sunny day and sunny disposition

So things are looking up. Research wise, people are starting to communicate...and it seems there are a few incredibly motivated and intelligent people that are taking over the imaging program.
This is exxxxcellent. I am completely excited now. I was already moderately excited, now I'm so nerd-ishly exuberant...it's almost frightening. In a good way though. So things are sunny on the work front, and it's sunny outside too. So sunny that I'm cursing myself for mis-placing my sunglasses and having to walk around with a perpetual squint all day. 40 degrees and sunny is awesome. Walking around looking like I have something stuck in my eye...not so awesome. BUT, it just so happens that Jake arrives today and we're going up to Stratton tomorrow. So the weekend will include some snowboarding, along with some event watching (the U.S. Open of Snowboarding is being held at Stratton this week). I realllly hope we can actually see some events. I know we'll be wading through hordes of people. Atleast we can count on seeing some riders getting high enough out of the halfpipe to give us a show. woo!

And I'm still eating granola. The amount of granola I made is enough to eat bowls of it for breakfast until June. Well, maybe not that long (especially the way I eat it)...but there's A LOT. Now, I can actually put homeade granola on my banana oatmeal waffles. Oh, the simple joys in life. By the way, I was stupidly excited to listen to the new Jack Johnson cd and hear a song about banana pancakes. Granted, those were pancakes and not waffles...but it was still a welcome thing to hear as I was stir-frying in my kitchen on a saturday night ( i like stir-fry almost as much as i like banana-oatmeal waffles and granola).

And, on a final and necessary note....Happy St. Patrick's Day! It's your job to go out and have a pint today. It doesn't have to be green. I'll openly admit to avoiding the green beer. But kick back and have a pint of suds. And if you're Irish and love to drink on St. Pat's....definately get an Irish car bomb. Jameson+Bailey's+Guinness+Irish Holiday= :o)