An update is overdue (as a particular person keeps reminding me - you know who you are). The last 10 days or so have been good. It's tough to settle into a routine in the labs, just because I only get to spend a week in each one, but I'm still loving it. Some weeks have been better than others, though.

This past week was probably my least favorite one thus far as far as the lab is concerned. I love the faculty member whose lab I was in, and his research is interesting (pregnancy-induced hypertension stuff), but I didn't get to do too much. They just threw me in there, without assigning me to anybody. The result - I had to continually ask different members in the lab (most of them high school and college students) what they were doing, and most of the time they either didn't know or couldn't explain it. Oh well, next week should be better. I know some of the people in the lab I'm assigned to, and they're going to be doing a lot bunch of surgeries.

I'm looking forward to the week after next. I'll be heading up to Chicago for four days to hang out with a good friend I grew up with, then we'll be driving to Ohio together to go to a wedding of another friend. It's a nice way to break up the summer.

A small group of my future classmates and I went out to eat pizza last night. There were seven of us, and I had previously only met one of them, so that was nice. I think I've now met around half of our class (60-70 out of 120). Everyone I've met seems to be very nice, and I'm looking forward to spending the next two years with them.

Not too much else new is going on. I signed up for a membership at the St. Dominic's Hospital gym, and got a fairly good deal on it. They have a pool, which is awesome because I've been wanting to take up swimming for a while now. I got in the pool today, but it was intolerably warm (86 degrees) and I only stayed in about 10 minutes.