As usual, my life is full of hectic grad school problems.
But I'm tired of being so stressed out all of the time!! So, since I did well on my last exam, I've decided to take it easy for the next week or so since Thanksgiving is coming up. I feel like I need it. And I've also selfishly decided that I deserve it!
So in the last week, I've made a point to get out of the library/lab and go out!
Last weekend, Seth and I went to go see MegaMind (btw the premiere was at the theatre right by our house a few weeks ago! Seth got to get a peek at Will Ferrell, but there were so many people around and I am the size of a midget, so I didn't see anything.), but when we got in the theatre, the only seats left were the ones in the very front row...ugh! So we got our money back and ventured around Lincoln Center for a while.
The steps at Lincoln Center have different sayings in different languages that flash on and off, and it was pretty hard to get a picture of them. The iphone has failed me.
After grabbing some dinner we stopped of at the gigantic Barnes and Noble by our house and ended up looking at pictures of bulldogs. Boy, do I miss my fatty. I picked up some sweet books as well (though I have no time to read) with the hopes that I will read them someday (Christmas break, maybe?).
And yes, I will be making Magnolia bakery cupcake goodness and pretending they are my own...ha!
Anyway, for the last two weeks I've been working on a gene regulation experiment only to turn up with no results yesterday...so instead of discussing my results with my PI (who's been a little on the unhappy side lately because our lab has been slow to produce results), I took off early to take a walk in central park with my hubs.
Whenever I go into central park, I immediately think of Fatty. Look how many people there are walking their dogs! I can just imagine rolling Fatty around central park in a red wagon because he's too fat/tired to walk himself. [sigh].
I've been meaning to go into central park to take some shots of the leaves changing colors, but I think I'm a little late...a lot of the trees are already bare! It was probably a lot prettier about 2 weeks ago or so.
One thing I love about NYC are all of the street performers/artists. We found a guy just standing around making gigantic bubbles. I was taking a picture of him when I finally realized that one of the bubbles was inches away from my face. I was too busy looking through my camera lens when one burst on me!
Right before the bubble explosion:
The best thing about fall are all of the LEAVES!
I just want to roll around in them! Don't worry I resisted the urge.
I love all of the color change here! I'm so happy that I finally get to experience a fall season with color change, layering, scarves, jackets, and hot apple cider! It's the best. I could seriously walk around central park forever. It's the most gorgeous place.
When the sun starts to go down, the lake is the best place to be. You can see the Loeb Boathouse in the distance! *still need to go there!*
A few more shots of central park because I can't get enough of the scenery:
Enough pictures for you? Sorry, I've been spastically gathering pictures throughout the week and then spilling them all out into one post lately.
Oh and today I stopped of at the Herald Square Macys. Funny thing is I've never thought much of Macys. But their flagship store in Herald square is incredible. I don't know why I didn't take a picture of their extensively decorated store front, with dancing people dressed up as fairies, lights, and animated story book window scenes. But the inside looked like this:
EEeeee! So Christmasy! The holidays are getting me excited.
OHHH, and as for the chocolate show, I feel lame to tell you that we didn't end up going....my PI had me come into the lab on Saturday. Lame lame lame I know, but my friend Antonia grabbed me some of the most delicious chocolate ever. The bite is from my chocolate loving husband, who found my stash.
