Not too much lab work at all today, except for inoculating 28 vials. Which means tomorrow I'm going to have so much work doing miniprep for 28 samples. But I got to sort out almost all of my lab notes, which is really really great!
You really meet all sorts of amazing nice people and today was no exception. I asked Danielle if she had any papers I could read to get a better understanding of our lab's research, and so she gave me the latest review paper that they had submitted, and offered to go over it with me the next day if I had any questions. I hadn't had any papers assigned to me at all, and I tried reading the paper, but it was so dense, I had to look up every other word. I probably won't get it done by tomorrow, but I'll definitely finish it as soon as I can and if I have any questions I can't solve on my own, ask around, whether it's Danielle or Catherine or my mentor.
I met a grad student who will be here starting from August 8 (and Nick is starting the PhD track that Catherine is finishing up on with OxCam, University of Oxford Cambridge). Ate with him, Catherine, my mentor, and Danielle and had some interesting conversations. I bought lunch from the cafeteria for the first time ever. I had Indian food (which just might be my first taste of Indian food) and it was okay, a little kick to it, but it was fine.
After lunch, I went to Building 10 to see the concert that I thought was yesterday. It was pretty cool. From the National Symphony Orchestra, there was a flautist, an oboist, and a pianist. I did not know that piano/flute/oboe trios existed...
After work, I went to see Newsies, and the choreography was phenomenal. Obviously I couldn't get any pictures since no photos or video allowed in the theater, but yeah it was pretty good. This is the first musical I've seen, so I don't really have any comparison besides high school musicals, but this was pretty professional. Some people had better voices than others, but then again, maybe I'm just not used to broadway singing...is there supposed to be that many "voicecracks"?
Anyways that's it. Slowly easing into life. DC near the theater looks so pretty at night when it's calm and cozy and the temperature is actually pretty cool.
Program notes for the concert!
I snuck a picture before the show started...whoops.
DC (near the theater) at night...there's something peaceful about it.
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