Archive for August, 2006

Adjusting

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

So some of the habits of my new lab are a little, well, disturbing.

They have a coffee maker (with which they routinely make jet-fuel-tasting coffee)…sitting on the lab bench…next to HPLCs and all other manners of solvent-related equipment. Coffee laced with methanol. Mmm.
EVERYTHING when I got here was broken (or so it seemed). The roto-vap [...]

One less stress

Monday, August 28th, 2006

So among the assorted pre-wedding stresses that Josh and I have been facing lately is the dilemma of where to live after the wedding. Part of it is the “where” and the other part is the “when,” since most of our weekends before the wedding are booked with showers and other festivities.
[By the way, [...]

My first week on the job

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Day 1: Was handed an empty column, a bottle of chromatography powder, and a beaker of sea hare ink and told to run a column. Hurrah! Something I could do. It made me feel very smart to be able to say, “Sure thing,” and not need someone to hold my hand.
Day 2: The post-doc I’m [...]

Knitting with razors

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

One of the things I enjoy about knitting is that it becomes more fun in the company of other people. To celebrate the ending of my freedom (yes, the ending of my freedom) and reentry into the workforce, I went to visit my good friend Jenna in Athens. We met for dinner, then retreated to [...]

Today’s events

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Several exciting things happened today. Here they are, in no particular order:
(1) I discovered Lite Cool-Whip tastes just as good as the regular stuff.(2) I pulled off an sizeable healthy meal for myself and my parents.(3) I got a job.
The meal consisted of lemon-rosemary tilapia (a recipe I concocted myself) baked in a little foil [...]

Today’s events

Monday, August 7th, 2006

Several exciting things happened today. Here they are, in no particular order:
(1) I discovered Lite Cool-Whip tastes just as good as the regular stuff.
(2) I pulled off an sizeable healthy meal for myself and my parents.
(3) I got a job.
The meal consisted of lemon-rosemary tilapia (a recipe I concocted myself) baked in a little foil [...]