Cornbred in Beantown: November 2009

It has been a very busy few weeks up here in Boston. Between wrapping up my final few weeks of grad school and getting ready for both Alnylam's 3rd quarter earnings announcement and our annual R&D Day, I have had about zero time to think about anything else. Most of the "big" things finished up last week, so this week has been a refreshingly relaxing week of playing catch-up. I still can't believe that I'm so close to being done with school. In fact, as of today I have 4 classes left which is pretty ridiculous. It's been 3 years, but yet it feels like some strange mix of forever ago and yesterday that I started.

I haven't been up to a whole lot other than work and school, although I did have a very fun weekend last weekend. My friend Jessica from MSU came to visit from Chicago and we had a very fun-filled weekend of birthday parties. Friday night was my friend Christy's 30th birthday - and being the first one of the group to turn 30, we did it up big for her with a fancy lunch, 90-minute massage, drinks with all her friends, and karaoke to wrap up the night. Then on Saturday, Jessica and I toured around Boston and then went to a local jazz club (Beehive) that night to celebrate Seli's friend Mia's birthday. It turned out that Taj Majal's daughter was performing that night, and she was amazing.

I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving. Seli and I are headed out to San Francisco to spend the holiday with his sister and her family. I'm definitely ready for a relaxing weekend away!