It seems so strange that I've been in Portland for almost 3 weeks, which is a quarter of my time here. I feel like I just left New Jersey!
This past week was busier at the NCRAR. I finally got my badge, so I'm officially a WOC (without compensation) employee! I thought it would take forever to get my information corrected, but apparently it only took a couple of days. Now all that's left is to get computer access, which should be early this coming week. We've had meetings with the different investigators, which have really cool. They're all doing different kinds of auditory research - blast exposure, noise exposure, hearing aid use, OAEs, evoked potentials, wide band reflectance and more. We actually have a mini seminar this week on the wide band reflectance equipment, which none of us have seen used before. I'm excited!
As for explorations, we stayed pretty close to home this week. M & I hit the gym a couple of times, but I think we were both pretty tired! I went to the farmer's market this morning with L, which was fun. Once you've been there a couple of times, it's pretty easy to get in, do your shopping, and get out. But it was a beautiful day to be out, and I got some delicious berries and some beautiful peonies!
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| Unfiltered version of the peonies. They're just as pretty without the filter! |
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| Filtered version of the peonies (Thanks instagram filters) |
We've been trying to find bars where there are actually people, so last night (Friday) we did go out. We had dinner at an Irish pub in the Pearl district, with good food and a beer that I finally liked enough to drink more than a few sips. Then we hit a couple of different bars, but neither was very busy. Lots of bars had DJs or music, but there were very few people actually out! Apparently Portland is not a "bar" city. Tonight M & I went out to dinner, and the original plan was to go out again, but we were both exhausted, so now I'm home, blogging, and planning to be in bed before 11.
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| Poutine at dinner tonight |
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| The only beer I liked enough to have more than one. |
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