A busy two weeks

It's been a while since I've updated, but that's because I've been pretty busy with a broken hand, a trip to Boston, finishing a project at work and having Buddy, Grebs and Alex over for a week. But, now that I have some time, here's an update:

As I said last time, I broke my hand in Lisbon. After a week in a cast that covered all four of my fingers and my entire forearm I went back to the doc and was able to get a smaller cast. The doc actually thought that he might have noticed a 2nd fracture in the bone, which would have required surgery, but luckily a CT scan showed that there was only the one fracture (phew) and I would be out of the cast after 4 weeks. I'm scheduled to get the cast off this Tuesday, which I am incredibly excited about, and then our office ski trip is next weekend so hopefully I don't break it again... I'll definitely be taking it easy on the slopes.

smaller cast, but still quite annoying...

A couple weekends ago and a couple weekends after I broke my hand I went to Boston for a long weekend. I spent Thursday and Friday going to HBS's admitted student weekend and Saturday and Sunday chilling with some old friends. The Harvard weekend was really cool and got me excited to be going there in the fall (despite the harsh reminder of Boston winter weather - we got some sun, some rain, plenty of wind and about 6 inches of snow while I was there). We got to see the housing options, check out some classes, hear a lot about the school from various people and, probably most importantly, meet all the people that I could be in school with in a few months. The rest of the weekend was spent visiting some old haunts like Buko's and Pour House and seeing some MIT friends, which was really fun. It was also nice just to be back in the States for a bit, it had been a while. Unfortunately On Sunday I took the red eye back to Amsterdam, landed around 7:30am and went straight to work for one of our more intense weeks on the project.

But, luckily, our project cooled down a bit the following week, just in time for Buddy, Grebs and Alex to get here. Again it was nice to have some Americans around, and we spent the week seeing the sights, eating, drinking and getting the Amsterdam experience. I had to work during the week, but I was able to make it back pretty early every day so I think that worked out well, except maybe for my lack of sleep. They also got pretty lucky with the weather as it was pretty clear (only rained one day!) and even warmed up a bit. Actually, the day after Alex and Grebs left it was even warm enough for a nice long bike ride, so I took advantage and took some photos of the city.

Rijksmuseum and Iamsterdam sign

Olympic Stadium (the 1928 Olympics)

I've been to 6 cities that have been Olympic hosts since being over here (actually 7 if you include Atlanta)

River lined completely with houseboats

Well I think that's it for now. This week is the last week on my project, and after that I have no clue where I'll be. I do know, however, that this coming weekend I'll be on the slopes in Fiss, Austria, so I'm looking forward to that!