the strangest thing has happened to me recently. it has left an oddly unsettling feeling in my stomach, one that i'm not quite familiar with in the given context. i'm actually enjoying my research.
i never thought it would happen. i almost gave up this whole phd thing a year ago, but i must admit now i'm glad i didn't. and my new advisor gunnar is awesome - easy to talk to, down to earth, wicked smart. and he's had at least one stamp on the back of his hand from whatever bar(s) he patronized the previous night at each of our meetings. go gunnar. oh, and his frickin' name is "gunnar" - how cool is that?? we get along really well and actually work well together - dave swears gunnar and i are related somehow in the swedish part of my heritage. apparently gunnar's sister resembles me and gunnar resembles my little bro. i'm not sure how much credit i'm willing to give that theory.
dave and i hiked up to arapaho pass monday morning - you can check out the pics here. it was absolutely gorgeous, even if it was totally overcast. there was one part right towards the end where it looked like we were walking into a cloud. oh wait, that's because we were.
5 days til i leave for central america!!!
