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Published: July 22nd 2009
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Drumming Under a World Class Fluid Dynamics Lab
What I really do at work(Ok after work)...
Fluid Dynamicists are Drummers too! So, I bet you are all expecting another wild crazy adventure, right? Well, it wasn't so crazy.
Why The weather hasnt been so great leading up to the weekend most of the week... rain, more rain, clouds...
I'm starting to miss home....my friends....
I hadn't been eating right....or running/excersing nearly enough....
and money is starting to run out....
Needless to say, I was a little 'anxious to get back to the comforts of home(namely the people, and the sunshine)... Being in a foreign country on you own, not an organized program is a whole other level of learning: frankly,
you learn you. I wouldn't trade this lesson for any in the world. Even if at times it isnt so easy.
Saturday and Sunday it rained, so I just went to the lab and drummed! It was magnificent, or certainly made the rain bearable! Sunday I went to Church, and that was certainly refreshing(especially hearing the song "Hungry(Falling on my knees)"... in
English. Besides the fact that it is an altogether wonderful song, and one oof my favorites, I think God was trying to tell me, "HEY! Wake up and enjoy life!"
"I am weary, but I know Your touch restores my life"
Asolutely beautiful song.
Plus it was a guest pastor from West Virginia who talked about baseball at one point! Score 2 for west Va accent and american pastimes.
Monday Anyways, monday the sun was shining! I took a train(packed with people, because of the Belgium National Holiday) to the beach. Here I got the proper dose of amazing. Sunshine, great beautiful boats and ships, a long boardwalk to skate, and sand to rest and just read in(C.S. Lewis, Weight of Glory... amazing).
Tuesday Tuesday, I finally went out to the Waterloo battlefield. Not quite as moving for me personally as the Normandy beaches were, but I can still appreciate it. Here the proud, the great, was made low. Here in one day multiple hundred thousands of people lost their lives to change Europe 'forever'. It was still humbling to be there. I made it up all 224 steps without stopping,though I was breathing much harder than I would like to admit.
Afterwards, I though it would be a smart idea to run the 10km back at 1 in the aftenoon with humidity... That was an interesting run! Ha. Now I
have a huge blister on my ring finger equivalent toe! :/
Drumming ensued later, and then 3 Italian interns, one guy from Argentina, and me went to this GREAT Belgian restaraunt. I ate this magnificent "Tourte Legume"-->think Veggie+Cheese Quiche! YUM!
Sarah, my flatmate from Italy left this morning. She is such a nice girl. Shes going places. I'm excited to watch her succeed, and hopefully come back to stunningly gorgeous Sardinia to visit her one day!
Aerospace Work is going well. I'm writing like a mad woman to finish my report. It's frustrating that we don't have all of the explanations. But at the same time, thats would I love about science, and especially about research. Every piece of data opens new questions, and new territorries to explore. Research is never stagnant.
I'm really looking forward to the AIAA conference right after I leave here. It's hopefully going to be a great opportunity to meet lots of people from industry, and at the same time get our work out there.
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Cindy
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You are not alone! Your Mom is so ready to see you and it sounds like your Dad had a great time with you, also. You have had a wonderful experience and I believe you will also go far, as your friend from Italy. On the news today they were talking about the astronauts and I thought to myself, "One day I will be watching Sarah on the news!" Have a safe trip home and I hope I get to see you before you take off again! Oh, Kelly, your Mom, and I went kayaking today. It was great as there were very few boats out. Love ya! Cindy