Week 3 in NY: Best Week Thus Far

My time thus far in NY has been nothing short of wonderful and productive. Organization of the apartment is now 99.9% completed (I still need to hang/develop more pictures) and the same is nearly true for the lab that I am working in. This week brought about the first set of experiments in the new lab (the first experiments to ever be done under the guidance of my post-doc advisor) and all of them worked very well (so well that my mentor took his camera phone and snapped about 4-5 pictures to keep on record as the first succesful experiment in his lab). Quite funny.

On top of that, my cutie Sneks came to visit me for the first time late last week/early this week. Her trip to NY was quite welcomed since I had not seen her for nearly 4 weeks. Seeing her arrive in the poor weather (I think we had snow and sleet all day last Friday) was one of the greatest experiences in my life. Why? It was the first time she saw me since I became Dr. RyGuy. It was exciting because without her help and support the past two years, I really don't know if I would have been sane enough to finish up as smoothly as I did.

Snow covered shrubs near the cemetary in between where I work and the Medical Institue.

Snow covered trees near the library next to where I work.

As you can tell from these two pictures, it snows often up here. We haven't received 2 feet in one snowfall yet, but I'm sure it will be coming soon enough. It can be quite beautiful, but treachourous up here at times. Again, the best part is that I don't have to shovel it!

Anyhow, having Sneks up here was awesome, and on Sunday, I had my first ever party at my place in celebration of the Superbowl. Sneks' family and friends showed up to celebrate the Patriots going 18-1 on the season. I did not win any money this year (unlike last year when I kicked ass at Dr. B's party). Fun was had by all, and I was very happy to see the Manning kid defeat those cocky asshole New England Patriots.

It was definitly sad to see Sneks go this past week, but the best part is that I will be seeing her in at worst 2 weeks from now. Needless to say, I'm counting down the days till I see her again!!! Here's hoping everyone is doing well!