Wayne and Erika Pfeiler

Tomorrow starts another semester of grad school for Erika and me. We're less than thrilled about the prospect of exams, homework, and lots of studying (all while we're also doing research and writing papers). But thankfully, we won't have too many more classes to take. This time we're each taking one or two "real" classes and then a few one-hour courses to fill requirements. Generally fewer hours means easier classes, but not always.

I've been scrambling to finish an abstract for yet another deadline coming up soon. I think Erika's lab is mostly unpacked, so they can enjoy and start to use their new facilities in Schaub Hall.

Ask Erika about what they had to put up with in the Flex building sometime... We've both noticed that the school's policy of taking the lowest bidding contractor doesn't work out so well. Imagine a contractor who thinks an autoclave should drain into normal PVC pipe, or a contractor who says he can set up a cell culture clean room (but doesn't know what a clean room is). That's just the sort of things we've noticed. At least it's good for a laugh.