To anyone who has ever wondered what Katsu does (not that this will clear it up for most general folks out there, but at least you can see what he does for a 8 or so hours a day) or if you just want to see cute pictures of Katsu as a scientist in his white lab coat, check out the web page for his lab:
http://www.kines.umich.edu/research/cxr/mbl.html
Monday, June 26, 2006
Friday, June 23, 2006
On Where to Live
We have some friends who could theoretically live anywhere in the country. As a nurse, he could find a good job in most any city he desired. Of course, that makes for a lot of choices ... and the more choices, the poorer decision you make and the more difficult it is to make that decision.
So, here is a list of states we would like to live in, would not like to live in, and neutral/unsure. Of course, I have no idea how much choice we'll really have in the matter ... so, we'll see.
Good list - Colorado, Conneticut, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington
Bad list - Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennesee, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
? list - Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah
Major concerns - I don't want to live anywhere completely desolate (North Dakota or Wyoming, for example). I would prefer not to live somewhere really hot (though Katsu loves Disney World, so I put Florida on the list). I don't want to live somewhere ridiculously expensive (like California ), I would also prefer to live somewhere with 4 seasons which is why I just can't put Texas on the yes list even though I want to live close to family.
Of course, just watch - we'll live in everyone state on the "bad" list.
So, here is a list of states we would like to live in, would not like to live in, and neutral/unsure. Of course, I have no idea how much choice we'll really have in the matter ... so, we'll see.
Good list - Colorado, Conneticut, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington
Bad list - Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennesee, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
? list - Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah
Major concerns - I don't want to live anywhere completely desolate (North Dakota or Wyoming, for example). I would prefer not to live somewhere really hot (though Katsu loves Disney World, so I put Florida on the list). I don't want to live somewhere ridiculously expensive (like California ), I would also prefer to live somewhere with 4 seasons which is why I just can't put Texas on the yes list even though I want to live close to family.
Of course, just watch - we'll live in everyone state on the "bad" list.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Confession – I didn’t go to BYU and I turned out okay.
In fact, I even got married to a nice returned missionary after three years of college. And (here’s the shocker) I still go to church, every week, in fact, and hold callings and read my scriptures and do all that good Mormon stuff.
Now, doesn’t that sound ridiculous? And yet, as my little sister graduated from high school this year and she goes through the same battle I went through (and after reading this post click here …), I decided to reflect back on my senior year.
I did not want to apply for the Ivies – I thought they were over-prestiged and over-priced and I thought it was silly all the articles about how “My daughter just has to get into Brown or she will die”. So, I didn’t. I thought about MIT, but after seeing their lack of academic or non-need based scholarships, it was out, too. See, practical senior that I was – I saw no sense in spending lots of money or loans to go to these schools when cheap schools were just around the corner. I lived in Texas, for goodness sake, with some of the best public universities around.
I also didn’t want to be crazy and apply to 15 or 20 schools, so I applied to 5 – BYU, University of Texas – Austin, University of Texas – Dallas, Texas A&M, and Northeastern University. The last was completely random. They had sent me the world’s easiest application – fill in test scores & GPA & name & one paragraph … just one page long – and it had no application fee. Plus, it was in Boston where I had always wanted to live. But otherwise, they were all pretty much practical choices.
I visited each school. I went to special programs at all but Northeastern, often especially for engineers because I wanted to be an engineer. UTD was out – I just wasn’t positive that I wanted to be an electrical engineer and the choices of major were slim pickings and too close to home. UTA was huge … and while Austin was beautiful, even our student guides admitted it was hard to make friends and kind of isolating. BYU was similarly huge and the campus seemed bewildering to me. In addition, the engineering program seemed very non-user friendly … the flow charts just to figure out what classes to take looked like they would require a PhD to figure out. And they couldn’t even get enough girls to fill the spots at the little honors visiting program for engineers I went to. I really enjoyed A&M – very friendly, very good engineering program, they definitely tried to “wine and dine” me in, good co-operative education (interships) program. And Northeastern was great – fun, in the city, and great engineering program with the country’s best co-op program. (I had decided that just in case I got married and had kids right off like my parents it was essential that I get internships while I was in school so I got some real world experience).
Luckily, I got scholarships at each school. The amounts varied a bit – tuition was covered at all of them. Room & board was covered at all but BYU (though A&M’s scholarship system was a mess to figure out). And UTD would have even given my monthly checks for living expenses. I had it made. And after a long decision between Northeastern and A&M, I finally chose Northeastern because I wanted to take the chance to live in a big city in another part of the country. I couldn’t bear the thought of spending the rest of my days burning up in Texas.
So, all in all, I have to say that I made a pretty informed decision. And not to worry, I considered the church aspect as well. I checked out the institute programs at all the respective schools. That was a clear factor against UTD because there just weren’t enough LDS young adults in Dallas with good futures in my opinion. The rest seemed very good. In Boston, my Dad and I even attended an Institute event and took a tour with another fellow Northeastern LDS sister. I figured that everywhere but Dallas I would have an opportunity to meet & hang out with other LDS people.
Then, the preaching, the harassing, and the haranguing began. My ward just couldn’t get over my decision. Each school I was considering (except BYU) was a “party school”. I would never meet anyone, never get married, and would fall away from the church. People told me over and over again what a bad decision it was. My friend (who also attended an East Coast school) and I were badgered about it constantly. Why weren’t we going to “the Lord’s university”? Some people specifically told me they were appalled that I wasn’t going to accept my scholarship. That I had, therefore, stolen that money away from other deserving students who would now not be able to attend BYU. Now, keep in mind, that I did call BYU and explain that I would not be attending and that they could give the money to another deserving student. But BYU, unfortunately, couldn’t actually record that decision or do anything with the money until I didn’t enroll in the fall.
Overall, I think I had a good experience at Northeastern University. I enjoyed my college years (which are still continuing in graduate students here in the great state of Michigan). I was very very happy with the academic program at Northeastern. Socially, it was somewhat difficult at school as I did not want to go clubbing, drinking, etc. every night which was a main event. But I had friends at school. And I had tons of friends at church. I worked internships for 18 months while I was there and got valuable experience at Tek Microsystems and Sun Microsystems and made upwards of $20/hr. I had great friends at church who roamed the city of Boston with me, a city I grew to love. I attended dozens of Institute classes, graduating from Institute several times over in four and a half years. I even met a great man at Boston University and married him. It was a great experience for me.
I don’t think BYU is a bad school. I don’t hate Utah. I think there are plusses and minuses to all schools. I have good friends who went to BYU and I have good friends who didn’t. I saw friends go inactive or do sinful things that went to BYU and who didn’t.
I do, however, have a problem with members who think that BYU is the only right school, with BYU-Idaho and BYU-Hawaii and, unfortunately, sometimes even UVSC a close second, and all the rest of the schools not even in the running. In an age when not everyone can go to BYU, when BYU is pruning its majors and does not offer everyone’s desired major, and when there are other good universities with good environments, good people, and good institutes, then people should let others make their own decision without ridiculous heckling and harassing. Even when meant to be good natured, it is not appropriate.
Too often, whether in choosing a college or a career or other major or minor life decisions, people try to force other people to do what they think is right. And in the end, it doesn’t make anyone happy. So, for all you Mormons out there – let people choose their own college, BYU or another other good option. Why not? I survived.
Now, doesn’t that sound ridiculous? And yet, as my little sister graduated from high school this year and she goes through the same battle I went through (and after reading this post click here …), I decided to reflect back on my senior year.
I did not want to apply for the Ivies – I thought they were over-prestiged and over-priced and I thought it was silly all the articles about how “My daughter just has to get into Brown or she will die”. So, I didn’t. I thought about MIT, but after seeing their lack of academic or non-need based scholarships, it was out, too. See, practical senior that I was – I saw no sense in spending lots of money or loans to go to these schools when cheap schools were just around the corner. I lived in Texas, for goodness sake, with some of the best public universities around.
I also didn’t want to be crazy and apply to 15 or 20 schools, so I applied to 5 – BYU, University of Texas – Austin, University of Texas – Dallas, Texas A&M, and Northeastern University. The last was completely random. They had sent me the world’s easiest application – fill in test scores & GPA & name & one paragraph … just one page long – and it had no application fee. Plus, it was in Boston where I had always wanted to live. But otherwise, they were all pretty much practical choices.
I visited each school. I went to special programs at all but Northeastern, often especially for engineers because I wanted to be an engineer. UTD was out – I just wasn’t positive that I wanted to be an electrical engineer and the choices of major were slim pickings and too close to home. UTA was huge … and while Austin was beautiful, even our student guides admitted it was hard to make friends and kind of isolating. BYU was similarly huge and the campus seemed bewildering to me. In addition, the engineering program seemed very non-user friendly … the flow charts just to figure out what classes to take looked like they would require a PhD to figure out. And they couldn’t even get enough girls to fill the spots at the little honors visiting program for engineers I went to. I really enjoyed A&M – very friendly, very good engineering program, they definitely tried to “wine and dine” me in, good co-operative education (interships) program. And Northeastern was great – fun, in the city, and great engineering program with the country’s best co-op program. (I had decided that just in case I got married and had kids right off like my parents it was essential that I get internships while I was in school so I got some real world experience).
Luckily, I got scholarships at each school. The amounts varied a bit – tuition was covered at all of them. Room & board was covered at all but BYU (though A&M’s scholarship system was a mess to figure out). And UTD would have even given my monthly checks for living expenses. I had it made. And after a long decision between Northeastern and A&M, I finally chose Northeastern because I wanted to take the chance to live in a big city in another part of the country. I couldn’t bear the thought of spending the rest of my days burning up in Texas.
So, all in all, I have to say that I made a pretty informed decision. And not to worry, I considered the church aspect as well. I checked out the institute programs at all the respective schools. That was a clear factor against UTD because there just weren’t enough LDS young adults in Dallas with good futures in my opinion. The rest seemed very good. In Boston, my Dad and I even attended an Institute event and took a tour with another fellow Northeastern LDS sister. I figured that everywhere but Dallas I would have an opportunity to meet & hang out with other LDS people.
Then, the preaching, the harassing, and the haranguing began. My ward just couldn’t get over my decision. Each school I was considering (except BYU) was a “party school”. I would never meet anyone, never get married, and would fall away from the church. People told me over and over again what a bad decision it was. My friend (who also attended an East Coast school) and I were badgered about it constantly. Why weren’t we going to “the Lord’s university”? Some people specifically told me they were appalled that I wasn’t going to accept my scholarship. That I had, therefore, stolen that money away from other deserving students who would now not be able to attend BYU. Now, keep in mind, that I did call BYU and explain that I would not be attending and that they could give the money to another deserving student. But BYU, unfortunately, couldn’t actually record that decision or do anything with the money until I didn’t enroll in the fall.
Overall, I think I had a good experience at Northeastern University. I enjoyed my college years (which are still continuing in graduate students here in the great state of Michigan). I was very very happy with the academic program at Northeastern. Socially, it was somewhat difficult at school as I did not want to go clubbing, drinking, etc. every night which was a main event. But I had friends at school. And I had tons of friends at church. I worked internships for 18 months while I was there and got valuable experience at Tek Microsystems and Sun Microsystems and made upwards of $20/hr. I had great friends at church who roamed the city of Boston with me, a city I grew to love. I attended dozens of Institute classes, graduating from Institute several times over in four and a half years. I even met a great man at Boston University and married him. It was a great experience for me.
I don’t think BYU is a bad school. I don’t hate Utah. I think there are plusses and minuses to all schools. I have good friends who went to BYU and I have good friends who didn’t. I saw friends go inactive or do sinful things that went to BYU and who didn’t.
I do, however, have a problem with members who think that BYU is the only right school, with BYU-Idaho and BYU-Hawaii and, unfortunately, sometimes even UVSC a close second, and all the rest of the schools not even in the running. In an age when not everyone can go to BYU, when BYU is pruning its majors and does not offer everyone’s desired major, and when there are other good universities with good environments, good people, and good institutes, then people should let others make their own decision without ridiculous heckling and harassing. Even when meant to be good natured, it is not appropriate.
Too often, whether in choosing a college or a career or other major or minor life decisions, people try to force other people to do what they think is right. And in the end, it doesn’t make anyone happy. So, for all you Mormons out there – let people choose their own college, BYU or another other good option. Why not? I survived.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Garden
Not much word on the radishes yet, but our patio garden has grown lettuce - our Mesculin mix and some Romaine is ready for dinner tonight! Yum!!!
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Sunday Alone
Katsu is out of town this weekend at the American Diabetes Association conference with his lab in Washington D.C. I hope he has fun ... so far I have just received a picture from his in email ... ha ha ha. So, needless to say, I am home by myself this weekend. I also, unfortunately, have a cold.
So, we've almost been in Michigan a year and we really like it. It feels so green and outdoorsy compared to anywhere else that I have lived. And, best of all, it's not too hot. Even though our air conditioning is out for a couple weeks, we don't need it because it just isn't that hot here. I love it!
Our garden is doing pretty well, I think. Katsu is dying for our tomato plants to actually grow tomatoes. We'll see if that really happens ... but we have flowers, so I am hoping that is a good sign. The lettuce is growing and mesculin mix tastes pretty good. And we get to harvest our radishes when Katsu gets back. They are French Breakfast radishes, though I don't know anyone who eats radishes for breakfast. Overall, not bad for first time gardeners on the porch.
Our cat, Joe, is learning new tricks. Usually we leave our glass porch door open and just have the screen door shut. Joe has cunningly learned how to open the screen door. Yesterday, I was in the bedroom reading when I hear the screen door opening. Lucklily, I ran to the living room and found Joe letting himself out and about to run under the apartment building. Silly cat. He probably opened the door at least 15 times yesterday! But we like him ... he's a keeper.
Otherwise, we just keep plodding along. Research for the both of us.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Happy Anniversary To Us
Today is our anniversary - 3 years. I can't believe it's been that long! But we are very happy!
And especially happy with our present! We finally found a curio that was in our price range and the right size in the town of Frankenmuth, a Bavarian town an hour north of here. It's perfect and we can finally take our Japanese doll out of the box!!!
Here are a couple pictures - more on our picture link.
Friday, June 02, 2006
I passed
I passed my quals!!!
And we'll be at the Red Sox game tonight. Nothing else note-worthy to post.
And we'll be at the Red Sox game tonight. Nothing else note-worthy to post.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Waiting in the lab
Sunday evening. Before going to our friends for a nice roast dinner, Katsu had to drop by the lab really quick to "fast the rats" so he can do experiments tomorrow. Giving me ample time for a post.
Michigan is really pretty in the spring and summer. It is really really green here. Especially after all the rain we've been having. It's quite a bit different from the meticulously watered and very nicely mowed lawns in Oklahoma or Texas. Here, it's like half the yards are errupting with flowers and weeds and who even knows what else. I am sure it has to do with the neighborhood we live in ... mostly old houses that you can distincly identify by decade - oh, that one was definately built in the 60's. I like it - a little messiness and not the cookie cutter suburban neighborhoods I've always lived in.
This has been a relaxing week ... sort of. I started my research. Which is basically reading papers, thinking, and writing equations. All by myself. And only talking to my advisor every now and then - once a week or so. I am sure it will take a little getting used to. It is so much more free-form than any job I've had before (excepting the other time I did research, but even then it was a very well-defined computer programming task) and definately more so than Katsu's research which is a 9-5 doing lab experiments kind of gig. We'll see if I like it. For anyone interested - I am researching the phase wrapping problem coming in imaging problems, especially in MRI applications, and developing a more statistical framework for solving the ill-posed problem. Exciting stuff, eh?
Church today (and yesterday) was Stake Conference. It was our first of those "broadcast" kind because we were out of town when they had one in Boston. So, all of Michigan and Pennslyvania stakes got to hear from Elder Perry, President Monson, Elder Tingey, and a sister from the Primary with a Japanese name. It was interesting ... I still don't really enjoy Stake Conference. Ward or general are more my thing. And it was interesting, because they called new stake presidency members and new bishops and counselors for one of the wards all during the adult session on Saturday night. And so on Sunday, we were with the University ward which seriously must have an average of at least one baby per family making for a very noisy meeting.
We want to take off on some small road trips this summer. Katsu's research has been a tad frustrating and he needs to get out of town and relax a bit more. And hopefully Tomo will come visit us this summer. SO that should be fun.
Michigan is really pretty in the spring and summer. It is really really green here. Especially after all the rain we've been having. It's quite a bit different from the meticulously watered and very nicely mowed lawns in Oklahoma or Texas. Here, it's like half the yards are errupting with flowers and weeds and who even knows what else. I am sure it has to do with the neighborhood we live in ... mostly old houses that you can distincly identify by decade - oh, that one was definately built in the 60's. I like it - a little messiness and not the cookie cutter suburban neighborhoods I've always lived in.
This has been a relaxing week ... sort of. I started my research. Which is basically reading papers, thinking, and writing equations. All by myself. And only talking to my advisor every now and then - once a week or so. I am sure it will take a little getting used to. It is so much more free-form than any job I've had before (excepting the other time I did research, but even then it was a very well-defined computer programming task) and definately more so than Katsu's research which is a 9-5 doing lab experiments kind of gig. We'll see if I like it. For anyone interested - I am researching the phase wrapping problem coming in imaging problems, especially in MRI applications, and developing a more statistical framework for solving the ill-posed problem. Exciting stuff, eh?
Church today (and yesterday) was Stake Conference. It was our first of those "broadcast" kind because we were out of town when they had one in Boston. So, all of Michigan and Pennslyvania stakes got to hear from Elder Perry, President Monson, Elder Tingey, and a sister from the Primary with a Japanese name. It was interesting ... I still don't really enjoy Stake Conference. Ward or general are more my thing. And it was interesting, because they called new stake presidency members and new bishops and counselors for one of the wards all during the adult session on Saturday night. And so on Sunday, we were with the University ward which seriously must have an average of at least one baby per family making for a very noisy meeting.
We want to take off on some small road trips this summer. Katsu's research has been a tad frustrating and he needs to get out of town and relax a bit more. And hopefully Tomo will come visit us this summer. SO that should be fun.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Another week of life
My quals are done, so it's time for another post. I don't know how I did on them ... maybe 50/50 whether I pass or fail. But, I figure it's good to do things every now and then that you are 100% completely scared of. And oral exams would definately go on the list. Especially when they are supposed to cover more material than I think I could possibly fit all in my brain. But - the key point being - they are DONE!!!
I am going to be starting my research today. Usual concerns - research ... don't you need to have original ideas for that??? Ha ha ha ... but I'm sure it will go just fine.
Last week was hard. Besides having these three oral exams, our home-teacher passed away leaving behind a wife and three Primary-age children. So, I also attended my first funeral last week. I hope the best for his wife and family. I don't know them that well beyond being the primary pianist. But there's still this strong desire to help in any way I can, which of course, everyone in the whole ward feels, so there's not much that I can do right now.
We also had our last ushering assignment last night for Dave Brubeck (sp?) which we really really enjoyed. It was busy and crowded, for the balcony, and wearing a skirt and running up and down the stairs is always a bit of an adventure and of course there's the walking home in the rain with dress shoes for a couple miles or so part. Katsu and I just sat on the steps for the whole performance - we couldn't see any of the action, but sometimes I think it is more enjoyable to just listen anyways. We really want to usher a lot next year, especially since the Royal Shakespeare Company is coming - only stop in the US - and we really want to usher that. Besides, that guy from Star Trek is playing Antony; how cool is that!
Also, I bought a new book; I know, as if I could possibly use a new book. But I had money to spend from sitting for a friend's dental boards and getting a cavity filled. So, I deserved something fun, perhaps. I bought the new Oxford Book of American Poetry. Poor Katsu has been putting up with my, "Oh, don't you want to hear this one?" or "Surely you've heard this one before" or "Oh, this poem is very funny" or "I had no idea this was actually a Sonnet!". By the way, did you guys know that Emma Lazarus's the New Colossus was a sonnet - not I.
So, now hoepfully it will be a fun summer. Research by day, fun by night. Maybe a few road trips. Options - Kirtland & Cleveland, Chicago, Mackinaw Island, Toronto, various other cities in Michigan or Ohio or other nearby states. Stay tuned for more updates.
I am going to be starting my research today. Usual concerns - research ... don't you need to have original ideas for that??? Ha ha ha ... but I'm sure it will go just fine.
Last week was hard. Besides having these three oral exams, our home-teacher passed away leaving behind a wife and three Primary-age children. So, I also attended my first funeral last week. I hope the best for his wife and family. I don't know them that well beyond being the primary pianist. But there's still this strong desire to help in any way I can, which of course, everyone in the whole ward feels, so there's not much that I can do right now.
We also had our last ushering assignment last night for Dave Brubeck (sp?) which we really really enjoyed. It was busy and crowded, for the balcony, and wearing a skirt and running up and down the stairs is always a bit of an adventure and of course there's the walking home in the rain with dress shoes for a couple miles or so part. Katsu and I just sat on the steps for the whole performance - we couldn't see any of the action, but sometimes I think it is more enjoyable to just listen anyways. We really want to usher a lot next year, especially since the Royal Shakespeare Company is coming - only stop in the US - and we really want to usher that. Besides, that guy from Star Trek is playing Antony; how cool is that!
Also, I bought a new book; I know, as if I could possibly use a new book. But I had money to spend from sitting for a friend's dental boards and getting a cavity filled. So, I deserved something fun, perhaps. I bought the new Oxford Book of American Poetry. Poor Katsu has been putting up with my, "Oh, don't you want to hear this one?" or "Surely you've heard this one before" or "Oh, this poem is very funny" or "I had no idea this was actually a Sonnet!". By the way, did you guys know that Emma Lazarus's the New Colossus was a sonnet - not I.
So, now hoepfully it will be a fun summer. Research by day, fun by night. Maybe a few road trips. Options - Kirtland & Cleveland, Chicago, Mackinaw Island, Toronto, various other cities in Michigan or Ohio or other nearby states. Stay tuned for more updates.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Wow ... it's been a while
Wow ... I can only say that it has been a long time since I've written. Or Katsu. Ever since spring break and our fabulous trip to London, life has gotten messy. My group project for Image Processing had ... interesting group dynamics - suffice it to say that I did not get along with someone in my group. And the whole class crammed at least 75% of the work into the second half of the semester. Simultaneously, my estimation and detection class started a mad rush to get everything covered ending with a 48 hour take home exam. Icck. And my Medical Imaging lab suddenly had each weekly lab from 5:30pm - 10:30 pm at night at the hospital, making me grumpy for the rest of the week. And I have my qualifying exams (for the PhD) looming upon me next week. No biggie - if you fail, forget getting a PhD. And the funny thing is, I don't care so much about failing - i would be fine with just a Masters, but the idea of making a bad showing and embarrasing myself in these three oral exams terrifies me.
So, that's my life. And Katsu's has been busy. His experiments haven't been going so well at work and he switched over to some different ones. But honestly, I don't see how he does it. He puts all this time into the experiments, does them seemingly the same each time, and then half the time, for some unknown reason, they don't work. Ahh ... science.
So, the summer has begun - in terms of work load. No more classes. I just have my quals and then we will both be working our research jobs this summer. Hopefully it should be relaxing - no homework, just come home and play with our cat and sit on the porch and walk around the town and go to Farmer's market and try out some new meals. Should be fun.
So, that's my life. And Katsu's has been busy. His experiments haven't been going so well at work and he switched over to some different ones. But honestly, I don't see how he does it. He puts all this time into the experiments, does them seemingly the same each time, and then half the time, for some unknown reason, they don't work. Ahh ... science.
So, the summer has begun - in terms of work load. No more classes. I just have my quals and then we will both be working our research jobs this summer. Hopefully it should be relaxing - no homework, just come home and play with our cat and sit on the porch and walk around the town and go to Farmer's market and try out some new meals. Should be fun.
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