the graveyard.

The title of this blog (the ship graveyard), was taken from something I wrote once in German, but I liked the sound of it. It seems to have been an apt name for this blog though, since it always seems to be buried, and forgotten. I am, however, going to make an attempt to keep it going.

I now live in Tucson, pursuing a doctoral degree in genetics, and it seems to be going fairly well so far. I am enjoying it here, despite the heat, I even miss the rain, and will definitely miss the fall, and the change in color. It is cooling down here (at least at night), and I am beginning to settle down a bit.

I am still amazed. I am being payed for going to school, and it's something I really enjoy (for the most part), I will like it more once I settle down in a lab, but I'm glad for the rotations, it allows me to gain experience in places I might not otherwise be able to experience. Next rotation I'm going to be in a biochem lab, and I am by no means a biochemist. But it's exciting, and I look forward to have some experience working in that environment, even if it is only for six weeks.

I am enjoying where I live (with two other people, a dog, and a cat). I am enjoying my program (I kind of wish I had more than one class right now though). and it's neat living in the desert, but I am definitely missing PDX, and Oregon in general. But this is where I am for the next foreseeable future, and I hope to make the most of it.