showed me his blueberry farms, my uncle's tombstone, and some Indian mounds. We had a lot of fun. I love hanging out with him and Asher, his dog. That dog has more energy than any I've ever seen. It made me miss Monk.
Amber and I chose to do the lumbar vertebrae project. We'll be studying osteophyte and syndesmophyte. We've been making our methodology all this week. I think we've had way too much time to ponder and get bored. Thankfully, I have been finding articles on other things and saving them. That's what we'll be reading for the next few days as well as the articles for the guest scientist, Dr. Clark Spencer Larsen.
I think I'll take a bit of a nap. My head has been hurting all afternoon.

Vacation

I'm going to Phoenix, AZ on Thursday for a wedding. I'm hoping I can figure something out to do for the 3 extra days I'll be staying in Phoenix. It's the wedding of a couple friends I met on my trip to Egypt last summer. I'm kind of amazed at how quickly they've decided to get married, but then again we were joking that they'd be married and having babies while the rest of us wouldn't even know each other.
I've been really busy, and to be honest I don't have time to take a vacation. I've gotten a few things done, but not nearly what I need to. I have a lot of books I'd like to read this summer. I just need to buy them. I'm hoping I have some spare time while I'm in Notre Dame to get my reading done.

New Blog

I'm starting a new blog. This will be mostly a blog about my research and readings. If you're interested in the environment or anthropology, this is the place for you. I'll be reviewing articles and books, as well as describing my first experiences in the field.