A Sense Of Adventure.

Our journey began this morning at 6:30am, as we pulled out of the driveway and nearly slid down the street in my front wheel drive car (that inevitably, will struggly through winter weather). We fueled up and headed out of the city--at this point, I was pretty dead and thankful my dad was driving as I was barely awake enough to keep my eyes open. A bit of time passed (and I really mean a bit) alas, we hit a Tim Hortons off the highway. Time for breakfast and an iced capp--it is seriously never too early for one of those. After the sugar rushed through my blood, the conversation picked up as I began to wake up. The musical selections on this road trip included: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Edwin Starr, The Doors, U2, Coldplay and Counting Crows. We were making pretty good time, I breathed a sigh of relief as I watched the clock and realized I would make it on time to my lab...or would I? Just as I got comfortable, I glanced up ahead to notice a road closed sign as the highway was blocked off. We were then routed off the highway down a farm road...thirty minutes we hit another 'highway' (now I use that word lightly because can you really call a single lane road with lights every 3-5km with a speed limit topping out at 70km/hr a highway?). Now we were behind schedule, the traffic was backed up and my heart began to race. I watched the clock from that moment on, right till the moment we came screeching into the university parking lot at 80km/hr. The clock had just turned 10:00am, my lab was just starting and I had to get to the building and run up four flights of stairs. Without much time to say goodbye, I jumped out of the car and sprinted to my lab, nearly whipping out in the doorway of the classroom because of my wet shoes. All in all, I made it in a manner that can be described only as 'fashionably late'.

Today in my lab for an unknown reason I was dubbed 'NID'...now you probably wondering what that stands for--running through all the possible combinations that would make sense. Well let me save you the time and just tell you that my new nickname stands for nerd in disguise. Let me add that to an ever growing list of nick names...

Now I am off to campus to study with a friend for my biochem midterm tomorrow--I can't wait till it's over.

Missin' you already...