Haakaa Paalle!

It's been a few days - whoops. I'm still doing better than my old blog, by far.

I guess I've mostly settled into a routine here, which is what I've been doing since everyone heard from me last. Classes are moving along well enough, but the workload is picking up. I've got to improve on accomplishing more things during the week, so that my weekends are (mostly) for rest. I'll do better, I swear. The main thing that's going to get in the way of that Jeff and I have come to the conclusion that we're going to have to work EVERY PROBLEM IN OUR MATH BOOK. It seems that way at least, from the way Kuperschmidt talks. Its enough to make me want to curse in Russian.

The Carbon Fiber group had its first meeting of the academic year. As I expected, it was mostly to introduce me and the new girl (Heather) to the rest of the group. It was pretty basic. Also, one guy quit the group to go work on another project. No one seemed upset at that, and I'll draw my own conclusions about it. Afterwards, Dr. Vakili gave Heather & me a tour of the "Spin Lab." That just sounds cool.

Dinner at Western Sizzlin' on Friday was good, but I ate WAY too much. The rolls and the soft serve gave me flashbacks to Ryan's from when I was little. Stargate(s) were pretty good. I'd say 7 out of 10 or better.

Our dishwasher died last night after dinner. We don't know why, but it seems to be through no fault of our own. These things happen, I guess.

Today, Jeff and I drove up to Murfreesboro to play a round of disc golf and find some civilized food. Overall, it was a great course. There's a nice mix of open fields and wooded holes, with some ups and downs and blind corners. The park is well kept, and beautiful. Lots of squirrels, too. Civilized dinner was Steak'n'Shake, because we couldn't find the Chili's. Oh well.

I'm still in the middle of The Protector's War, which I need to finish in order to start A Meeting at Corvallis. I doubt that will happen this week. Such is life.