Osterhase

Well, I hope that everyone had an enjoyable Easter weekend. Despite my mother's side of the family saying that they were all occupied with their immediate families, most of us ended up at my Aunt's house on Sunday afternoon. We had a lot of laughs around a bonfire and caught up with each other's lives. I haven't seen some of my family since Thanksgiving, because I was in Southern Ontario during Christmas. I guess that is what happens when you grow up and get a life... My newest German word that I've learned (and remembered) is Osterhase, which means Easter bunny.
My cousin had his wedding social on Saturday evening at a local pub, with a local band called "Oh So Popular". They were amazing and played a variety of hits from the 80s and 90s. Definitely worth looking into if you need a band for a wedding, social or anniversary.

I have been spending quite a bit of time learning the computer programming software (MATLAB) that I'm using to process my high frequency gas concentration data for my thesis. I'm getting better, but it gets frustrating at times. My advisor wants my graphs for my thesis ASAP and, of course, it is taking longer than I expected to get them drawn up. Have you heard of the pi (3.14) rule? You take your anticipated finish time and multiple it by 3.14 to estimate the time it will ACTUALLY take for you to finish...depressing but true. My goal is to get my first draft completed by the end of May, which is 2 months...does this mean that I will only get it done by September? : ) It better not!!