Jet-setting & Progress

I've been keeping busy, especially with the end of the spring MPH semester coming up this week (presentation, paper and final tomorrow and 2 finals Wednesday). On top of that, progress has been made in my research project! I'm meeting with a pharm rep next week regarding funding/support for my project and have found a few leads regarding my prized rat models. Then last Thursday, we sat down and mapped out the experimental design and started looking at grant applications. My goals are one step closer to being realized, but the upcoming weeks will be devoted to grant writing - maybe I can sneak in a few lines in the budget for a camera upgrade or something like that ;P

The other day, I looked at the months of May and June and all I can say is...damn. So this Wednesday, I'll be done with spring MPH classes. Thursday is a Megabus back to Houston, Friday is a flight to Chicago. Sunday night, I'll be back in San Antonio for my meeting with the Eli Lilly rep early in the week followed by a drive to Houston from Thursday til Sunday - family, friends, Rice's graduation (Neil deGrasse Tyson is the commencement speaker), and subsequent graduation parties. Thursday after that, I'll be flying out to LA to visit some friends. We'll be driving to San Francisco that Saturday night and staying until Monday morning for Bay-to-Breakers on Sunday morning. I'll fly back to San Antonio on Tuesday, but have a wedding in Houston the Saturday following - this brings us to May 25th. Immediately after, I'm currently slated to drive out to Laredo for the month of June, starting the evening of May 27th...  @_@ All the while, I start 2 online MPH classes on 5.20 and will be working on my project on the side as well.

Here are some pictures of springtime fun: