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Ok, I can admit it....I am addicted to Lost. No denial there. What do they say about alcoholics?-- That you are an alcoholic when it starts affecting your daily life. Well if that is true, then I am sure that me going over to Zoe's at 10:30 and staying up until 2:50 am last night to watch 4 episodes of Lost, when I get up at 6 am for work, qualifies my new obsession to be affecting my daily life. But you all know me and my crazy sleeping habits, and to be honest the intensity of the 2 extra episodes I watched were so great that it was definitely worth it and I had just as much energy in the afternoon as any other day. Unfortunately, today I have not had my Lost fix, but we only have 4 episodes left in season 1 anyway, so I guess we should drag it out, since season 2 is not on dvd yet.

Moving on from Lost, but let me just say if any of you are at the movie store and nothing appeals to you just pick up the first disc of Lost, you will get hooked! I know it seems like a really stupid concept, I mean lost on an Island--can you say Gillian's Island? But I assure you there is no Skipper or anything of the sort. Ok, really moving on....

I don't think I have really explained what I am doing here in New Haven. So for the past month or so I have been becoming more knowledgeable about reading disabilities, specifically dyslexia. All the stuff I have been learning is really interesting and I am happy that I have explored the neurology path. In addition to becoming more knowledgeable, I have been trained and am able to administer this computer task to our participants that come in. It is a really really boring computer game that tests attentional networks--I have to observe the subject's body language and record any errors or grunts of boringness. In addition to that I have other projects going on as well which keep me busy. I am loving the 8-4 lifestyle, meaning getting up early and getting semi dressed up for work, walking with the morning crowd, work itself and taking lunch breaks with my amazing co-workers. They all pick up on my sense of sarcastic humor and are rather witty themselves, even if it is a dull day they make it great. Ok, that is enough bragging.

So that is my life as it stands now--work at Yale Learning Research, Lost, Jersey Boys, and Zoe. I have been going home every weekend for various family bdays, events, shmoozing and visiting camp/friends. Can't believe it is already July, oh I missed Rabbit Rabbit yet again, but August will be here soon enough, and even if I don't say it next month, we all are reuniting in the end anyway, so it has to be great!

Much love,
Machel