Grad Schooling it up in Boulder

I love living in Boulder! I bike everywhere (there isn't a TBG though), I can go on a hike before (or after) school, it is sunny pretty much all the time, and I see mountains every day.

I am settling into graduate school and starting to get really busy. It is hard to juggle classes and starting research; I already cannot wait until I no longer have to take classes so I can just play around with my rocks and water from Oman. I am also a TA for the Intro to Geology lab, which is fun to teach, but grading is the worst. Especially when people write in sparkly purple pen...It is strange being a TA because I am essentially the same age as the people I am teaching (I have freshmen through seniors in the lab), but they know next to nothing about geology, so I win there. About half of our labs are field trips to sites of local geology around Boulder, which is a blast. Two weeks ago, we drove up into the mountains to look at glacial features, and the aspens were so beautiful!

The beautiful Flatirons, I see these every day!

Indian Peaks Wilderness, great hiking nearby

I have been on some great hikes, although I have yet to climb a 14,000 foot mountain (14er for you cool kids out there); that is on the docket for this weekend. There is already a dusting of snow in the mountains, which gets me excited for ski season, but first I need to buy some skis...too bad I don't have a real job, but that is what Craigslist is for.