My lack of posting is mostly due to the fact that I'm having a hard time figuring out what, if anything, I'm trying to say in my posts. To be honest, my posts feel like a whole lotta jabbering on about nothing...but oh what the hell.
I'm currently dealing with growing up several different strains for a big experiment later this week. Over the weekend I was pleasantly surprised with how smoothly things were going. And then today the reality hits: there's only one autoclave, so today's progress has been slow....and there's an ice/sleet storm waiting in the wings to f--- up tomorrow. I'm slightly concerned about inoculating my anaerobes tonight in case tomorrow becomes one giant skating rink impeding my ability to drive to work. I have learned the hard way of what happens when anaerobes over-grow in 1L flasks.
I was telling the Mr. over the weekend that it's nicer to get the snow in drips and drabs instead of one huge snowfall which we experienced February 2010 last year.
I take that back now.
It's really frustrating to plan experiments while opening the 10 day weather forecast and wonder if your plans will fly or not.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Rebooting the brain....
Technically I've been back from the UK since Tuesday, but I think I'm still trying to reboot my brain.
Falling right back into lab routine is stalling on me for some reason. I think it has something to do with these:
A) The last meeting with my PI went something like this:
"Hmmm, what we thought was going to have significance didn't. We need to figure out where to go with this."
B) I need to re-read my notes from the last meeting and then read a ton of literature.
C) My PI has been away all week, and I know that if I start things, they are going to scrap everything come Monday anyway.
D) My car decided to crap out on me, and I'm currently waiting for thedeath toll call from the mechanic to find out how much more in debt I'm about to be.
The last one saps my concentration quite a bit.
Not to mention the Mr. is still in the UK for a couple more weeks, so I have full time duty of taking care of the Spoiled Rotten Cat, which is still slightly traumatized from being left for 2 weeks.
I wish I knew how to remove the fog from my brain. Copious amounts of coffee might do the trick.
Falling right back into lab routine is stalling on me for some reason. I think it has something to do with these:
A) The last meeting with my PI went something like this:
"Hmmm, what we thought was going to have significance didn't. We need to figure out where to go with this."
B) I need to re-read my notes from the last meeting and then read a ton of literature.
C) My PI has been away all week, and I know that if I start things, they are going to scrap everything come Monday anyway.
D) My car decided to crap out on me, and I'm currently waiting for the
The last one saps my concentration quite a bit.
Not to mention the Mr. is still in the UK for a couple more weeks, so I have full time duty of taking care of the Spoiled Rotten Cat, which is still slightly traumatized from being left for 2 weeks.
I wish I knew how to remove the fog from my brain. Copious amounts of coffee might do the trick.
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