An Exhausting Week of School

I have midterms next week and the week after that. So many deadlines and so little time. I really wish my structural biochemistry professor that I had last quarter would email me sooner about the possibility of interning in his lab. I would preferably want to work in his lab than the PI that I contacted for this program. I just feel like I would learn more biochem techniques if I intern for my professor than work on computational work on influenza.  The pros about the program would be an opportunity of a lifetime to intern abroad (all expense paid). My time is stretched rather thinly with my horrid schedule. Reality is rather complicated for me to deal with right now. I really need a break! On another note, I bought a copy of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring a couple weeks ago with a much nicer cover. I've only managed to get to chapter 2 because my schedule has not allowed me much time for leisure reading, but I must say reading it now is a lot easier than my first attempt in grade school.

I've been more bored than usual at work. A lot of people may regard working somewhere so close to the ocean with awe and jealousy, but I feel rather indifferent to this opportunity. I'm definitely not a beach person nor could I find excitement in going to the beach. In a non-perverse way, I'd rather be staring at people while I'm bored waiting for some agar to melt. People watching sounds a lot more fun, especially making strange and outrageous stories about total strangers. Here are some photos I've been taking at work:          

My view while waiting for the agar to melt.

Wandering around in the chem lab room.

This is how close my work is from the beach.