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Life and times of the Rebeccas
Aug. 15th, 2008 10:33 amJust a few, random tidbits for the morning. First, a certain puppy who has been in our keeping has been the lucky recipient of a new nickname, "Tootsie Wootsie Woo!" which must be said with the exclamation point. The sign that it would be a good nickname was the fact that I instantly ridiculed it when I first heard it, and have subsequently been saying it at every opportunity. Aforementioned puppy was adorably cute last night while attacking the winning combination of a soft, fleecy toy and the shoelace attached to it.
The second random tidbit is just the simple fact that it's great to live with another biologist, and a biogeochemist at that. We can get science done by sitting around in our pajamas, talking. R has so much great research experience and an excellent perspective, which are valuable, and I can only hope that my experiences are helpful for her as well. We spent a good hour this morning discussing our frameworks, which was just what I needed.
The icing on the cake was the sunrise this morning. Now, it would be really nice to imagine some kind of lifestyle where I would leap out of bed, chipper and ready to go, the moment my alarm clock went off at 4:13 am. However, that's never going to happen, no matter what I do. This morning I managed to reach a point where I was about half-awake by the time I got to the boatyard. It rained lightly last night, so the sky was inky dark as we set the boat down in the still, flat water. As we finished our warmup and rounded the first bend to head back towards the west end of the lake, the eastern sky had taken on a peachy-orange hue, a bright morning color that offset the flat, warm grey clouds. By the second bend, the peach-orange had faded to a pale golden, but the undersides of the clouds were pink-edged with an electric hot pink.
Anyway, you get the idea. I'm never going to remember to bring my camera, but I'm inclined to agree with those who say that Arizona has the best sunrises and sunsets. The gorgeous sunrise, combined with a decent row, helped to wake me up quite nicely. And now perhaps I'll get some more work done.
The second random tidbit is just the simple fact that it's great to live with another biologist, and a biogeochemist at that. We can get science done by sitting around in our pajamas, talking. R has so much great research experience and an excellent perspective, which are valuable, and I can only hope that my experiences are helpful for her as well. We spent a good hour this morning discussing our frameworks, which was just what I needed.
The icing on the cake was the sunrise this morning. Now, it would be really nice to imagine some kind of lifestyle where I would leap out of bed, chipper and ready to go, the moment my alarm clock went off at 4:13 am. However, that's never going to happen, no matter what I do. This morning I managed to reach a point where I was about half-awake by the time I got to the boatyard. It rained lightly last night, so the sky was inky dark as we set the boat down in the still, flat water. As we finished our warmup and rounded the first bend to head back towards the west end of the lake, the eastern sky had taken on a peachy-orange hue, a bright morning color that offset the flat, warm grey clouds. By the second bend, the peach-orange had faded to a pale golden, but the undersides of the clouds were pink-edged with an electric hot pink.
Anyway, you get the idea. I'm never going to remember to bring my camera, but I'm inclined to agree with those who say that Arizona has the best sunrises and sunsets. The gorgeous sunrise, combined with a decent row, helped to wake me up quite nicely. And now perhaps I'll get some more work done.
