Delays

Oh heavens, I can't believe I still haven't put the pictures from Switzerland up. They are not really so astounding, so I feel a little silly. The pictures are on Jeremy's work computer, and he has been working like a madman, etc. etc.

Anyway, it has been pretty full steam around here. I have been writing a proposal to dance in another Cologne group show, and I had to put a video of my work up on facebook for an application in NYC. This necessitated untold hours making the video edit and then trying to figure out how to upload--- Chuckie even had to help me by magically getting on my computer from Ohio. (It's weird! He can move my cursor!) We took a little break from staring into our computer screens to learn how to gut fish at the family fish store of one of Jeremy's fellow scientists. Fun! However, they gave us the fish for next to nothing, so I became obsessed with baking a thank-you present. After nixing a mildly burnt strawberry rhubarb cake, I found success with my new favorite, brownie-like Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies.

And Jeremy, of course, is still writing his paper, planning the tribolium meeting in Cologne, and working on a grant for his lab. Whew!

I decided a couple of weeks ago that Jeremy need a little mini-break (especially before the summer really gets going--- we are going to barely see each other from July until October), so we are heading off to Trier tomorrow for the weekend. Trier is a city in south western Germany on the Mosel river known for its Roman ruins (supposedly the best place to see them outside Rome). We're going to ride bikes, go to the sauna, sample some local wines, see the ruins, and maybe take a boat ride.