woods hole retreat: a photographic adventure

this weekend was the mcdb (molecular cellular and developmental biology department) retreat to woods hole, ma. i went because i thought it would be fun. and it mostly was. there were a lot of research talks to go to and they were pretty boring. but hanging out with everyone was cool. so yay. and there was a lot of food and wine and beer. hooray!! friday we got there in the afternoon and then ate dinner and went to talks. after the talks there was a social where i drank A LOT of wine. ha ha. after going to bed around 1ish, i woke up with the sunrise and couldn't fall back asleep. stupid insomnia. at least it was very very pretty, and the view out of my window of eel pond was very nice.









saturday morning there were a bunch more talks. but then we had the afternoon free to go exploring. and explore we did!



here's carolyn and rajini posing for the camera



a horseshoe crab made out of horseshoes



we walked along the road to the lighthouse. it's cute. because it's small. but there was a nice beach too.





carolyn, jenny, rajini, and i in front of the water



and now in front of the lighthouse



what a cute little lighthouse!





saturday night was a lot of fun. the social included silly games including trivia, charades, the newlywed game, and ddr. lots of ddr. even faculty played. and we went out to a bar for about an hour and played flip cup. and then at 1am it was last call. (i know, wtf??) we went back to the common room for more drinks and more ddr. people think i'm actually pretty good at ddr, which is a lie. i think it's funny. at 3am we all went to bed.

sunday morning we skipped the boring boring talks and sat outside in the sun. it was better that way



alice even decided to take a nap in the grass



while we waited for the bus back to yale, jeff decided he was getting sunburnt and covered his face with his jacket



jeff is silly



alice and mike are waiting for the bus



and here are all of the lovely first year mcgd students that got sucked into going on this retreat. there are an awful lot of us!



the bus finally came and we all made it back home safely. hooray. two exciting things were waiting for me when i got home. the first was the first season of the simpsons on dvd that i had ordered. the second was my tickets to the killers concert this friday. hooray i'm excited. and then i did a bunch of laundry.

tomorrow is my first day in my first lab rotation! woohoo! i have to get up so early.

fluffies.