It's Hell Week and I Don't Even Have An Exam

Well hey there you microsclerotia you! I hope you're all enjoying this bipolar weather - I though spring was supposed to be here! Oh well, I'm not one to argue with Mother Nature. So anyways, this is going to be kind of a random post - mainly because I'm stressed from figuring out grad school stuff. Even better - I'll be making a 955 mile journey sometime this summer! And my parents will be driving for 1910 miles - I bet they are counting down the days until that :)

From a withered tree, a flower blooms. - Zen Proverb

Hide your body in the Big Dipper. - Zen Proverb

So I've been looking for apartments in Raleigh, NC basically all afternoon. They all are starting to look the same to me. Rent is practically the same, they are all within 5-7 miles of Centennial Campus, are rarely furnished, and look the same. I'm sure they don't but I can't tell anymore. Cool fact I learned: It SUCKS trying to find a place to live in a city you've been to for less than 60 hours. How am I supposed to know what's a "good" apartment?! I've emailed my fellow Ph.D. student at NCSU asking for help so I have a decent idea but I feel bad blowing up his inbox with apartment info. Sorry, Joe. So yeah, it's like going on an insane roller coaster backwards, with your eyes closed, nothing to hold on to, and screaming because you think you're going to die. Hah - at least it's entertaining!

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. -Dalai Lama

Also, I officially have the coolest TA ever! I'm not quite sure what the experiment was about but it was fun! We got to shoot electrons from this little thingy at posts that turned cool colors in the dark! He gave us glo-sticks and put on some dance music. Party while blasting electrons at things - Abhi, you're the best! So that made my Monday morning better than usual. Come on - doesn't that sound fun? You know you're jealous. We all secretly want to blast electrons at things that glow in the dark (because there is a little 5 year old in us that goes WHOA!)

Plant the seed of meditation and reap the fruit of peace of mind.

Oh, and apparently I need to figure out when I'll be starting at NC State. It's either July 1 or August 1. Don't ask me why there are 2 options because I'm like a bat in the sunshine - can't see for shit. I'm just a ball of tangled fairy lights today. Oh sorry, fairy lights are the British English term for Xmas lights. My bad. haha...speaking of British English...10 MORE DAYS UNTIL I REUNITE WITH ANNA!!