And I've completely forgotten to update this for the last month. A lot has happened in the last month:
-Took a week and a half trip to California. Flew to LA, hung out for a few days there, took the bus to Oakland, and then stayed in the Bay area for a few days before flying back to Seattle. Saw lots of old friends, ate some food I really missed, bought some new Cal clothing, and found out how much Greyhound sucks now (my bus was 3 hours late, and the operator said most of their buses were running 2-4 hours late this summer). Makes me really miss California now! My decision about where to settle after grad school is going to be a tough one.
-I found out I got a position as a teaching assistant for Nutrition 300! Nutrition 300 is basically Nutri Sci 10, basic human nutrition. The TA position means I get tuition exemption for fall, and I get a fat paycheck to boot! It is marked as a 20 hour a week position, and with 3 of us for 700 little undergrads, I believe that.
-To celebrate, I got a shiny new road bike. It's a Fuji Newest 1.0, bought on clearance at Performance Bikes. Figures once I bought it, the weather turned to crap, but in riding it around the neighborhood, it's super smooth and fast!
-Two days after dropping big money on the bike, my computer goes to crap. The fan for the CPU had been making loud whirring noises off and on for the last several weeks. Today, it finally crapped out. 9/10 times when I turn on the computer, the fan gets super duper loud and I get an error message about the fan. The computer then turns off. 1/10 times it turns on normally and the fan behaves. I thought about replacing the fan, but it's nearly $100 for a new one, and for an old computer with multiple issues that was going to be replaced soon anyways, it didn't seem worth the money. Lenovo was having a big sale that ended today, so I decided to just got ahead and order a new computer a bit earlier than planned instead of buying a $100 part which may or may not solve the problem. In the meantime, if I sit here long enough and keep trying to turn on the computer, it eventually works. Until one day I fry the CPU. Hopefully my new computer gets here before that happens. If so, I can sell this one on craigslist as is, but with a working CPU still.
-Summer has ended in Seattle. After a week of sunny 80 degree weather, the forecast is all 60's-70's, cloudy, and rainy. Man did it turn fast.
