Noche de Mexicana

So the Mexican night was muy bueno! We had a house full of people,and the food and margaritas were fantastic. I by far drank the most margaritas but then I didn't have to drive anywhere. I was asked how many I drank and I tried to say an uncountable number but it came out as something like "an uncournerble number". Don't think I'll live that one down. Everyone didn't clear out until about midnight and then Dee and I attacked all the dishes...it totally sucks to have a dinner party without a dishwasher! Friday morning I slept in and then walked to school. Our friday seminar was by a parasitologist...he talked about how salmon farming affects the ecology, evolution, virulence of salmon parasites and how that in turn affects the wild salmon populations. After work, we all went to the staff club for drinks. The staff club is this unmarked brick building in the middle of campus that you go in, up the stairs and lo and behold there's a bar for post-grads and staff and faculty. It's cheap too! My glass of wine was about half the price that I'd pay elsewhere. Almost my entire lab went and quite a few others as well. Then Deanna and I headed home for dinner and we watched Rat Race - hilarious. And finally Shannon got home from Wanaka so I headed over there to hang out with him. Yesterday was chore and errand day. Then I headed out to an Irish pub with Rachel and a couple of her friends for some live music - where I discovered that they think a jag bomb is a small shot of jag and an entire can of Red Bull and was $12! Yikes! I didn't stay out long as I heading to the lake this morning to collect more snails. Rebecca and Yuri went with to help so I got many thousands of snails...with a 0.2% prevalence I hope there's some infected ones in there! Tonight I'm trying out yet another of Susanne's recipes - Lamb chops with caramelized onions and couscous - yum!