Work Hard. Play Hard. That’s the motto that would best characterize the events of the past week. I went from pulling all-nighters for my PQE on Monday to my birthday celebration on Thursday, then busting my balls on my PI’s grant, and on Friday joining in the festivities for the Neuroscience recruitment weekend. I took off from lab around 10pm to head over to Jillian’s with my friend Mike, where we played 2 solid hours of 8-ball (completely ignoring all the prospective students, of course), followed by dancing at An Tua Nua, which featured a mix of music from 80’s to modern Hip-Hop. The beautiful thing was that everything was covered by the program – from the cover charge to drinks at the bar. All you had to say were the magic words “Harvard Neuroscience”. Other than that, my parents were in town this weekend, so I just chilled with them while I continued working on the grant. It’ll be another breath of fresh air once this grant is over.