This past weekend I went to Boston to spent some time with my girlfriend. It was quite a trip from Stony Brook.
On Friday I had a TA meeting at 12:30 PM. It was sad that I missed the String Theory class, but I did not wanted to miss this meeting since they were going to cover lab basics and this week's experiment. Also, it was where the hours were distributed. I ended with a section on Mondays from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM and another on Tuesdays from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM with "office hours" on Wednesdays from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. So basically I will be quite busy during the first part of the week. Hopefully some homework can be done on the other part with lab report grading during the weekend. I have to think of some time for the "project".
At 1:45 PM I leaved the TA meeting and quickly rushed to the train station to catch the 2:00 PM train to Port Jefferson. It was fun to run towards the train station with all my bags. I had to cross to the other side to get tickets (which was not checked...) and then to the campus aside again to catch the train.
After 20 minutes I got into Port Jefferson and walked to the ferry port. It was a 20 minute-long-walk. The weather was not that bad, still it had been a long week and I was tired. The ferry was there when I got to the port. The boat departed with 15 minutes of lateness. I settled down and started to work on my brand new Electrodynamics problem set. The 5 problems seem tractable, I was able to work most of the first problem on index notation and vector products. The ferry trip was smooth, I did not felt dizzy which was a good thing.
The ferry started vibrating as it got close to Bridgeport. I hurried (once again) to the (other) train station. Yet once again the ticket machine was at the other side of where I was suppose to catch the train. Run, run, run! I got my tickets and when I came out there was a train at the track. I started running desperately. The train left and I felt really sad. The first thing that I thought was "Damn! My girlfriend is going to kill me!". But I checked on the time and it was 10 minutes before for my train. I was happy! It turned out that MY train was 15 minutes late. Oh well...
The train ride was nice. I continue working with my homework. It is funny the things that you hear around. The person seating behind me was talking on the phone about her house mates dishing her and leaving for a hotel. It was hilarious! She kept asking herself what would have gone wrong and what would have driven her friend away. Then a guy came to comfort her. That was kinda annoying, but I was able to work. Then that guy talked to somebody on the phone about not smoking pot for a while. He bragged about it REALLY loudly so people could listen that he smoked and he "did not cared about the laws". I hate when people talk about this things wanting to be cool. I drink now and them. I do not brag about how much or what I drink. It is stupid. Things do not make people. Oh well.
Meritime started around 8:00 PM! We wander around downtown Boston (after yet another train ride...) and had dinner at a nice Italian place. Man, I had a whole pizza with sausage and ham for myself. Yummy!
Stay tuned for "the return".
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