Things have been a little wild and woolly here since my dear friend Jessi's visit. For several reasons, including the fact that I can now measure the time to my thesis defense in months rather than years, work has been a little insane. There have been a couple of weeks here where I have been in the lab on the weekends, working holidays and also putting in at least 12 hours days during the week. Sometimes chemistry is just really demanding, I guess. Of course, I enjoy the work (for the most part), so it's not so bad. However, it also means that I haven't been able to get out into the mountains that much, and, when I do, I have to fit the hike in between being back at the lab to take samples.
Yesterday I took this hike, which was a shorter hike that I could fit into an afternoon. It was along the Walensee, further up the lake from where Kara and Georgie and I took a hike a few weekends ago. The weather was quite overcast and even a little rainy, but it was just nice to be out. I took the opportunity to attempt to break in my hiking boots. Of course, they ended up breaking me in- I have a nice blister to prove it- but the process is started now!
Today I was going to go for another hike, but I just don't have the time to get to the mountains, hike and return before I have to be back in the lab. Thankfully I still have lots of summer left to be in the mountains, and the end to the lab insanity is in sight (knock on wood!).
Yesterday I took this hike, which was a shorter hike that I could fit into an afternoon. It was along the Walensee, further up the lake from where Kara and Georgie and I took a hike a few weekends ago. The weather was quite overcast and even a little rainy, but it was just nice to be out. I took the opportunity to attempt to break in my hiking boots. Of course, they ended up breaking me in- I have a nice blister to prove it- but the process is started now!
Today I was going to go for another hike, but I just don't have the time to get to the mountains, hike and return before I have to be back in the lab. Thankfully I still have lots of summer left to be in the mountains, and the end to the lab insanity is in sight (knock on wood!).
