Hi there...I started this post earlier in the week, and then lost track of time. Yikes to all the news going down around the world lately...I feel like it's been a second job just to keep track of all the late breaking news. In any case, here it is, and xo to all...
I still haven't perfected the blog-phone-laptop interface so it's been hindering my blog postings lately. Anyhow, here are a few photos from the last few weeks. We have been busy since Dan came home one scant week ago..well, busy relaxing really! The weather has really been kicking us in the proverbial nuts lately - today was in the 90s with the humidity of a damp sponge... Y-U-C-K in other words!!!
We've been slowly getting back into our routines of work, cooking, cleaning, dealing with the garden, and whathaveyou. I have my manuscript looming over my head, but I need a good kick in the pants to get going on that. Good news is it seems to be getting pretty darn close after some major edits from the coauthors!! Yippee!! Dan is busy pcking through his samples and entering his data for his talk in Jacksonville in mid-May for the Society for Freshwater Studies (SFS, which used to be NABS...dumb story)...
The heat and increased daylight has just upped our overall antsy-ness...if that is even a word (which my email is saying "NO, IT IS NOT"). Since Dan's return he has yet to sleep in past 6:30am, and the birds outside are singing an hour before that!!!! In any case, it's exciting we are out of the southern "winter", but gosh darn it I wish we actually had a Spring...
So, in other news..we've been cooking some pretty tasty recipes that Dan has come across as you'll see later in our pictures...Our fearless leader returns for a week tomorrow and we're hosting a BBQ in his honor Friday evening...Dan will be putting together some beef/pork chipotle sliders and a slow cooker pulled pork that involves root beer and BBQ sauce- yum!!! It's been awhile since the lab got together for something outside of the lab or a lab lunch, so we're looking forward to it!
Oh yes, we have been instilling lab lunches to boost morale and feed our tummies. This week we went to Maggie's Cafe which was a hole-in-the-wall meat-and-three deal. You walk in to the epitome of an "unassuming" building (right down the road from the county jail I might add), grab a tray and point to things you want...I got chicken and dumplings which is one of my BIGGEST weaknesses. There's just something about chicken chunks floating in a sea of buttered, boiled dough that sets me straight in life...I actually only got a "two" instead of a "three," which was mac n cheese and collard greens. Then I got a "flat bread" on top of that which isn't middle eastern in ANY shape or form, but basically a cornbread griddle cake (aka, flapjack, pancake, etc)...Anyhow, it really is an experience to behold...Kate, our newest Master's student from Maryland exclaimed after retrieving her food and sitting at a table "That was the most interesting experience I've had to date in Alabama"...Well put...well put...
Anyhow, here are some pictures from the last week...I've been lax on the blog postings and will try to be better...
xo!
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