Sunday, July 16, 2023
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Hello again!
Well didn’t I have a long start to my week. On Sunday night as I was working on last week’s blog, my computer screen went completely black and had no display. I knew it was still “functioning” since the keyboard lights worked and it was making sound. I called Apple Care and followed their instructions on restarting it and other things that we thought would work. I ventured to Best Buy the next day and lost my Metrocard on one of the trains. That card had my Metro pass on it, and unfortunately I could not transfer that pass to a new card. So I lost my pass that gets me to work daily, and I had to buy a new laptop. So like I said, long start.
With my new laptop, I worked from home on Tuesday. I went to a few meetings and read some papers. I also started working on my final presentation! Work this week was mainly meetings and working on that presentation. I had a meeting with the MONSTR group and another with Giussepe and Hunter for the last of our Feynman Diagram lectures. I sent my work over to Giussepe and he sent me some feedback that we’ll go over on Monday. There are a few things in my code and equations that I can fix, but I think the graph will look relatively similar to what I have now.
Jaden took Brynn and I to his apartment’s rooftop pool on Tuesday, and it was so HOT. It was definitely nice to get out in the Sun though and the pool was so refreshing. I got a delivery of groceries from Walmart later that night (pro tip for future interns: Walmart does a 30 day free trial for deliveries and it's easier to buy more for cheap than stores within walking distance).
The next evening some interns were torn between going to the park and going to Rock the Dock at the Wharf. I chose Rock the Dock with a few others and it was a funk band. It was again, very hot, but I enjoyed the tunes during the golden hour. We all went home after and planned to see each other the next day for a potluck.
The potluck theme was “Hometown Glory”, meaning bring a dish that you grew up with. Though I didn’t technically grow up with it, I made Arroz Con Pollo. Everyone was so creative with their dishes and I loved all the sparked conversations.
I relaxed the rest of the weekend, with a few shopping trips here and there. This next blog will be packed with a lot, get ready!
Until next time,
Janessa Slone