dog days of summer

Summertime, and the living is easy..

Just came back from a fairly lengthy vacation, where I was away from the lab for most of the passed three weeks.  As I busily attempt to digest the last remnants of the prodigious mounds of food Mamma fed me, I couldn't help but notice there wasn't anyone around to whine to about it.

Hot Augusts are truly the dog days of summer at TRIUMF, where the lab seems to sloooooooowwww down a lot.   Vancouver has a (well deserved) reputation for its "laid back" citizenry, and some of that is in evidence now here, in stark contrast to the usual    hustle and bustle.  Several experiments are hard at work, but it is hot,  there are a lot of people on vacation, or about to go, or just come back, which makes for a  much slower pace.   

I've worked at several other labs in the summer, but naturally could not discern if things were sleepy or not since we were so busy on our experiments.  It would be interesting to hear what life is like in other labs this time of year.