"Sunny" California...

Well, I am finally back from San Diego, welcomed back to Texas by the wonderful, heavy heat of May. It was such a relief to be warm again! San Diego is nice, but is too chilly for me this time of year.

The drive out was pretty good - we got to see pretty much everybody - Mom before we left (she came to the Ring Day activities); Dad, Sheila, Mam-maw and Papa in the Panhandle; Gran and Bill at Cline's Corner, NM (they drove up and met us there); and Justin in Dewey, AZ. Most of the drive was great - lots of interesting and beautiful landscape, new things to see...The last 8 hours was horrible, though. We were SOOOO happy to get to San Diego, finally. I didn't do much but work while I was there.

Work was good. I really enjoyed visiting the lab that I was in, and I learned a lot. I got some really great data (at least I think so, we'll see when it comes to writing the paper). For now, it's back to the grindstone here in College Station, hopefully to finish up by the end of the summer!

Things I haven't been able to find in Pacific Beach...

Adam's Best Vanilla Extract

Wolf Brand Chili

Good Panhandle beef

Cast iron skillets (depsite the fact that we have been to several stores, including a proper cooking utensil shop!)

...and several more things that don't currently come to mind. Thank goodness for the internet - I'll never have to go without!

Sunset in San Diego

Phil and I took a wander into PB the other day, and ended the trip at Tourmaline Surf Beach, which is near Phil's apartment. The sunset was beautiful.


The work is going well in the lab that I am visiting. Hopefully it will continue to do so. Unfortunately, I haven't done much site-seeing or picture-taking, so I don't have any photos (other than the one above) to post!