I managed to survive my Bacterial Genetics take home exam last weekend. We don't have our grades back, but I don't think I totally bombed it. That is a welcome change from how I normally feel about my performance in that class.
Things in the lab are coming along slowly. I hate waiting for someone else to do stuff that I could be doing faster. I know that I don't have lots of practice doing cloning, but I know that I am able to work WAY more hours than the people currently doing it. I just wish I could step over people's feelings and GET WORKING! Right now I am doing a western blot from an experiment I thought up. I just love how we move into a new cell line without doing essential tests, such as dose responses, and just assume everything will work out!
My dad survived another round of checkups. I am always relieved when things go well. It is hard to believe it has been over ten years since he had all those problems. I am grateful every day that he is still alive and grumpy.
Well, I better pay attention to what I am doing here. I am working alone, which isn't the best idea, but the only way anything will get done. I forsee LOTS of working alone in the future, as the rest of my "group" doesn't want to come in on weekends.