Today was the day of Ross’s scholarship lunch, where he and the other students awarded grants traveled to a tony building in the Loop to meet sponsors, display huge scientific posters, and talk about their work.

He wore a new suit. It looked awesome.

When he came home he seemed exhausted but exhilarated by the experience of having people be interested in and enthusiastic about what he does, asking questions, listening closely, and saying, of his poster, “Yours was the only one I understood!”

I love my guy. And I’m proud of him.

More soon on unrelated topics. I’ve been writing about meiosis all day and parsing the relationship between DNA, genes, chromatids, chromosomes, and homologous chromosomes has me a little dazed.