The thawing of the Charles

We've only had two instances of huge snowfalls so far this year, one just last week. Covered everything in snow/ice, and even the Charles River was frozen (never seen a river frozen before; and the Charles being several times the size of the river Cam).

It was warm yesterday, and sunny. And though it's going to be -9 degrees Celcius again tomorrow, just for that one day we could go out and explore.

Winter's a clingy lover, but looks like spring's finally on its way.

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Tons of admin to do these days. Finishing up my current lab rotation, arranging flights back for summer, housing for next year, and filing taxes (TAXES!) for the US federal government, the state of Massachusetts, and Singapore. All on top of coursework.

But Srinjan (Queen's College guy) and I managed to import Pancake Day into the U.S.A., at least for our class. None of the Americans have ever heard about Pancake Day; weirdos, how can anyone not love a day devoted to eating pancakes?



We put together a good selection: blueberry pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes, raspberry pancakes, with maple syrup, whipped cream, chocolate sauce, rainbow sprinkles, strawberries and butter. With a tub of Ben and Jerry's that we didn't even manage to get to.

Saint Patrick's day is coming up. Apparently you've got to wear green, and drink green beer. Jen's a big fan of it. =)