The quick fix for neuroglycopenia*: alcohol

Ah, life after undergrad. I've only been offically registered as a M.Sc. student for a couple weeks now, but I sense a pattern. Work hard, play hard. I like it (for obvious reasons). I can come in at 8pm or all day on a Saturday and people will be in lab (= work hard). Okay, so it seems a lot like undergrad in that sense, working insane hours towards a goal (edumacation or some letters after your name = goal). However FINALLY in grad school there is a payoff. To ease the pain of this excessive brain usage, every other day there is an event luring us with 'subsidized wine' or 'cheap beer'...and I'm not complaining. I have a total weak spot for red wine. It's really a great atmosphere - I think everyone is affected by the lack of social contact (no more hours in the library surrounded by everyone stressing out = social contact in undergrad) and so we've been on this mad hunt for the parties. For example, today there is a wine & cheese on campus. Tomorrow there is a cheap beer/wine networking party in one of the hospitals (yes, in a hospital, it's where we hang out). As the new official Social Coordinator (yay! capitalized on purpose...denotes importance) of GASP (Graduate Association of Students in Phyiology) of course it is my responsibility to be informed of such events, and as well to organize and attend such events...you know, I'm just fulfilling my responsibility. Well, at the very least there is the promise of making a few more friends and having some fun :) Not a bad deal at all.

*Neuroglycopenia: Your brain and you have been working overtime, depleting your glucose (aka energy) stores and therefore you need to either (1) eat, or (2) drink something. Alcohol does have a lot of sugar in it. I had to put this in the title because it was one of our favourite words to use during the summer when we could use a Tim Horton's break - "I'm feeling a little neuroglycopenic" (followed by all of us cracking up).