Summer is Wrapping Up

As the title suggests, the end of my summer research experience is drawing near.  I have a week and a half left in the office and then I begin Graduate orientation and training.  I'm getting impatient, but I think it's just because I effing LOVE school, so I'm getting pumped to be in classes again.  I'm fairly confident on what I want to do in grad school, but per everyone's advice, I will shop around just to be sure.

I'm moving twice in the next two weeks, but then I can finally settle in.  I just found out that my room at my apartment has the biggest closet.  It's not like I have a ton of clothes, but I am going to appreciate the storage space.  I think I'm going to get a periodic table shower curtain like this:

Why not?

I have to say that over the last month I've grown fond of Kimmie Jin.  My new English-speaking roommate brought two chihuahuas with her and they are IN LOVE with Kimmie Jin.  Last night he sat in the living room with me, cuddling the smaller dog, and he literally giggled the whole time.  It was adorable.  He even started to talk to me more in mostly understandable English.  I won't really miss that apartment though.  I don't really like living with dogs, no matter how cute they are.  Just because I think this is funny, here's a shot of me and the bigger chihuahua:

From there, I go to live with one of the guys in my group for two weeks.  He's got a nice house and CATS!  He also has the entire Ender Wiggins series by Orson Scott Card, so I'm pretty pumped to have access to those as well.

I actually have been crocheting a lot lately, but only on one project.  I'm bound and determined to use up my yarn and the blanket that I'm almost done with is helping tremendously. Here is a picture I took a few nights ago, just to give you an idea.

I'm imagining that I will be done with it in the next week.  I only have one more stripe to complete, plus a border.  I'm debating on whether I want to keep it for myself or give it to my niece.  I think she would like the colors, but it's big and nice and I like it!

As always, thanks for reading.

Cheers

Granny Square Goodness Preview

Just thought I would drop in and give you a picture of my latest project.  I don't have great light in my room, but here is a preview.

Bunnies! Bunnies It Must Be Bunnies!

...or maybe midgets!  There was my Buffy reference for Megan.  I've never seen so many bunnies in my whole life.  It's ridiculous how many bunnies exist in this city.  I'm not complaining, I love me some bunnies, but seriously.   The sunsets are pretty good, too.  I've made it a ritual to take a drive down this road that's all fields and watch the sunset.  The colors I've witnessed just put a smile on your face, they're that good.

Last week, Megan was here.  There isn't much to do in Ames, so the foodies we are, we checked out a number of popular restaurants.  We weren't disappointed.  It was nice just spending time together.

Work is pretty much the same.  I'm still reading a lot, but I've started working on the computer a little.

As far as my crafts go, I started a new blanket.  I'm hoping the yarn that I have will get me to a reasonably sized blanket, but only time will tell.  It's a multi-size granny square blanket.  I'll post pictures eventually, but I'm only done with about a quarter of my original design.  I've learned that graph paper is great for designing crochet patterns.

As always, thanks for reading.