new ice machine

So let's see where I'm at.

I know one thing. I'm still tired. This whole, waking up early every morning to drive to work is hard. *sniffle*

Anyway, the new job continues on well. I suppose it helps that the boss is gone so it's been a bit easier on me. I don't deal well with boss figures and it's nice to be able to ease into the situation without worrying about my boss. The one thing that does irritate me a little is the fact that everyone in the department knows my dad. It's nice in the sense that the secretaries love me by association and that people are generally pleasant. On the other hand.. it's not so nice when every person who you meet instantly responds with the "Oh! You're Dr. Aguila's daughter!!" And inside I just cringe. But oh well... I'll get past it and show them that I freaking deserve this position and didn't just get it because of association.

In other less dramatic job news, I got bit by a mouse on Friday. It didn't bleed or break the glove. But damn, it hurt.

Also... I have a new ice machine to play with. This one is bigger and therefore more fun to shift ice in. My goal is to someday open the door and grin in satisfaction as ice shards tumble to the floor. I have a year to get there.

Cristina visited me on Sunday and we went wandering. It was fun. We drove around Andover Lake and found a little member-only beach (*grumble*). So we stood in the sand for a little while and then left so the lifeguards wouldn't yell at us. Then we went and found wild grapes and some swings. We also found the central offices of Andover.... By which I mean a firehouse, a town hall/police station and an elementary school all next to each other.... surrounded by nothing. Yay middle of nowhere! But it was a nice day. I got to know the area a bit more and I found a cute little house with an elderly woman who sells local veggies and melons! Yum!

So... more working this week. I get to turn in my keys at UCONN tomorrow. And also try to explain why I haven't exactly finished any writing. At any rate, I'm vowing to finish my project regardless of whether I'm actually getting paid to work in their lab. Although.. I'm not sure I'm allowed to do that. ><;

This weekend has been strange as all the people I know at UCONN have moved in and started classes. And at random points in the weekend I just kept realizing that a year ago.. that was me. My mind kept wondering why I wasn't there getting ready for classes. Why I wasn't in a dorm room hanging up my posters and setting up my desk for disaster. It's weird. In a way it feels right and ok... but in so many others I feel like I wasn't ready to face what happens after graduation. And I'm still not really ready. But I'm just going to keep trying I suppose and seeing how I can make it all work out.

In other news, I'm techinically not even graduated yet! YAY UCONN! I emailed the registrar with a tactful form of "WTF WHERES MY DIPLOMA?!". APPARENTLY, the honor's office hasn't cleared me for graduation yet and Sylvain put my grade in too late anyway so they moved me to August graduation. So... when the honor's office finally gets around to saying I jumped through their stupid hoops, I should get my diploma in late September. *mopes*

Anyway... another day tomorrow so it's off to bed for me.