Friday, August 24, 2007
Still not working
I am so bummed out. I still haven't sorted out my activity problems. The only thing I can think is the problem is that all my samples have gone mad in storage and died or that the preparation method is mucking them up. Looks like I'll be in over the long weekend missing out on the lovely weather and running through a set of 4 experiments which will hopefully give me some sensible guiding data on whether the problem is with my samples and/or with the preparation method. This has been going on so long and I am so fed up with it and having crappy data. I'm hoping that this set of experiments should give me some sort of definite answer. If my samples are dead I am totally stuck as I can't think why they would have lost activity and I don't really have time to make up a new batch before I have to give a big talk on my work. Also I would like to figure out why they have suddenly gone screwy so it doesn't happen again.
I am still hoping to pop out into the sunshine a bit to get some nice things in the shops. And even better is that I don't need to feel guilty as it seems like HR picked up that I'm finally graduated and am officially a proper post doc rather than a bog standard research assistant so I finally got a pay rise this month. At the moment I have my eye on a new school bag (a funky patterned messenger bag which is practical and not too bulky) and some new trainers for wearing with dark slim leg jeans. Woo hoo. Also I think I'm looking forward to my friends hen night which is a murder mystery dinner party in fancy dress. I still need to sort out my outfit and will probably have to brave Primark to get something. I think Primark is probably the best motivation for getting me out of bed and at work early tomorrow, the queues in Primark are absolutely mental. It's not a place I ever usually bother shopping at but it's currently rammed with ugly hippy stuff that will suit the character of the person I'm meant to be at the dinner party and is cheap enough that I don't mind buying something I will only wear once.
I am still hoping to pop out into the sunshine a bit to get some nice things in the shops. And even better is that I don't need to feel guilty as it seems like HR picked up that I'm finally graduated and am officially a proper post doc rather than a bog standard research assistant so I finally got a pay rise this month. At the moment I have my eye on a new school bag (a funky patterned messenger bag which is practical and not too bulky) and some new trainers for wearing with dark slim leg jeans. Woo hoo. Also I think I'm looking forward to my friends hen night which is a murder mystery dinner party in fancy dress. I still need to sort out my outfit and will probably have to brave Primark to get something. I think Primark is probably the best motivation for getting me out of bed and at work early tomorrow, the queues in Primark are absolutely mental. It's not a place I ever usually bother shopping at but it's currently rammed with ugly hippy stuff that will suit the character of the person I'm meant to be at the dinner party and is cheap enough that I don't mind buying something I will only wear once.
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