Hokay so.

I decided I may keep this thing going just for kicks. I changed the name, unfortunately the url is still 'kellieinchina' which isn't really true, but theres nothing i can do about that one. I guarantee it won't be as exciting as it would've been had I stayed in China (damn, i'm so good at advertising).

SO I'm re-employed at the lab I spent the last two summers with. John, the P.I., emailed me asking if I might want to come back once I told him I was coming back from China. Obviously I jumped at the opportunity, and I went in Monday to work out some details. They almost doubled my salary, which kicks ass like whoa, and I'm gonna be working on some cool stuff, like curing space cancer. I'm going to be working on growing cells in microgravity to simulate spaceflight, and seeing how the altered gravity impacts the cells' ability to repair DNA damage from toxic metals. Schweeeet.

Now that I have a job, I can start working on grad school applications again. I'm definitely applying to UMaine and Tufts. If I were to go to UMaine, I would end up working in the same lab I'm in now, which I wouldn't mind since I love the people and the lab and the projects... but I'd have to stay in Maine. I would move to Portland, but I would 10000x more be in Boston. Tufts is harder to get into, but has awesome labs too, and I could be in Boston... but I don't know any of the people in the labs or the projects yet. So I'd have to make that decision if I actually got into both. No big deal, just a matter of where I spend the next six years. I also may apply to BC, but I haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll go get to work on that.