Its not, it's freezing cold. I journeyed into hell today on my first organized bike ride of the season. I think it was in the high 40s when we started, and it pretty much stayed that way, with winds in the 10-20s. I did pretty well, overall, but really felt the last half of the ride. This from a person who was doing metric centries (66 mi) and higher rides without too much problems. Which leads me to conclude, i'm in significantly worse shape than I was last season, despite working out every week (usually 2x or 3x). Anyway it was really tough but it just made finishing all that more enjoyable.

Kinda like grad school. I'm close, I can feel it in my bones. (Close as in 3-6 months away) I am at least close to finishing what I said I would do, and what my advisor has said is the absolute minimum. Realistically, I'll need to spend more time doing more experiments to test the functionality of the protein I am working on; so far no luck yet on that part.

Update: Weather yesterday was 42 when I started, 46 when I finished (then jumping to 52 an hour later, go figure). Friday they were saying a high of 68, right! Can't trust weather-bunnies.