In root canal news, they tried to schedule me for a appointment on June 3 [> 1 month away]. I mentioned that I was actually in pain and that waiting a month wasn't really an option, as far as I was concerned... so they rescheduled me for Tuesday. I don't understand why they didn't put me in that spot in the first place...

In bird nest news, the youngins are leaving the nest! At least one has left, and another seems to have left for a little bit and then come back. This morning when I turned on BirdTV, one of them was outside the nest, sitting on the romex cord next to the nest and directly in front of the camera. It looked huge. Pictures from this morning aren't up yet, but will be soon.

Group management made some good noises regarding the possibility of me being hired once I finish my thesis... yay. And my mentor decided to take an active interest in my progress - he wants to have weekly meetings where we talk about what I've finished in terms of the writing and the actual code development.