retreat!

so I am out at the mckenzie river conference center, AKA the us basketball academy, for the retreat portion of grad school orientation. It's beautiful, relaxing, and science-riffic. Plenty of talks to fill my brain, plenty of beer to fill my belly. Good times. Most of the faculty of the Neuro institute are here, so it's a great opportunity to hobnob with the big guys and figure out who to work with. (no; I have not decided on my first rotation, nor do I know who I want to work with for my thesis.) This evening, it's more talks, then beer and campfire time, hopefully with minimal sing-a-longs. Tomorrow I may stay for the evolution and ecology group retreat, though I may decide to go home and unpack some more... feeling a bit under the weather with a nasty cough that just cropped up during the move and a scratchy throat, yuck. No fun. By I'm choosing to ignore it and focus on the fun to be had... Yay science!