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Tri-School Games

Just had our Tri-School basketball and volleyball games again. This time UNC-Charlotte actually drove all the way over to join our competition. Duke did decently, winning one and losing one. Our record overall is not stellar, but I think everyone had a good time. I think sports are important, for health and for lots of other things. It brings people together. There were probably over 100 people in the gym tonight, including all the players and supporters.

I had fun playing volleyball too. It's been a while, and I realized how much I enjoy the game. It's not as contact heavy as basketball, and much more of a team sport.

Things are going quite well lately. I haven't updated as much, and I promise to get back to doing that more. I've actually been quite busy in lab, trying to understand how some electronics work. Today I made a tiny tiny breakthrough and finally understood how a simple piece of electronics works. Just the feeling of really understanding something, even though it's nothing new in terms of the physics, feels really good!

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