Post 21: One Week More

Tomorrow begins the last week of the REU here in Gainesville, FL. It also begins the busiest and slowest week. Busy up until Wednesday at 1pm, we have to hand in the final copies of our paper at that time. It is also Wednesday at 1pm that the final presentations begin. I have yet to decide if I would prefer to present on Wednesday or Thursday. My lazy side says Thursday, my lazier side says Wednesday. If I get it done and over with that means I have nothing to do on Thursday except listen to other presentations and say good bye to the students in my lab, as well as my mentor.

After presentations are finished the group of us have exit interviews and payday. We re kicked out of our apartments at noon on Saturday, and seeing as Rachel doesn't show up until 3pm-ish I don't know what I am going to do for the down time. I am looking forward to next Saturday.

This time next week Rachel and I will be in South Carolina, on our way to our first destination, Charleston! History for me and a beach for Rachel. :) On the 8th we will depart from Charleston and head north to North Carolina, where exactly I don't really know, but Rachel does and here's hoping she remembers her GPS. We will be visiting one of her friends in NC, I am not sure on what we'll be doing but I am okay with that. From NC we will be heading to the DC area, specifically Laurel, Maryland where Kimberly and Kenny have graciously allowed us to stay for a few days. Activities on the itinerary in the DC area include: a day in DC, a day at Busch Gardens, a day seeing CAU and UM... Okay that 3 days, how long are we staying there? On the morning of the 14th, that is a Sunday, we will be driving to Delaware where we have tickets to a beach side reggae show, and then to Christy's if she ever asks Scott if he is okay with Rachel and I sleeping on their floor. From Delaware we will finally return to Rachel's home state of Pennsylvania, where I will meet her adorable kitten and then visit my boyfriend for a couple days. Then FINALLY after 12 very long weeks I will return home to Central New York, and spend the remainder of my summer vacation walking with my mom, doing puzzles with Grandpa, and seeing Adam Levine and Maroon 5 at the NYS Fair!

A very large number of pictures will be posted over the next 2.5 weeks to balance our this very wordy post.