summer "break"

summer break takes on an entirely new meaning as a grown up, and i don't like it! since my last post i have gotten a new job and started summer school. the new job is really great. i'm doing research at a sleep disorders lab where i hook people up to all the electrodes and watch their brain activity while they sleep. it's pretty cool to see how much brain activity differs depending on which stage of sleep a person is in. in the last week, i've started helping one of the fellows there with a research article for a medical journal, and i will be published as a participant! i think it sounds pretty great and can't hurt for getting into the phd programs!

the class i'm taking this summer is psychopathology 1, i took 2 last semester and it doesn't make sense to me either. it is with the same professor that tortured me last semester, but he promises not to do the same this time...we'll see :) it is a much more relaxed environment and there seems to be a lot more discussion, so that's nice. still a ton of reading, but with only 1 class, it's much more bearable. so between that and the 2 jobs, i don't sit still very often or for very long, but it's nice to be busy. keith and i are hoping to come out in july for matt's wedding and to see everyone. it's going to be a really quick trip, probably just for the weekend, but it will be good to see a lot of people in one place!