So how have things been going? I am super excited about going to ACL for 3-days, that was nice surprise. I love how my iPhone allows me to buy things that I don't think I can afford sober but once I am a little drunk I change my mind. I am super excited to see Broken Bells on Saturday and Spoon on Friday, biggest reason why I got the 3-day pass. So I need ideas on what bands to see for ACL on Friday and Saturday. Sunday is set with Rebelution, Yeasayers, Norah Jones, The Flaming Lips, and The Eagles.
Ray and I are still trying to get used to waking up before 8 in the morning. What times do people go to bed when they have to be at work at 8? This is something that is taking a little getting used to and Ray made the mistake of taking two classes at Blinn. I so told him not to do that! And if you think I am not a morning person, trust me Ray is less of a morning person.
So Ray and I are now the proud owners of a new roof, which looks pretty awesome if I say so. We went with a 30 year roof, which is rare in our neighborhood so hopefully that will be a selling point. Funny thing about a 30 year roof is at least for my house it was only like 300 dollars more, and when you are already spending over 3 K what is another 300 dollars? Just a word of advice for people out there when you are buying a house it is very important to consider the quality of the windows, heater and air conditioning, roof, and flooring. If you have to replace any of these it is going to be quite a penny, unless you replacing carpet (which trust me carpet is gross and the general trend is no one wants it except for MAYBE the bedrooms). This of course if after you have considered location. Also don't forget about the school districts you are in, even if kids aren't in your near future. I think I have been watching TLC and HGTV too much, sorry.
Life is Good
So Ray officially has a day job. He started working days at the beginning of this week, lets just say it is taking some get of use to. Ray and I are not morning people at all, and also I realized I haven't been waking up before 8 am on a regular basis since elementary school. I think in the end all this will work it self out, I just need to go to bed before 1:30am (and trust me that is actually early for me).
I am finally getting motivated about grad school. I haven't skipped a day of work in over a month, I know for some this really isn't that big of a deal, but for me it is. Ever since grad school has started it has been hard to find enough work to do or motivation. I made the mistake of joining a brand new research group, I am Dr. Folden first grad school. If you ever go to grad school be careful about joining a brand new research group, it really makes something difficult like grad school even more difficult. But at the same time is really nice and rewarding to see a group start from the ground up. I won't lie but ever since I moved to Bryan, TX I have been a little in the dumps and it has hard to get out of bed, change doesn't go too well for me and I really really really wanted to stay in Austin. But things are getting better, I am starting to see a very small light at the end of the tunnel that is grad school.
So I officially am becoming a little bit of a engineer. I have learned a program called Solidwork, it is CAD (computer aided design) program that allows me to make 3d object. Also I have learned how to STAR CCM+, this is a CFD (computational fluid dynamic) program, which allows me to model air flow through a object. I really hate the learning curve on engineering program, the biggest problem is that the programs can do so much and only want to do so little.
Lastly because I am starting to master some of these crazy program I think it is time to upgrade my computer. I have a MacBook with 1 gb of RAM, which is pretty pathetic considering the programs I am running. So soon I will be increasing my RAM to 4 gb, this should be an exciting day and Dr. Folden is paying for it!
I am finally getting motivated about grad school. I haven't skipped a day of work in over a month, I know for some this really isn't that big of a deal, but for me it is. Ever since grad school has started it has been hard to find enough work to do or motivation. I made the mistake of joining a brand new research group, I am Dr. Folden first grad school. If you ever go to grad school be careful about joining a brand new research group, it really makes something difficult like grad school even more difficult. But at the same time is really nice and rewarding to see a group start from the ground up. I won't lie but ever since I moved to Bryan, TX I have been a little in the dumps and it has hard to get out of bed, change doesn't go too well for me and I really really really wanted to stay in Austin. But things are getting better, I am starting to see a very small light at the end of the tunnel that is grad school.
So I officially am becoming a little bit of a engineer. I have learned a program called Solidwork, it is CAD (computer aided design) program that allows me to make 3d object. Also I have learned how to STAR CCM+, this is a CFD (computational fluid dynamic) program, which allows me to model air flow through a object. I really hate the learning curve on engineering program, the biggest problem is that the programs can do so much and only want to do so little.
Lastly because I am starting to master some of these crazy program I think it is time to upgrade my computer. I have a MacBook with 1 gb of RAM, which is pretty pathetic considering the programs I am running. So soon I will be increasing my RAM to 4 gb, this should be an exciting day and Dr. Folden is paying for it!
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