It always seems like I am posting things when nothing is going right, when I am down in the dumps, when I want to scream in frustration. So, as a change of pace I decided to post a good thing or two. For the past few months nothing has been working. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero.
But I kept plugging along-and seriously, boys and girls- when it rains it pours. It seems like the three main points of the project are working. All at once. In the span of three days, I had data in hand that was (a) clean (b) relevant and (c) pretty fucking cool. That was about a week ago. Now on to finishing it all up. So good news on the lab front.
I still need to wean my new undergrad from asking me "Is this mixed?" I think tomorrow her and I will spend some quality time together where I will teach her the finer points of making a homogeneous mixture and properly reading the level of solution in a graduated cylinder. I may even use a sciencey-term or two. With everything going on and struggling to get the preliminary data for an abstract for a conference (due in two weeks)- methinks I have been neglecting her a bit.
So, a happy Dr. Zeek will go home, watch some football (eh, maybe-doesn't seem like a "thrilling" game tonight) and relax in the new king-size bed Mr. Dr. Zeek and I just purchased. I didn't realize how small our old bed was until I slept the whole night through without Mr. Dr. Zeek's elbow in my eyeball.
2 comments:
Oh man. I've been clocked in the eye so many times!! If our room wasn't so small, I'd consider the king size. Maybe the next move will afford us a bedroom that's bigger than a closet.
Ha-at least I am not the only one!
To true that our old place definitely was not big enough for a king size. And I did worry a bit when I realized that we will be moving in the next two-plus years- but sooooo worth it. Furball Zeek is enjoying it as well.
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