#gradschoolthings

Aberdeen Highland Games! #gradschoolthings #scotland #aberdeen #highlandgames #cabertoss #bagpipes #savethebees (at Hazlehead Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfAG1qjrnvZhb_J2XHDIS1si1m_vOg8jRDW7Eo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Eat bugs! Nutritious and delicious! 🐛🐜🐌🐞 #biologyday #wiu #beetlelarvae #noms It taste like almonds to me and has the consistency of rice crispies 👍🏻 #gradschoolthings (at WIU Biological Sciences) https://www.instagram.com/p/B45GaE-nP8pcIi-MSEeGlHsVo2rgzgUlqkcC5M0/?igshid=14mtyn41f8yj1

Storms and flooding pushed our sampling schedule way back but the first larval fish/aquatic macroinvertebrate samples are officially in the books! 🐟🌾🐞🐌🦐🐚♀🤘 #gradschoolthings #westernillinoisuniversity #KibbeFieldStation #mississippiriver #research #ladybiologists #riverrats #larvalfish #macroinvertebrates #WIUresearch #fieldseason #fieldworkisfunwork (at Keokuk, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByqTBbwHqd9rIKHvlHYrqbGYKnPMeP_ELysKEw0/?igshid=1x8kta7vjrg4n

I'm mad as hell about how backwards things can be in this country but the sunshine today did make me smile 🌞🐟 #gradschoolthings #neature #riverpeoplearecool #riverrat #womeninscience #ladycrew #sciencematters ♀🤘Last pic is me with a mustache. Hope it makes you smile! 😁 (at Albany, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxieBjLn4loZrrmFgdCTysjmgboqU7VmlFQdsw0/?igshid=ox04mpg6fflz

Yeahhhh this was taken in October... I forgot to post it. So Shout out to @kafryngrabes & @itscorbschoco for inviting me to hang out with their friends for a weekend! • • • • • • • #GradSchoolThings #TeeInSTL #TopGolfSTL #TopGolfing #Funtimes #GradSchoolFun #NewFriends #FutureDoctors Sent via @planoly #planoly (at Topgolf) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxVYYQOAcLs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4sug5lasuuym

One final and one day away from being done with my first semester of grad school! Wowza. This has been the hardest thing I've ever done. Moving away from my fiance and frens and getting back into school as a 28 yr old. I also have had a really hard time not being able to play roller derby. I felt the strongest and most comfortable/confident in my body ever while I played. Since starting grad school I've gained about 10 lbs. Doesn't seem like much but I can see it and feel it and I hate it. I'm still trying to stay as active as possible because I feel better physically and mentally when I work out. I started hitting the bag to relieve stress and I love it. It is challenging and my form isn't perfect but it is a good place holder until I can play derby again. What a semester, thanks all for the love and support and patience while I've been very busy. I look forward to a few days off to see my boo @dredd_the_red and frens and watch some derby! Then field season will begin! 🐟 #leggo 💛💜 🥊🥊💥 #womeninscience #gradschoolthings 💯 #100series #team100 #keepit100 (at WIU Campus Recreation) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxK8kklFpYiXw7jA8nDm595Ubja1l4xbnF6f340/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2q230jtpsd67

The Mississippi River Research Consortium was so awesome! Happy to work with so many cool people in this field! 🐟 #fishfam #gradschoolthings (at La Crosse, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwyEYGrFBhjMNLolCOYsDD6anlawVbPwTQR8Gc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lbepc8n9x5tj

I literally just wrote a paper on this so it’d be sad if I didn’t get it lol #gradschoolthings #masters #peekaboo #earlychildhood #prekteacher #wordwhizzle