Yes, I have.

Have you ever...

• had someone throw you a donut from the car next to you while you are both stopped at a stoplight?
  
• done cartwheels on soccer field lines or down hallways to see how straight your cartwheels are?
  
• gone for a run after months of not running, just because you feel like it?
  
• dyed your hair, and then fear that it looks a little calico, because you may have missed some spots?
  
• tried to sleep in an academic building while the janitor blasts music in the hallway after midnight?

Or have you...

• made pierogies from a box and were reminded just how delicious even boxed pierogies are?
  
• stayed up until 3 in the morning reading a book - just because you're not tired and you want to finish it, and not really for any merit in the book itself?
  
• kicked a volleyball down a hallway to try to knock down the fans on either end of the hallway - at midnight?
  
• eaten most of a sandwich thinking your bread might be a little moldy, and then upon eating the last bite of cheese, realized that the cheese you'd been eating was awful, and the bread was innocent?
  
• made a triple integral out of clementine peels?

I can't believe research is wrapping up so quickly.  Our final presentations are tomorrow - we get to present at a conference!  I look forward to coming home soon, though the parting will be bittersweet.  

With love,

Laura