18 Juni - More research frustrations

I met with Wendelin today and we discussed my thoughts on the project and I told him how it wasn't what I expected to be doing while I was here.  Besides retinopathy does not seem to have choices of treatment, it has treatments that are given depending on the nature of the illness, i.e blood in the retina or edema, so it doesn't seem worthwhile to do a cost analysis on.  He seemed a little upset, but he said he was willing to change or modify my project if I presented him with a strong research question and how I hoped to accomplish it.  I emailed my advisers back home to get suggestions or input from them, but it is summer, so I haven't heard anything back.

I had lunch with Diana and another of the faculty in the mensa today.  I got some weird thing that pretty much amounted to overcooked noodles in tomato soup.  We talked a bit about the Amsterdam trip and it appears for the SIM part, I will be mostly observing, so nothing is expected of me; that's a relief.  

The international office emailed me and told me there was a misunderstanding on how much I was supposed to be paid between them and the finance department.  So they will pay me the missed amount along with July's payment.  Good thing I'm rich and don't need to be paid for 3 months *note: sarcasm.

This afternoon, we went to a bike store in town to see about getting Skylar a different bike. There was a decent used one there, but it was just a bit too big for him.  He needs a new bike anyway, so I told him I would consider getting him a new bike if I could find out how much it would cost to bring on the plane or ship.