Boulder

Dear Boulder Men, stop being so beautiful, I'm supposed to be focusing on important things.

Its not even noon and I've already had a super productive day.

This morning I paid for a shower for the first time in my life. It was hot and clean and a dragged it out for as long as I could to be worth $5. Felt glorious after 3 days of hiking.

I made it to Boulder from RMNP by 9am. On campus I got my picture taken for the student ID card (BuffOne). Then I popped in to talk to an administrative lady at the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and tried to charm my way into a TA position. Things can come up before school starts, so I have to wait for an email/call from her between now and the end of August.

Afterwards I stopped by the office of a professor whose research I'm REALLY interested in and I've been emailing quite a bit since I applied for school. At last, she was there! But busy, so we set an appointment for tomorrow. She seemed pretty excited to meet with me. This could be good.

So no bad news, but no good news either. Everything is still up in the air. I feel hopeful about things though. I think I made a good impression on the EBIO lady, explained the pickle that I'm in. And hopefully the meeting with the professor will go well tomorrow.