Talking to the walls

Everyone has gone! In the last few months, two post-docs have left my research group, both of the older grad students are staying home to write thesis chapters, and the new kid hasn't moved in yet. Today Micah left for Texas to get married, and Zubair left for Pakistan to see his family. He returns when the US lets him back in. That leaves lonely ol' me, sitting quietly at my desk listening to the Chinese crystal growth post-doc on the other side of the cube divider make whale noises. These freaky low moans are coming from over there, so I'm trying to type as noisily as possible. Maybe he'll stop. Also, he brings in food that smells like canned Purina at least 3 times a week. Please come back, groupmates.