Mid-week "don't want to do work right now" update

Above you can see the latest picture of Rachel and her growing parasite baby boy.  It is becoming difficult for her to bend over, and she cannot run anymore.  But otherwise, she is doing well.  You can see her true feelings, captured below:

We attended a diapering class on Sunday at a baby boutique on the north side.  90 minutes of talking about poo - exciting, right?  Well, we learned all about the different type of cloth diapering systems available.  The stuff is pretty fancy, I must say.  I think we will try out a "pocket diaper" - an absorbent microfiber insert, with a breathable waterproof covering.  We heard all the tips and tricks, so as long as we commit to the up-front cost we should have all the know-how needed to follow through with it.

This week at school I am moving back towards more labs.  A necessary step, for sure.  The natives were getting restless, and I feel any self-respecting chem experience should have good lab opportunities.  Of course, it begs the question - is it more important to provide students with fond memories of labs from which they learned nothing, or drill in to them knowledge which is quickly forgotten?  Wow, don't I sound optimistic?  Just end-of-the-semester questions/concerns/soul-searching. 

Basketball season rolls on.  We attended the Northwestern-Indiana game on Sunday, a convincing NU win.  The only downside was the obnoxious Indiana fan behind us who incessantly shouted insults at NU players...perhaps to keep himself distracted from his own team's lousy performance?  At one point, he started chants of "Roll Tide!" during NU free throws.  Not sure why.  Even more strange, an NU fan nearby us at the NU-Michigan State game also shouted "Roll Tide" as a way to insult MSU.  Maybe I am missing something??

Finally, some pictures of the spanakopita that we made last week.  A Greek colleague of mine complimented our creation.  Hooray!

  -alan