Not much has been new this week. We did have an interesting Thursday, but other than that it wasn't a bad week. We "tested" Chris's new work schedule for August when he takes over the department. That had us getting up at 4am so that he could be on the train by 4:38. He then gets to work by 6. He also got off at 2, so often had a lot of time in the afternoon to get stuff done. We made it and our bodies started adjusting. I got to the point where I could kind of sleep through him getting around, but most of the time I just got up and got stuff done. Surprisingly at 5 am not much is going on so you can get a lot done. For example, on Friday I got my entire class done in about 2 hours, which is significantly less time than it normally takes me. We have also determined that we will be needing a second car soon. Our schedules are going to be synced up significantly less and having only one car won't work for us. :( We still have our bikes and whatnot, so hopefully we'll have a mild fall and late arriving winter (hopefully winter comes this year), and can use those as necessary.
Our Thursday was an interesting day. The electric company cut the power to the University and so Chris got to work on back-up generators for a while. The problem was that the fume hoods didn't work in the labs. This meant that all the volatiles that typically go up the hood were staying in the room and possibly causing a lot of problems. The department head canceled labs and even the research groups got to go home early that day. Chris got to go home and soon there after got a call from me. I got stung by something at the zoo and ended up in the er. I don't know what stung me, but I started wheezing and itching so the zoo ambulance rushed me up the street to the hospital. The docs didn't do much (like I thought) and I'm quite perturbed by the whole experience. We were going to do a voice over for the video at church that night, but didn't manage to make it in time as it took Chris forever to get to me in rush hour traffic. I talked with my allergist and apparently this means we're going to be doing more allergy testing. Oh Joy. I'm going back to the zoo tomorrow for the first time, hopefully no buggies will bite me.
One fun thing from this week was a wedding the 17th. Our friends Erica and Rob (from church) got married and we had a blast at the wedding. It was a good day overall and we got to spend some time with the "athletic" people from our church. Here's a picture of us at the wedding, I think it turned out well. :)
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