St Andrews Lynx

The sun is shining. The weather is warm. The undergraduates have not yet returned. Everything is good...

Cherry ice cream straight from the tub. Summer is awesome.

BEAUTIFUL day outside. I'm indoors grading. The struggle is real.

Sunshine! A whole day spent in natural light! Feels so good...

A problem is >95% solved when you make a list about it...

New Year's Eve celebrated by baking a lasagne. Happy 2015, folks.

1 unexpected data result. Could either have good, bad or indifferent significance. Hard to tell with science, sometimes.

First half of candidacy exams: done. Huge relief.

Loose-leaf tea & scientific writing. Slowly getting through...

1st citation on 1st publication. Spreadin' the Chemistry love.

Double espresso & Pink Floyd -> Serious writing mode

Term time about to swing round again. Will be another busy one...

Nice relaxing Sunday...planning mechanistic experiments from my armchair...

Workin' the conference...

First publication. Womp womp.

The grad school weekend begins!

Spring Break FOREVER, bitches...

After all the snow these past weeks, it is obvious what the East Coast of America needs...MORE SNOW! 'Cept this time let's add in a bit of ICY RAIN in case people were getting bored with all the snow...

Crank the handle.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

Semester 2 can go ahead and start now. I need a crowded timetable to function normally.

The waiting doesn't end once you get accepted into grad school, you young striplings. Currently waiting to hear official confirmation of lab groups...

The end is nearly in sight. I think I'm going to survive my first semester!

It takes 2 espressos to get me to sit down in front of my marking. 1 cup of Lapsang Souchong tea to get me to actually START marking. Plus 3-4 teas to reach the end of the pile.

Baked lasagna for the first time today. Didn't burn it or anything! Grad school does strange, strange things to people...