Baaaaahhhh school

Man, this has been a difficult week. 3 out of the past 5 days I've been down in academics pushing 2-3 AM working on stuff. First it was clinic, trying to attach the cart carrying the transmitter to the motorized belt - that failed spectacularly. Turns out the metal epoxy i was using didnt stick to the aluminum all that well, and with a little downforce from the belt its in two pieces again...We have some new ideas though on how to resolve that, so I'm sure i can get something that works. My main concern is that the motor only has ~60 oz-in of torque, and there's quite a bit of resistance in the belt assembly already. I have to be careful attaching the cart, if its not attached juuuuuuust right, there's even greater resistance, and it doesnt look like the motor can pull that....

Good news though (sorta...ok, actually not good news at all), it doesn't look like our transmitters and/or receiver are working properly, so we had to ship them back to TREX... won't be able to do any testing for at least a week, giving me time to get a good solution for the cart together.

Other than clinic, the lab for 85 has been particularly nasty, thats the reason for the last 2 nights of 3 am down in academics. Yeaa.... its not due till monday, but I'm going to the Getty this friday, then to Caltech on saturday for a TBP conference all day, so I'm working ahead.

Don't even get me started on my Hum classes....out of ~8 books combined we've read this semester so far, I've personally read just 1 - The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, and that's only 50 pages long. I have no time! Lucky for me, I'm proficient in BS, and I've actually gotten decent grades so far.

I should not have had those 2 cups of coffee....its past 4 am and im not really tired.... BAHHH