Summer is quickly ending...

Soon the carefree days of summer will be over. Soon undergrads will flood campus like millions of tiny ants scuttling away from a kicked anthill. Soon the seminars, courses, tutoring, marking and TA-ing will recommence. I have a review to write by the end of September and a seminar to give on October 7th not to mention the new grad student 'Meet and Greet' I have to finish organizing by September 3rd. I mean don't get me wrong, part of me loves the chaos and stress that comes with the start of a new semester, but I feel I have taken the uninterrupted hours for experiments, occasional long lunches and afternoon beers for granted. Soon I will barely have time to get done everything I need to, let alone enjoy a little spare time. Lazy Saturday morning lattes on the back deck with the paper will be replaced by running those gels I didn't have time to complete last week. But, hey, this is what grad school is all about I'm loving it!