Day 13: The Invisible Roomie Emerges!

My work station :) Soon it will have a shnazzy new computer and lots of moths, butterflies, and caterpillars covering the desk!

Wayyyyyyy overslept. I don't know if it was the exhaustion from the previous day or the aversion for going out in the heat I could already feel rising but I woke up a solid hour late. Lucky for me Dr. Mitchell has kind of just said I can come in when I like, so I texted to let him know but I'm definitely not going to be making it a habit. When I got to the office I was greeted by the task of editing, croping, and brightening all the photos I had taken the day before. This took almost as long as taking the pictures themselves but I slowly worked through the stack on Andrew's computer taking a PBJ lunch break and supplementing with some coffee he supplied. Once all the photos were up to par I renamed them all to their proper scientific IDs and organized them numerically. The last task of the day was to enter a bunch of data on spreadsheets to get even more specimen ready to test. Near the end of the day we went down to the collections area to gather more specimen and chat with the collections manager, Dave. They talked for a while and I chatted with a woman that shares dave's office who does all the billing information. She was frustrated by a bad invoice and we shared billing horror stories, me about DM and her about the Museum. We talked for quite a while, and I really like her. She's really funny and just kind of a warm easy to talk to person. After the guys were done talking we went to the collections area to pick out specimen and its weird, but seeing a bunch of specimen all pinned up I got this HUGE urge to rearrange them into block and script UCLA! I don't think they'd appreciate that very much, but I really really wanted to do it! I controlled myself and just helped Dr. Mitchell carry up some trays to start working on for Monday. By about 4pm we both decided to call it a day. I took off back home and stopped by the grocery store (i know, i know, AGAIN) to catch some items I missed so I wouldn't survive on rice and PBJ alone. I came home to a full(ish) apartment and got to see Yalin for the first time since I moved in Monday morning! Anton, Willy, and Yalin were all home and it was nice to see her and Willy both of whom normally work the night shifts of their jobs (I leave at 9am and get home at 5pm, they both leave at 4pm and get home at 4am). I chilled out in the living room as usual snacking on some avocado dip and chips and listening to Anton play guitar. A little while later Yalin, Willy and I chatted for a while about video games, Wii mishaps, our jobs, and how they all knew each other so I could get to know them a little better and get a general rundown of the apartment. Willy said he'd show me where the gym and pool are over the weekend and I found that I really liked both of them. They are upbeat, funny, and generally just nice people. Yalin works as a pastry chef and Willy is the night manager of Woolworths, a big grocery chain in AU. After, I cooked the same dinner as the night before and ended with a rice dessert I make which is basically just white rice, milk, cinnamon, and sugar. I spent the rest of the evening catching up on things I kept pushing aside all week and watching Grown Ups with Adam Sandler. I also paid rent since this was the first time I'd seen Yalin and found myself to be much poorer afterward. haha. Overall I think I'm going to really dig living here. The location (Pyrmont) is awesomely close to downtown (CBD), the people are nice, the room is spacious and clean, and the atmosphere is very laid back and not party party crazy so I know I won't ever have to come home to drunken people throwing up everywhere or rando's that I have to worry are stealing my stuff or anything. I would say thus far the apartment is a success, the job is pretty ballin', and the city is a wonderful. Sydney is a WIN :D

Random moth I found in my apt (apparently now I'm obsessed too) but it's so cool - it's GREEN!