watch out for abundant summer cheer

Today HSPH had the much-anticipated Picnic in the Courtyard for all HSPH community members, "Free lunch and summer cheer will abound"! wahoo!! I came back from the library as they were setting up hot containers of food and revving up the summer cheer under the flag-lined tent left over from graduation last week. Two of my coworkers and I went down about halfway through this two hour affair and it was pretty bleak. The fourth of suffocatingly hot summer days and our anticipated summer cheer revelling was deflated with the wincing smile of a woman who told us the food was gone. She suggested seeing if any ice cream bars were left. nope. a few seltzer waters and an abundance of condiments were our options. Apparently they invited the entire HSPH community (faculty, staff, students) but only planned for about 200 people. Even a coworker who went down just a little after it started only got a bit of food. so much for any kind of abundance besides hot hot sticky air and some disappointment.

Congratulations to E for being the Bean Queen and to eebs for being the Bean Tease last night. mumbety jumbohnanza... ;)

And we look forward to E's photos of Proboscis Monkeys from Borneo.