Hi everyone! This is Parnika Singh of Astro 2, from Bellevue, Washington! Today was a pretty chill day – at least by SSP standards. We had a morning lecture on electromagnetism which was super interesting and basically a crash course in AP Physics C E&M. However that was not all the lecture contained! The second half was essentially a presentation by Dr. R about his PhD research on rat brains and investigating the effect of manganese in brains and the various struggles and issues he encountered which was both educational and highly entertaining. It’s honestly been very interesting and valuable to hear about the paths and experiences of different professionals here at SSP. It’s truly shown me that there isn’t just one path to success, which is comforting to know.
Following lecture we had lunch, and then I headed back to my dorm to do my laundry that had been piling up for the last two weeks. I decided to throw in my sheets for good measure, which amounted to three loads. It took me an embarrassing 7 minutes to realize how the fancy new laundry machines actually worked, but I succeeded and soon enough, my clothes were clean and folded.
Following that, I went to the classroom to do some work on my SDSS report. I honestly really enjoy scientific writing – more than I expected. So writing the report was quite enjoyable for me. Of course, I took a 20 minute break to do my daily crossword as the day is never complete without it.
Soon enough it was time for dinner – which for me was bread and peanut butter since I have the tastebuds of a 5 year old. There had been plans to go play sports at about 7, however it was raining rather heavily after dinner. But the weather cleared up somewhat and the games were able to go on! After an hour of sports, we all tromped back to the bio annex to work on asteroid data processing and our SDSS projects. It’s crazy to think that we’re almost done with our research project… but we are! But tomorrow is Sunday, which means I get to sleep in and relax, and I’m definitely looking forward to that!
