But tomorrow I'll finally start on lab work (hooray!)
This past weekend I stayed in Corvallis, and explored downtown. Wednesday, we went to Oregon State's surplus sale (basically a garage sale of things that student's have left), and I got a bike for $10!
Soon after getting our bikes, we rode them to Fred Meyer to buy locks. I waited outside with the bikes while my roommate went inside and bought a lock. When she came back out, she realized there were zip ties on it, preventing us from easily locking up our bikes. We decide to ask a younger guy if he had a pocket knife we could use to cut the zip ties; he didn't have a pocket knife, but he did have a machete. Yeah. Like a jungle weapon. What's a guy in Corvallis doing with a machete in his car?? Trekking through the underbrush of the suburbs?
On Friday, I went with a group of REU students to a restaurant called Block 15 and got gelato afterwards. Saturday morning, I met a Marshall alum who is currently working on her Ph.D. at Oregon State, and we went downtown to the farmer's market. I was thrilled by all the samples the vendors were just begging me to try, so I had to oblige. I ended up buying a loaf of sourdough bread and a bag of jerky. We then walked around downtown through all the shops, and I found a set of pots and pans for $12.
We had a delightful lunch at New Breakfast Bakery. In the afternoon, I walked downtown again with a couple REU students and got ice cream after visiting the rose garden. Today (Sunday), my roommate and I took our new bikes for a ride on the town, venturing to Dollar Tree and Fred Meyer for food.
Still loving Oregon, and I can honestly see myself living here (I'm hoping Brian loves it as much as I do!)
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