– on the first day of class he brought his favorite toy truck from when he was a child
– is from Argentina and has a cute accent and sometimes speaks in Spanish on accident
– teaches us Spanish phrases for fun
– very tall and awkward and has super curly hair that falls into his face constantly
– giggles at his own jokes
– on the second day of class he showed us pictures of his cat eating a salami
– the cat’s name is Pants
– i saw his teaching notes today and he doodles little flowers in the margins of his notebook
– Brought us a smiley face balloon to cheer us up when the weather was bad
– played with legos for half the class
– likes balloons a whole lot
It’s now the middle of summer. I do research in the physics department, my office is right across the hall from his. And so:
– He knows I’m into observational astronomy and despite him being a nuclear astrophysicist himself he will email me (and some of the other observationalists) interesting articles and videos about astronomy, usually and around 2am, the poor insomniac
– He became a dad yesterday! In his email he said “sorry, I won’t be in this week, I’ll be frantically googling how to take care of a newborn instead”
– his last name is Estrada and so I simply replied “congratulations on becoming an Estradad!!!” To which he replied “:D”
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