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First Unfinished Draft In

So last week was Spring Break, aptly renamed "Spring Fake" by Davener. I worked the whole time, trying to focus on my thesis and a little less on Mars Gravity. With the work over the last week and the few weeks preceding it, I have about 90 pages so far. I turned it in to my adviser Friday, and he read it over the weekend, so we discussed it today. He said it was a little prose-y and not research-y at first, but that I've done a lot of good work and that I'm on the right track. I still have a chapter to do the work for and then write, but I'm feeling a little better about it now. So he acknowledged that I have a lot to do, but he also said he wanted me to have a life these next two months, which I appreciate, but which will still be difficult to do with class, thesis, and the design review. But I'm gonna try to take it one day at a time and not totally hate the next (and last) 2 months here!

The last three days of "Spring Fake," I actually did take some time off. I hung out with Chris, who was here in Boston visiting a bunch of people, and we went to Fire&Ice (where they cook the food for you on a big grill) and to the batting cages. Jeff and Chris told me what I was doing wrong, and last night I wowed them at our first softball game. I also pitched half the innings, and we ended up with our very first win! (Last year we were 0 to a lot.) So go Rocket Jocks!

My parents also visited this weekend, which was really nice. We hung out, went bridesmaid dress shopping for Nik's wedding, went to Bertucci's (yum!) on Saturday. That night we had an SSL party for the final four at the lab director's house, but he wasn't there, hehe. Sunday, my parents came to church with me, and even though my dad's not religious, he likes the music, so I'm glad something gets to him. They had a really interesting service about Passover from Jews for Jesus, and it was good to finally learn more about that tradition. Then we went to ice cream at our favorite Kimball Farm and explored Concord for a while before having the famous Pizzeria Regina. I was really sad to see my parents leave this time. I think it's just because it's nice to have people around who care for me so much, and I appreciate everything they do for me. It's amazing how much love they have to give, and I hope I can be at least close to the parents that they are some day.

Alright, enough of the gush. I'm off to work a little then bed.

posted by Biff @ 9:33 PM