I managed to go the entire month of March without posting. Sorry about that. Things really get busy at the end of quarters. The workload in classes tends to pick up and there’s always the need to study for finals. It was a good quarter though. Of course, having Sleep and Dreams in my schedule didn’t hurt. Sleep and Dreams is a legendary course taught by Dr. William Dement, the guy that wrote the book on sleep disorders. He’s been teaching the course for something like 30 years. Hopefully this isn’t his last year and he’ll keep it going for you guys to enjoy. If you get a chance to take that class definitely do it—it’s really interesting stuff and applicable to your daily life.

Update on my shoulder: I managed to finish the season without any major hiccups, so it looks like I won’t need surgery… praise God. Recovery has been pretty slow, but as long as I keep up with my targeted strength training I’ll be fine. I’m retired from rugby now, so the chances of re-injury are pretty slim.

Yesterday I got back from six days in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It was amazing. It felt like half the senior class was there for spring break. Literally, I ran into at least 50 Stanford students, and there were easily another 50 I didn’t see. It was fun to see so many familiar faces in such a different place. Since it was my first time to Mexico, I had fun practicing my broken Spanish and bargaining in pesos. But Cabo is very much a resort town so it was easy to get by without the Spanish (most speak fluent English) or the pesos (U.S. dollars are accepted everywhere, and some places prefer them). While I was there, I spent all day relaxing at the beach, sipping on margaritas, eating, swimming, riding jet skis; and then I spent all night going to bars and clubs, dancing, meeting people, and generally having a great time. It was a nice chance of pace from the daily grind on campus. Unlike every other tourist I saw, I didn’t buy any souvenirs to bring back with me. For me, the memories, stories, inside jokes, and the tan were enough.

There’s one last development I should announce before I close out. Just before I left for Cabo, I committed to work for Google starting in July. I’m not a software engineer so I’ll be working in their Adsense group. It’s really exciting to have a job lined up, especially for a great company like Google. I was getting a little nervous about where I was going to be next year, but now it’s all worked out and I’m stoked. It just leaves one less thing I need to worry about during my last quarter at Stanford.