John and I are on a diet. We're spending this month focusing on diet and exercise - with the hopes of losing weight, being healthier, and saving money.
Now me? I've been trying to lose weight for at least two years now - ever since I started taking birth control pills and jumped 50 lbs in 6 months. I don't have to be the same size I was in college, but I'd like to not be in the "overweight" category!
On the other hand, John seems to have no real trouble with his weight. When he's busy or stressed or happy, he sometimes forgets to eat, and loses weight no problem. But he's a big guy, and it wouldn't hurt him to lose a bit of weight as well. His motivation right now is China.
See, he's working in a lab that is full of Chinese people. The primarily language of the lab is Mandarin, and John is loving it. We both had Asian roommates in college, so we're much more familiar with the culture than most Americans (I think). Both of us are interested in the possibility of moving to China or Taiwan or someplace someday.
And Chinese people (for the most part) are much smaller than Americans. They don't weigh as much, and there is a greater emphasis on appearances there. If we are working towards being able to move there and be a part of that culture, the best thing for us to do is to work on trying to "fit in" - as much as we can, of course.
And while my short-term motivation happens to be my brother's wedding (he still hasn't asked her yet - but it's supposed to be this summer!), I will admit that I'd certainly feel better moving to China if I were about 30-40 lbs lighter ...
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Has it really been so long?
So the good news is that I'd thought I hadn't posted anything since December, when in actuality I posted in January, making this post NOT the first post of 2013. YES!
The bad news is that this is the first post since January ... well, it's not quite March, so I at least I'm not skipping months?
Anyways ...
Here's a brief update of life to get everything caught up before I start posting regularly again (which I will! I (almost) promise!)
In bullet points - since otherwise I'll talk forever.
The bad news is that this is the first post since January ... well, it's not quite March, so I at least I'm not skipping months?
Anyways ...
Here's a brief update of life to get everything caught up before I start posting regularly again (which I will! I (almost) promise!)
In bullet points - since otherwise I'll talk forever.
- John has spent the past two months working in the lab - and he's been loving it! One of his classmates has been in the same lab for the past 6-7 weeks, and at the end of that time, she'd done 2 experiments, and he'd done 11. Yeah ... the PI in the lab told John last week that he'd earned a spot in the lab. I'm just thrilled that John is happy with what he's doing!
- My job has gone completely insane - and not really in a good way. I'll probably do a whole post about it, but let's just say that I am actively looking for a new job right now.
- Honey has had some drama of her own - we discovered that she has a stress allergy (she gets stressed - her skin turns black), and last Friday we had to rush her to the vet for emergency surgery because she was completely full of bladder stones. Seriously - she had about 20 of them, all about the size of peas or larger.
- Sorry if that's TMI
- I was asked to be maid of honor (although technically it's matron (which sounds so old)) at my brother's wedding!!! Even though he hasn't technically asked her yet, because all his elaborate planning completely fell apart. They'll get it all sorted out eventually. Maybe he'll never actually ask her, and they'll get married, and that will be a great story to tell their kids someday.
- And I SO need to lose some weight before the wedding.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
School Update - with an expected apology for my hiatus with an unexpected explanation
Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!!
Sorry for the brief hiatus - life got crazier than usual lately. Which I will detail a bit in a later post. Just as an appetizer ... the story may involve the police, a van full of mexicans, loose cows, and a car chase.
Not necessarily in that order.
Anyway ... update on John's schooling...
John really likes the lab he's currently in. He loves the research (eye research - something he's been interested in for years)He gets along very well with the PI, who is and would be working closely with him. The only other grad student in the lab is graduating after 4 years (would have been 3.5 years, but she had to take a personal leave of absence for a few months) and is the most decorated and honored student on campus. Not even exaggerating - she received about 4 different awards and scholarships at the beginning of the year.
That being said, there's two things against her ... one, she's thinking about moving on. She's putting out feelers to move to another university. If that goes through, then John would have to move with her. There is no guarantee that if she moves, that John will be able to get into the new university (especially with his record of having dropped out of medical school). Also, he loses all kinds of contacts from this school; as well as being faced with people accusing him of "coming in the back door". Second, he's not sure that this lab would put him where he wants to be long term. It would be amazing for the short term 5-10 years. But not where he wants to be in 15 years.
So, we're back to the original first lab. It might not be as ideal in the short term - but it really is pointing him to where he wants to be in 10-20 years. And to be honest, that is the biggest difference between John and his classmates; he knows what his final goal is. They are focused on the here and now. He is focused on where he wants to be.
Yesterday John signed up for his elective classes for next semester. The lab he wants to go into requires a certain class - Genomic Medicine - and as of now he's the only one signed up for the class. He's excited because all the people teaching the class have been some of best lecturers this semester - and having a one-on-one class would be an interesting experience!
He still has some decisions to make, and details to work out. But at least we're headed in a specific direction.
I'd better pick up that Mandarin Rosetta Stone course again. Something tells me it would be a good idea to learn it.
Sorry for the brief hiatus - life got crazier than usual lately. Which I will detail a bit in a later post. Just as an appetizer ... the story may involve the police, a van full of mexicans, loose cows, and a car chase.
Not necessarily in that order.
Anyway ... update on John's schooling...
John really likes the lab he's currently in. He loves the research (eye research - something he's been interested in for years)He gets along very well with the PI, who is and would be working closely with him. The only other grad student in the lab is graduating after 4 years (would have been 3.5 years, but she had to take a personal leave of absence for a few months) and is the most decorated and honored student on campus. Not even exaggerating - she received about 4 different awards and scholarships at the beginning of the year.
That being said, there's two things against her ... one, she's thinking about moving on. She's putting out feelers to move to another university. If that goes through, then John would have to move with her. There is no guarantee that if she moves, that John will be able to get into the new university (especially with his record of having dropped out of medical school). Also, he loses all kinds of contacts from this school; as well as being faced with people accusing him of "coming in the back door". Second, he's not sure that this lab would put him where he wants to be long term. It would be amazing for the short term 5-10 years. But not where he wants to be in 15 years.
So, we're back to the original first lab. It might not be as ideal in the short term - but it really is pointing him to where he wants to be in 10-20 years. And to be honest, that is the biggest difference between John and his classmates; he knows what his final goal is. They are focused on the here and now. He is focused on where he wants to be.
Yesterday John signed up for his elective classes for next semester. The lab he wants to go into requires a certain class - Genomic Medicine - and as of now he's the only one signed up for the class. He's excited because all the people teaching the class have been some of best lecturers this semester - and having a one-on-one class would be an interesting experience!
He still has some decisions to make, and details to work out. But at least we're headed in a specific direction.
I'd better pick up that Mandarin Rosetta Stone course again. Something tells me it would be a good idea to learn it.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Studying and Texting ... with the hint of baking yet to come
Yesterday was John's last day in the lab. He starts his new lab on Monday.
Hopefully this new lab will be better than his old one. He's still planning on going into his first lab, but he'd at least like a good lab rotation!
Meanwhile, he's been studying almost non-stop for his tests! He had a test on Monday, and then has another one tomorrow. I am so proud of him the way he's handling all of this. The first few tests he took were hard for him - not necessarily because of the material (although that also is insanely difficult), but because it brought back flashes of medical school. After his first test, we went to the park and walked for about four miles just to get away from everything so he could recover.
After Monday's test? He felt great! No test anxiety whatsoever! I think he's finally put medical school behind him!
He's still enthusiastic about studying - probably because he can actually see the results of his studying while talking to classmates and taking tests. It's gotten to the point when I have to call him to come home at night - he's so wrapped up in studying that he loses track of time!
Meanwhile ... I got a new phone! One that finally has texting, so that John and I can keep in touch during the day. I also have a few friends who all they do is text, so it will be nice to get back in touch with them!
I volunteered to make poundcakes for the GSO for a Bake Sale fundraiser they're doing end of November/early December. That, plus the fact that I'm going to make poundcakes for all my co-workers and friends at church for Christmas ... I'm going to be busy baking! Last year I found a relatively easy pound cake recipe that is utterly divine, or so everyone who has had it tells me. Everyone who tasted it said that it was the best pound cake they'd ever had - one of my coworkers even started crying and said it was exactly like the poundcake her grandmother made when she was a little girl.
So ... my tradition (started last year!) is to make a poundcake for Christmas for gifts. It's easy - people seem to like it - and is relatively inexpensive (although with the cost of butter and eggs ...).
I expect that by the time Christmas actually rolls around, I'm going to be so sick of poundcake!
Hopefully this new lab will be better than his old one. He's still planning on going into his first lab, but he'd at least like a good lab rotation!
Meanwhile, he's been studying almost non-stop for his tests! He had a test on Monday, and then has another one tomorrow. I am so proud of him the way he's handling all of this. The first few tests he took were hard for him - not necessarily because of the material (although that also is insanely difficult), but because it brought back flashes of medical school. After his first test, we went to the park and walked for about four miles just to get away from everything so he could recover.
After Monday's test? He felt great! No test anxiety whatsoever! I think he's finally put medical school behind him!
He's still enthusiastic about studying - probably because he can actually see the results of his studying while talking to classmates and taking tests. It's gotten to the point when I have to call him to come home at night - he's so wrapped up in studying that he loses track of time!
Meanwhile ... I got a new phone! One that finally has texting, so that John and I can keep in touch during the day. I also have a few friends who all they do is text, so it will be nice to get back in touch with them!
I volunteered to make poundcakes for the GSO for a Bake Sale fundraiser they're doing end of November/early December. That, plus the fact that I'm going to make poundcakes for all my co-workers and friends at church for Christmas ... I'm going to be busy baking! Last year I found a relatively easy pound cake recipe that is utterly divine, or so everyone who has had it tells me. Everyone who tasted it said that it was the best pound cake they'd ever had - one of my coworkers even started crying and said it was exactly like the poundcake her grandmother made when she was a little girl.
So ... my tradition (started last year!) is to make a poundcake for Christmas for gifts. It's easy - people seem to like it - and is relatively inexpensive (although with the cost of butter and eggs ...).
I expect that by the time Christmas actually rolls around, I'm going to be so sick of poundcake!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Lab Updates
John has decided that he does not want to work in the lab he is currently working in. While he says it's a good lab, and one that many of his classmates are interested in, it's not a good fit for him.
Besides the fact that the lab (or the building, we're not sure which) gives him headaches, he's decided he's not that interested in that field of research. Apparently it is one of the most difficult specialties to actually receive funding for, so it really is a declining field. If he went into this field of research, he'd constantly be struggling to get funding, and he'd constantly be worried about being "scooped" from other labs and researchers who are trying just as hard to get funding.
More and more, he is thinking that he'll end up in the first lab he rotated through. Although he had a rough start, he truly liked it there by the end. Once he left and saw other labs on campus, he's realized just how great that first lab was - and how those three weeks, even with the language barrier, left him better prepared and more knowledgeable about research techniques than his classmates.
Very few (if any) of his classmates are interested in that first lab. All of them (John included) had heard negative things about the lab. But John traced all those negative things back to one grad student in the lab, whose initial research didn't work out, and ended up in a position in the lab that she hates. And the things in the lab that she hates, are things that John actually kinda likes. She's been scaring grad students away from this lab - a lab with plenty of money, resources, and a willingness to teach a grad student - for the past 3-4 years. The PI of the lab is beside himself; he can't understand why no one is going into his lab.
The PI met with John on the last day of his three-week rotation, and promised him three things:
Another cool thing? The primary language in the lab is Mandarin Chinese. John and I have been interested in learning Chinese for the past two years - we've got the Rosetta Stone Mandarin software that we've been going through off and on for about a year now. There is no better place in this country to learn Mandarin than in a lab populated primarily by native Mandarin speakers. If John could leave grad school with a good degree and knowing Mandarin ... that would be so amazing, and would make him stand out to no end.
We also learned that two of the researchers in that lab live about two houses down from us. We haven't actually met them yet, but if John does go in that lab, I'm sure we will at some point.
So ... now John's approaching his next few lab rotations as though they need to prove to him that they are better than that first lab. Right now? That seems a rather high goal to reach.
Besides the fact that the lab (or the building, we're not sure which) gives him headaches, he's decided he's not that interested in that field of research. Apparently it is one of the most difficult specialties to actually receive funding for, so it really is a declining field. If he went into this field of research, he'd constantly be struggling to get funding, and he'd constantly be worried about being "scooped" from other labs and researchers who are trying just as hard to get funding.
More and more, he is thinking that he'll end up in the first lab he rotated through. Although he had a rough start, he truly liked it there by the end. Once he left and saw other labs on campus, he's realized just how great that first lab was - and how those three weeks, even with the language barrier, left him better prepared and more knowledgeable about research techniques than his classmates.
Very few (if any) of his classmates are interested in that first lab. All of them (John included) had heard negative things about the lab. But John traced all those negative things back to one grad student in the lab, whose initial research didn't work out, and ended up in a position in the lab that she hates. And the things in the lab that she hates, are things that John actually kinda likes. She's been scaring grad students away from this lab - a lab with plenty of money, resources, and a willingness to teach a grad student - for the past 3-4 years. The PI of the lab is beside himself; he can't understand why no one is going into his lab.
The PI met with John on the last day of his three-week rotation, and promised him three things:
- John will graduate in 4-5 years.
- John will be researching something that matters, with great possibilities for getting published in high-profile journals.
- John will not have to worry about money. If John wants to research something that costs a million dollars, they can do that.
Another cool thing? The primary language in the lab is Mandarin Chinese. John and I have been interested in learning Chinese for the past two years - we've got the Rosetta Stone Mandarin software that we've been going through off and on for about a year now. There is no better place in this country to learn Mandarin than in a lab populated primarily by native Mandarin speakers. If John could leave grad school with a good degree and knowing Mandarin ... that would be so amazing, and would make him stand out to no end.
We also learned that two of the researchers in that lab live about two houses down from us. We haven't actually met them yet, but if John does go in that lab, I'm sure we will at some point.
So ... now John's approaching his next few lab rotations as though they need to prove to him that they are better than that first lab. Right now? That seems a rather high goal to reach.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Little Bits of Drama
Here are some small dramas that are happening right now.
My Work:
I'm in the middle of a company merger/consolidation. Thankfully I have a job afterwards, but that's not the case for everyone. I'm working with various committees to make sure everything transitions smoothly; which I honestly enjoy since I like knowing the details behind things. But that's not the drama.
The drama is that one side of the company (the one I'm on) backed out of a planned joint event at the last moment, and now the other side is offended. The people on my side are frustrated and annoyed because the other side keeps harping on it, while the people on the other side hasn't been directly told why my side backed out. I'm in the middle, attempting mediation. I managed to get our side calm enough to agree to address the issue calmly at the next meeting. Let's hope the other side can react in a similar fashion. This particular drama has been going on too long.
UPDATE: Another situation exactly like this has just landed on my desk. Argh! We haven't finished cleaning up the last one!
John's School:
Most of John's classmates are amazing. Very intelligent people from all over the world, who have also been kind enough to "adopt" me into their group. The fact that I make them cookies doesn't hurt!
But some of his classmates are causing trouble in the lectures. Some don't show up to lecture at all, even though there is a strict attendance policy (3 absences = failure). Others spend the lecture interrupting the professor with stupid questions. For instance, the professor explains a picture on the powerpoint. The student raises their hand and asks, "Can you explain that picture?" Not even exaggerating. That happened.
Those questions mean that the professor can't cover everything the professor needs to cover for the test. Those same students have been known to raise their hand and say, "Excuse me, professor, but class ends in 5 minutes. Can you just tell us what will be on the test?" AFTER they had spent the whole two hours interrupting with stupid questions so that the professor got behind.
John's Labs:
John is in his second lab rotation, and although he says it's a good lab, he doesn't think it's a good fit for him. We've been having an on/off discussion over the past few days about what he wants and expects out of a lab. For some reason, even though we were talking, we weren't communicating, and both of us were getting frustrated with the other one.
Thankfully, we finally had a breakthrough last night and were able to talk it out. We're good now.
On a completely different note, John and I decided that I need to try various types of tea. The only tea I've ever tried is the tea made in the south, and I do not like it at all. It tastes and feels like flavored water, and often leaves a bitter aftertaste.
I do like Chai tea, but can't drink that all the time due to how many calories are in it. (But if I could, I would. So good!)
So, probably starting soon I'll be trying various types of tea to decide if there is a tea out there I can drink. I wonder if there is a place nearby where I could get samples...
My Work:
I'm in the middle of a company merger/consolidation. Thankfully I have a job afterwards, but that's not the case for everyone. I'm working with various committees to make sure everything transitions smoothly; which I honestly enjoy since I like knowing the details behind things. But that's not the drama.
The drama is that one side of the company (the one I'm on) backed out of a planned joint event at the last moment, and now the other side is offended. The people on my side are frustrated and annoyed because the other side keeps harping on it, while the people on the other side hasn't been directly told why my side backed out. I'm in the middle, attempting mediation. I managed to get our side calm enough to agree to address the issue calmly at the next meeting. Let's hope the other side can react in a similar fashion. This particular drama has been going on too long.
UPDATE: Another situation exactly like this has just landed on my desk. Argh! We haven't finished cleaning up the last one!
John's School:
Most of John's classmates are amazing. Very intelligent people from all over the world, who have also been kind enough to "adopt" me into their group. The fact that I make them cookies doesn't hurt!
But some of his classmates are causing trouble in the lectures. Some don't show up to lecture at all, even though there is a strict attendance policy (3 absences = failure). Others spend the lecture interrupting the professor with stupid questions. For instance, the professor explains a picture on the powerpoint. The student raises their hand and asks, "Can you explain that picture?" Not even exaggerating. That happened.
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Those questions mean that the professor can't cover everything the professor needs to cover for the test. Those same students have been known to raise their hand and say, "Excuse me, professor, but class ends in 5 minutes. Can you just tell us what will be on the test?" AFTER they had spent the whole two hours interrupting with stupid questions so that the professor got behind.
John's Labs:
John is in his second lab rotation, and although he says it's a good lab, he doesn't think it's a good fit for him. We've been having an on/off discussion over the past few days about what he wants and expects out of a lab. For some reason, even though we were talking, we weren't communicating, and both of us were getting frustrated with the other one.
Thankfully, we finally had a breakthrough last night and were able to talk it out. We're good now.
On a completely different note, John and I decided that I need to try various types of tea. The only tea I've ever tried is the tea made in the south, and I do not like it at all. It tastes and feels like flavored water, and often leaves a bitter aftertaste.
I do like Chai tea, but can't drink that all the time due to how many calories are in it. (But if I could, I would. So good!)
So, probably starting soon I'll be trying various types of tea to decide if there is a tea out there I can drink. I wonder if there is a place nearby where I could get samples...
Monday, October 22, 2012
In which I have to choose between posting something mediocre or not posting anything. Guess which one I choose.
I have nothing really to say today.
John is starting his new lab today ... he was a bit concerned this weekend because he hadn't heard from the PI in the lab, and thought that maybe the PI had double-booked students. I haven't heard from John today except for a brief email saying he didn't know when he'd be done. So, he's in lab somewhere!
I spent the weekend baking and baking and walking and baking. Silly me couldn't for the life of me remember whether I normally follow the recipe for sugar cookies and use powdered sugar, or regular sugar. So I used regular sugar. Mistake. They still taste good, but they aren't amazing. I'm still a bit upset about it.
Not enough to remake the 60 cookies sitting in my freezer, though.
Saturday we went to the local park and took Honey for a walk - we walked about four miles. Then Sunday evening we met up with one of John's classmates and his girlfriend and their dog, and all went for another walk for about 2 miles. It was one of those situations where we really shouldn't have gone because both John and I had stuff to get done before Monday ... but we didn't want to push off the relationship that we're trying to build.
Of course, they might completely shun us after John brought up politics. But, probably not. Hopefully not.
I am thinking and writing in very choppy, incomplete sentences today. I think it's because today's Monday. Or the fact that I'm only now getting caffeine into my system.
John is starting his new lab today ... he was a bit concerned this weekend because he hadn't heard from the PI in the lab, and thought that maybe the PI had double-booked students. I haven't heard from John today except for a brief email saying he didn't know when he'd be done. So, he's in lab somewhere!
I spent the weekend baking and baking and walking and baking. Silly me couldn't for the life of me remember whether I normally follow the recipe for sugar cookies and use powdered sugar, or regular sugar. So I used regular sugar. Mistake. They still taste good, but they aren't amazing. I'm still a bit upset about it.
Not enough to remake the 60 cookies sitting in my freezer, though.
Saturday we went to the local park and took Honey for a walk - we walked about four miles. Then Sunday evening we met up with one of John's classmates and his girlfriend and their dog, and all went for another walk for about 2 miles. It was one of those situations where we really shouldn't have gone because both John and I had stuff to get done before Monday ... but we didn't want to push off the relationship that we're trying to build.
Of course, they might completely shun us after John brought up politics. But, probably not. Hopefully not.
I am thinking and writing in very choppy, incomplete sentences today. I think it's because today's Monday. Or the fact that I'm only now getting caffeine into my system.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Rambling at the end of the week
We made 60 sugar cookies last night ... well, we almost made 60 cookies. They are currently chilling in the fridge, and still need to be baked in the oven. Besides my brief panic attack that the recipe called for powdered sugar instead of regular sugar like I had thought ... it went well. I'll make another few batches tonight while baking. I did take some pictures - but my camera battery died before I could finish. It's charging now.
Today is John's last day in his first lab rotation, and they're taking him out to some Italian place downtown for lunch. Neither one of us have been there before, so he'll have to scout it out and see if we should go there together sometime. We were talking about the lab and his experiences in the lab. Yes, it was a good lab, and he could work in that lab. But, rules or no, English is not the main language in that lab. Even in the three weeks he was there, he'd come home frustrated because he'd made a mistake because he didn't understand what someone told him. He doesn't need that additional barrier for the next 4-5 years.
He's super excited about his next lab - I think it's diabetes research - and from what he's heard, this lab will work him a lot harder than the first one. On the one hand, this is good; he's been a bit bored lately. On the other, he probably won't be able to get as much studying done during the afternoon, and will have to study more in the evenings.
I've been trying to find a good podcast to listen to while at work. For some reason, I haven't really wanted to listen to music lately. Let me just say ... Itunes is not user friendly at all when it comes to podcasts. It's impossible to peruse or find ratings easily.
Either that, or I'm completely useless when it comes to Itunes.
I'm looking forward to the weekend. Baking makes me happy. Happier than cooking, anyway. It's nice to have something really good as a result of your efforts.
Today is John's last day in his first lab rotation, and they're taking him out to some Italian place downtown for lunch. Neither one of us have been there before, so he'll have to scout it out and see if we should go there together sometime. We were talking about the lab and his experiences in the lab. Yes, it was a good lab, and he could work in that lab. But, rules or no, English is not the main language in that lab. Even in the three weeks he was there, he'd come home frustrated because he'd made a mistake because he didn't understand what someone told him. He doesn't need that additional barrier for the next 4-5 years.
He's super excited about his next lab - I think it's diabetes research - and from what he's heard, this lab will work him a lot harder than the first one. On the one hand, this is good; he's been a bit bored lately. On the other, he probably won't be able to get as much studying done during the afternoon, and will have to study more in the evenings.
I've been trying to find a good podcast to listen to while at work. For some reason, I haven't really wanted to listen to music lately. Let me just say ... Itunes is not user friendly at all when it comes to podcasts. It's impossible to peruse or find ratings easily.
Either that, or I'm completely useless when it comes to Itunes.
I'm looking forward to the weekend. Baking makes me happy. Happier than cooking, anyway. It's nice to have something really good as a result of your efforts.
Friday, October 5, 2012
This story is totally lame - even if it does involve bloodshed
John is currently rotating through a Chinese lab ... in that everyone in the lab speaks Chinese, with very little English. Does this make it difficult to learn anything? Yes. Does this open the possibilities for humor? Only on our part.
**Warning - don't read further if you're super sqeam-ish. Some bloodshed may be involved.**
Apparently, yesterday John was working in the lab (or more accurately, trying to talk to one of the Chinese ladies in there), and he managed to scratch off a scab on his arm. The cut on his arm began "spurting" blood all over the place.
While John, mildly annoyed, began looking around for a paper towel or something to stop the blood, the Chinese lady freaked out, shouting "First Aid! First Aid!" and ran for the first aid box. John tried to calm her down and say that he only needed at most a band-aid, but she paid him no attention. Before he could do or say anything, she had three bandages in her hands and five more waiting to be used, along with sanitizer and disinfectant.
John ended up needing one band-aid. Not even a normal sized one, either. One of the little circular ones that only cover about half an inch of skin.
Okay ... that story seems a bit lame, now. But it's Friday and nothing happened at all last night except that we went out to eat and then worked out and then got ice cream and basically ignored Honey at home all day. I felt guilty enough to let her sleep with us, until she started barking at something and woke me up. Then I sent her back to her bed.
I am so ready for the weekend.
Shopping and Baking planned!
**Warning - don't read further if you're super sqeam-ish. Some bloodshed may be involved.**
Apparently, yesterday John was working in the lab (or more accurately, trying to talk to one of the Chinese ladies in there), and he managed to scratch off a scab on his arm. The cut on his arm began "spurting" blood all over the place.
While John, mildly annoyed, began looking around for a paper towel or something to stop the blood, the Chinese lady freaked out, shouting "First Aid! First Aid!" and ran for the first aid box. John tried to calm her down and say that he only needed at most a band-aid, but she paid him no attention. Before he could do or say anything, she had three bandages in her hands and five more waiting to be used, along with sanitizer and disinfectant.
John ended up needing one band-aid. Not even a normal sized one, either. One of the little circular ones that only cover about half an inch of skin.
Okay ... that story seems a bit lame, now. But it's Friday and nothing happened at all last night except that we went out to eat and then worked out and then got ice cream and basically ignored Honey at home all day. I felt guilty enough to let her sleep with us, until she started barking at something and woke me up. Then I sent her back to her bed.
I am so ready for the weekend.
Shopping and Baking planned!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
In which I think about baking and John gets a computer
John got his computer in the mail yesterday! He'd been using a Kindle Fire that I won this past summer in a contest. Even though we both love the Kindle Fire, it's not a replacement for a computer. So, after some research, he bought a refurbished laptop from eBay. Getting that in the mail was a definite highlight for his day yesterday!
So, John is fairly sure that this lab is not the one he wants to stay in. I'm hoping today goes better (since I'd hate for him to suffer through three weeks of lab if he's miserable the whole time!), but apparently the lady in charge of his training hardly speaks any English. Which makes things a bit frustrating.
Oh well ... at least it's just the three week rotation instead of the seven week rotation!
As for me, I've offered to bake some goodies for the GSO's bake sale. The GSO is the Graduate Student Organization for all the grad students, and they've been kind enough to adopt me. Probably because I can bake better than John. I don't have any problem bribing people with my cooking!
Their bake sale is next week; and John has two tests next week. I'll spend some time this weekend baking up a storm, both for the bake sale and for John's classmates for one of their test days.
I'll post one of my tried and true cookie recipes in the next day or so. With pictures once I actually make them!
So, John is fairly sure that this lab is not the one he wants to stay in. I'm hoping today goes better (since I'd hate for him to suffer through three weeks of lab if he's miserable the whole time!), but apparently the lady in charge of his training hardly speaks any English. Which makes things a bit frustrating.
Oh well ... at least it's just the three week rotation instead of the seven week rotation!
As for me, I've offered to bake some goodies for the GSO's bake sale. The GSO is the Graduate Student Organization for all the grad students, and they've been kind enough to adopt me. Probably because I can bake better than John. I don't have any problem bribing people with my cooking!
Their bake sale is next week; and John has two tests next week. I'll spend some time this weekend baking up a storm, both for the bake sale and for John's classmates for one of their test days.
I'll post one of my tried and true cookie recipes in the next day or so. With pictures once I actually make them!
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