Have you guys started doing things for school yet? Classes haven't started yet, but my research proposal for my Master's thesis is due at the end of the semester, so I have started reading pertinent articles. I've also been in the field helping with other projects. I have exactly one semester to go from knowing only the very basics of molecular genetics to knowing a great deal. Yesterday my advisor gave me three textbooks ( The Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution, Molecular Evolution: A Phylogenetic Approach, and one entitled Molecular Systematics) and was like "Read these, and I'll have some more articles for you next week". The classes I'll be taking are Insect Ecology and Analysis of Variance. I guess in grad school you only take a couple classes because you also have to sign up for a seminar and research credits. Things are ok now, but I predict that when I come home for Christmas you'll find me a broken, bloody mess.