grad student friday

had a pretty late night yesterday.. slept clean through till lunchtime! went to the lab with sank, fiddled around some more all afternoon, and am finally ready to start a fresh run of experiments. my advisor dr. baier is keeping a real close eye on me these days, what with daily meetings and all.. i just might have to do the hitherto 'unthinkable' - go into the lab over the weekend!! so does it make me a geek if i say that this new round of experiments has actually sparked the researcher's lightbulb in my head?! i am actually keeping my weekend free to work in the lab! that's also partly due to the fact i have a bit of a cold and a sore throat.. and that is a real party-pooper for any activities that involve cold beer or exotic smokeables!!

so nats, sank and i went to Paula's for coffee & do'nuts.. which was nice cos it's been a while since we've done something like that. it was a bracing walk as the winter chill hasn't really lifted yet (daily maximum is barely crossing 0 deg. C!!), though it does really really seem like the worst of the snows are over..

came back home, warmed up some 'glug', made some fish curry and nats made chapatis.. and we behaved like the grad students we are, by eating quietly and crashing before 12!! ;-)) basically sank n' i were both feeling too crappy to raise hell.. besides, he has a huge project report due monday, and i will be running around in the lab tomorrow.