thank you

One fun thing about being at a research facility is that we are all just big geeks at heart. When a flume is running or some other crazy noise is coming from somewhere, everyone pops their heads in to check out what is going on. We are all curious and interested in what others are doing. For instance, my flume is extra noisy right now – high discharge moves rocks around that are in place to reduce the turbulence of the water pumping in to the flume. You can hear the noise down the hallways, up the stairwells, and probably well into many offices. As you might imagine, lots of folks have stopped by to see what is going on.

I’ve enjoyed all this friendly interest. I’ve gotten some good feedback on my project and some great encouragement. It certainly helps in the face of all my uncertainty about making the right choices. My advisor recently gave me some good advice about making decisions for this study. Basically it boils down to: if you can justify it, then it’s probably okay.

Now a bit off subject - I have a random musing to share…do you ever find yourself saying thank you for the oddest things? I often am talking with someone and at the end of it I say “thank you”, but it has no relation to anything we’ve talked about. Or, the thanks is for something so obtuse, I figure they have no idea what I am thanking them for. The worst thing is that even though I recognize this odd habit I can’t seem to cure myself!

Thanks for reading! ;-)