Happenings and such

Yes, it has been awhile since I blogged. I feel like I only have the same things to tell though, so I don't really feel like blogging about the same things.

Last weekend I went to Idaho Falls with some of the other interns This is my roommate Monica, and she is totally awesome! And one of the nicest people I know.Here are Ian and Zac. They are pretty funny and fun. We play video games together and talk about particle physics and super heros. Super heros seem to be our most favorite topic.

On our way home from IF we saw a really pretty sunset.



So yeah, nothing else has really been happening lately other than that. Richard is doing really well in the MTC so far and is excited about going to Portugal in 3 weeks. Supposedly this Friday they are going to have a special devotional and Richard thinks the prophet is coming. I'll update you on that if it really happens.

I hope everyone is having a good week. I have only a month until I'm done with my internship. It's going by so fast! But it is so much fun. I am learning so much and am making friends with a lot of people.

Well good-bye til next time!

Wii fit!

So my roommate Monica brought her wii from home last Sunday, and brought wii-fit. It is the most fun I have ever had exercising in my entire life. I wake up every morning at 6:30 and exercise for 30 minutes then head off to work. It is really refreshing! It did tell me I was overweight though but hopefully after a few weeks of exercising I will be in the normal BMI range :)


Richard sent me some pictures the other day. He looks so happy and tells me that he really loves it in the MTC. He got to hear a talk from Elder Bednar on Tuesday, and I'm jealous! But yeah he is doing really well and only has a month until he goes to Portugal!

Lab and Apartments

Here is the building that I live in. This part that you can see opens up to a 24 hour computer lab and then there are classrooms opposite from the apartments.


Here is the lab that I work in most of the day. I put bacteria on plates right there!

I got my new projects last week. I will be doing an experiment with one of the other guys where we make a bacteria culture and let it grow til it is growing its fastest (exponentially) and then treat the cultures with different amounts of antibiotics. We then put some of the cultures on a plate before the antibiotics, right after, 30 min after, 1 hour after, 120 min after. Supposedly there will be 2 curves for how the bacteria die so we are trying to re-create that.

I am also going to work with the effects of radiation on the environment, and I'll be doing that in another lab.

So far I have made friends with the other interns, and we've had a blast. We watched the movie Up together last weekend, then the other day we all played Lord of the Rings Monopoly for like 4 hours. ( I lost, no surprise there)

I am looking forward to doing more research, but also to coming back home because I really want to see you guys again.