Sunset

Seattle is pretty.

I'm bad at blogging now, but meet my summer project:

This little guy and I are running a 5k in 12 days.  I'm screwed.

Don't worry, he's not actually mine.  I just raised him.  I haven't betrayed Mika or become a puppy hoarder.

Moving day

I'm surprised my life can fit into so few boxes

CSA week 1

I started my CSA! I already ate the asparagus, cherries, strawberries, and apples from my box. Today I used the radishes and yogurt from the box to make radish curry and baked chicken.

I like the chicken but next time i'm goi to marinate it with giant ginger chunks instead of tiny ginger bits so I can pull them out later. I really don't enjoy biting into ginger.

We ran a 5k

36minutes for me!!!!

Pack Forest

UW owns property out in the middle of nowhere near the base of Rainier called "Pack Forest" for short. It's actually really pretty out here albeit somewhat boring. When we arrived it was raining tho. Some of the heaviest rain I've seen since moving to Washington. I even saw lightning for the second time ever since moving out here.

I truly miss Michigan summer. I don't miss the humidity but I miss being hot and I miss the epic thunderstorms.

I'm out here for a conference on islet biology. I had a nice long chat with my post-doc. It has made me feel more comfortable about the fact that her and our lab tech are dating.

I neglected to bring my own soap. I didn't realize it was going to be quite so "rustic". I hope the other conference people don't notice!

12 days

We haven't had rain in 12 days! Is it sad that that's the most exciting news I have to report??