The Box is Checked

"The box is checked," says the triumphant Scott. After months of sweating, starving, and slaving away in the lab, Scott emerged with the go-ahead to write his thesis (oh yeah, and three other papers in his "spare time"). The thesis committee meeting was on Friday afternoon and by Friday night, he laid on the couch with a nasty cold and nastier headache. On Saturday, he and Bruce went to Harvard's Museum of Natural History (Bruce's new favorite hangout) and spent some time together looking at large bones and big stuffed animals. That afternoon, we went on a family outing to a state park. Our intention was to go for a hike, but we must have forgotten that it gets dark ridiculously early here now (4:30). So we checked out a farm at the state park and saw this lovely heifer. After our short visit, we found an ice cream stand that was still open. Hey, it's not snowing yet. It was a nice weekend, but now it's back to the lab (and a few med school interviews here and there).