This week’s vlog is basically me prepping for the Global Physics Summit in Anaheim during spring break (March 10–15, 2025)… except instead of Miami sun like last year, I was stuck in my office the whole time. I’m not even complaining (okay maybe a tiny bit), because I’m genuinely grateful for the privilege of getting to go—just also lowkey annoyed at how impulsive I can be. And yes, there’s a little shopping moment where I’m like, why are they all so cute and why do they feel so good. On the PhD side, I’m deep in conference-prep mode: building my presentation slides, getting feedback from my advisor (I was embarrassed because I showed him almost empty slides and had to redo most of them), and staying late in the department to polish graphs so the whole talk actually flows. I also cram before a practice talk because I’m “not ready at all,” but it ends up being minor slide revisions, nothing major—thank God. By Thursday night I’m organizing my APS schedule, planning a San Diego friend trip, filming a collab, and editing in the department until 1-ish because I wanted to catch the lunar eclipse. Cozy, chaotic, and very real grad school energy.