Finding our Groove

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Now that we are 95% settled into the new pad we have time to do things that involve other people, most people call these such things social events. Last night we went to a Happy Hour that our nerd cave organizes every week. Yes 15 Graduate Students in Math and Physics are really about as cool as you can imagine they would be. In their (okay and MY) defense the conversations were quite scientific and nerdy but alot of what came up was actually quite interesting. Plus everyone is really nice. Ben spent the time we had there nicknaming every single person, Agent Orange, Kansas, Potato Chip, Corner Pocket and Ho-Town Yellow Banana are some beautiful nicknames that I am sure will stick for the duration of my time here at UMO. Thanks Ben.

As winter is fast approaching and all the Main-ahs ask, ya got yer wood in? We do have our wood in, Ben happened upon a shed full of wood all split, dried and ready to go that someone was trying to get rid of. This is a pretty awesome deal as our house is big and old and is going to be a bear to heat in the winter. Who knew we would ever get so excited over a big pile of old wood?

Speaking of other awesome deals I just got offered a position in a Research Project that just received a big ol grant. After this semester I will no longer be teaching Algebra but will be paid to do my research and work on my thesis. This project involves bringing an interactive super computer climate model of the earth into the middle school science classroom to teach students about climate change and global warming and also to familiarize them with models, large data sets and system interactions. It seems to be a really good fit for my background in wind, mechanical engineering and physics and I am really pumped. Sometimes things just feel right and right now school feels right!