I joined a group

A research group that is. I am now officially part of a bioinorganic group. Scary, huh? The prof only took one first year (yep, me). So now there are two grad students in his lab. This is rather small but hopefully it will get larger soon. I haven't started any work....I have to pick a project. I have a temporary desk until we get our other office and then I get to move there. Soon I will be getting keys and cards and lots of other things. Yay for me!

I had a wonderful time at alumni! And I got to score a try! The entire weekend was amazing. Sunday was the most wonderful day I've had in a LOOOONG time. I went to the Chiefs game with my dad and Marj and we won....in a nailbiter at the end! And then we had dinner at my mom's and all of my siblings were there. I am very blessed with the best 3 siblings any one could have ever asked for. And my grandparents were there and we had a good time drinking wine and eating lasagna. I got to hang out with my mom a little and we got to talk lots on the drive to the airport (with a detour to a favorite donut and coffee place).

All in all, it was an amazing weekend and I can't wait to come home for Christmas! Although I did get more sick from playing rugby in the cold rain, spending Sat night in the cold and then standing in the cold for 4 hours at the Chiefs game. It was all worth it though. I'd do it again. Without question.

My Alumni plans

are up in the air. I'll definitely be in MO. But I may have to go home for family. I hope I still get to come to Kville. I'll know more later in the week. The weekend may be busier than I thought. Needless to say, I miss you all.

Revelation:

I don't miss Kville or most of the people that live there still. I was reading blogs. Man am I glad to be away from that time in my life! I do miss a lot of the people that I met up there. I think about how fortunate I was to have met so many people and to become so close to a handful of them.

I was thinking today about when my mom was going to drop me off at the airport in a few weeks on my way back. And I almost started to cry. Its going to be an emotional departing. I think going back to MO will make me realize how much I miss my family.

But I'm super psyched about going back! Less than 2 weeks!

My profs have rescheduled tests and I have one for sure the day I leave (but I'm taking it early) and I have a feeling that one may get moved to that day as well. Like traveling isn't stressful enough, lets throw 2 tests on top of that and a whole ton of grading for labs. Oh well.

I GET TO COME HOME!!! And I can't wait!