Haven't posted in a bit, probably won't for a while. All my work for this quarter is done (I think!). The next week or so I will be spending fun filled days entertaining the family. They are all coming out to see me not graduate on Saturday. I'm graduating in August but the department ceremony only happens in June. I'm very excited to see the whole clan. I have some activities planned including the Henry exhibit that brings together art and human genomics. Give me a break, did someone profile my family to find an event we could all agree on? And instead of suffering through the UW ceremony we're going to take a quiet boat ride through the locks, which should be nice.

I'm glad I'm not from Italy, our friend Eddie says that when he graduated he had to walk around his little town dressed in nothing but a thong. Yowsers.

I'm also planning a hike or two. We're having a little heat wave out here at the moment and people are freaking cause it's in the mid 80s. The three things that make the heat out here feel different than it does back east:

1. No air conditioning (maybe in some places, but not in most)
2. The hottest time of the day is 5pm, so when you are sitting in traffic or on an airconditioned bus it's sort of brutal
3. I'm a big baby who can't deal since I've lost touch with my sweltering Ohio summers.

I'm glad it's not raining though. Everytime my folks come out it rains and they wonder why anyone would want to live here, a direct quote: "With all this rain, it's like being in bloody England."

OK, I'll be back next week Otobasing my butt off. And I'm looking forward to a little road trip to Spokane in July.