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Oi! I missed two days. I have excuses! ::hides under them::
So, Wednesday was a pretty busy day. Work has been crazy all this week, because the grad student I've been working with graduated and found a job and is leaving the lab next week, and we've been trying to get in One Last Experiment before she goes. So, I haven't had as much time for browsing the internet as I usually do (I've been working through lunch! madness!).
Wednesday after work I walked downtown and attended a workshop on 3D design for 3D printing. It was a 2-hour class put on by these two guys who are trying to start a business based on printing custom 3D items for people. I learned a fair amount, and it was really interesting to attend, but it meant I didn't get home until almost 11pm. So I ate some food and went to bed with a minimum of internetting, and consequently completely forgot about journaling. BUT. I did think about things I was grateful for throughout the day, so I think I am getting into the mindset, even if I'm doing a terrible job of writing it down.
Wednesday's grateful things:
1. Living in a town with a more active social center (as compared to where we lived a year ago). There are neat things going on in Ann Arbor!
2. A fiance who introduces me to neat things like 3D printing, which resulted in me finding this class and then being the only woman in a room of about 20 men. (Ladies! Have you just not heard of 3D printing? Are you not interested? Did you just not want to walk downtown at 7pm to go to the class?)
3. Public transportation that runs until 10pm. (I caught the very last bus! But there WAS a bus, so that's awesome.)
Yesterday was another super long day at work, or, at least, it felt that way. I didn't get home very late, but after eating a quick dinner, I decided what I really needed was a long, leisurely bath, so I went and read in the bathtub for about an hour and a half. After I got out, the internet didn't seem interesting, so I went and read in bed for another hour and a half, and consequently, once again, completely forgot about journaling my grateful things until it was time to go to sleep. And then I made myself stay in bed instead of getting up to write them down.
Yesterday I was grateful for:
1. Being able to read at work while deparaffinizing slides.
2. My bathtub! Seriously. It was a really nice bath.
3. The cat not being a total pain in the ass for an hour and a half. I don't think she's afraid of the water in the bath, per se, but she left me largely alone while I was in there, and she didn't even sit at the front door and meow piteously, which was really nice.
Today, it's not even lunchtime yet, but I think I'm going to jot some things down in case I don't get another chance to sit at the computer. I need to go coverslip some slides, and then I'll be imaging all afternoon, and then Jim gets home, and then we have gaming, sooo....
1. Our washing machine. It works again! You don't realize how awesome washing machines are until you don't have one. I'm wearing clean pants!!
2. Being able to order coffee beans from the internet. Salt Lake City Roasting Co, I love you.
3. A really, really awesome smart phone that also holds music and allows me to stream radio stations from the internet. It makes staining/coverslipping/imaging soooo much less painful.
Okay! Back to work, now.
So, Wednesday was a pretty busy day. Work has been crazy all this week, because the grad student I've been working with graduated and found a job and is leaving the lab next week, and we've been trying to get in One Last Experiment before she goes. So, I haven't had as much time for browsing the internet as I usually do (I've been working through lunch! madness!).
Wednesday after work I walked downtown and attended a workshop on 3D design for 3D printing. It was a 2-hour class put on by these two guys who are trying to start a business based on printing custom 3D items for people. I learned a fair amount, and it was really interesting to attend, but it meant I didn't get home until almost 11pm. So I ate some food and went to bed with a minimum of internetting, and consequently completely forgot about journaling. BUT. I did think about things I was grateful for throughout the day, so I think I am getting into the mindset, even if I'm doing a terrible job of writing it down.
Wednesday's grateful things:
1. Living in a town with a more active social center (as compared to where we lived a year ago). There are neat things going on in Ann Arbor!
2. A fiance who introduces me to neat things like 3D printing, which resulted in me finding this class and then being the only woman in a room of about 20 men. (Ladies! Have you just not heard of 3D printing? Are you not interested? Did you just not want to walk downtown at 7pm to go to the class?)
3. Public transportation that runs until 10pm. (I caught the very last bus! But there WAS a bus, so that's awesome.)
Yesterday was another super long day at work, or, at least, it felt that way. I didn't get home very late, but after eating a quick dinner, I decided what I really needed was a long, leisurely bath, so I went and read in the bathtub for about an hour and a half. After I got out, the internet didn't seem interesting, so I went and read in bed for another hour and a half, and consequently, once again, completely forgot about journaling my grateful things until it was time to go to sleep. And then I made myself stay in bed instead of getting up to write them down.
Yesterday I was grateful for:
1. Being able to read at work while deparaffinizing slides.
2. My bathtub! Seriously. It was a really nice bath.
3. The cat not being a total pain in the ass for an hour and a half. I don't think she's afraid of the water in the bath, per se, but she left me largely alone while I was in there, and she didn't even sit at the front door and meow piteously, which was really nice.
Today, it's not even lunchtime yet, but I think I'm going to jot some things down in case I don't get another chance to sit at the computer. I need to go coverslip some slides, and then I'll be imaging all afternoon, and then Jim gets home, and then we have gaming, sooo....
1. Our washing machine. It works again! You don't realize how awesome washing machines are until you don't have one. I'm wearing clean pants!!
2. Being able to order coffee beans from the internet. Salt Lake City Roasting Co, I love you.
3. A really, really awesome smart phone that also holds music and allows me to stream radio stations from the internet. It makes staining/coverslipping/imaging soooo much less painful.
Okay! Back to work, now.
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Date: 2012-02-10 05:12 pm (UTC)From:I took a bath the other day. Bamboo jumped IN THE WATER with me. Then he went behind me and shook freezing water all over my back. Then, later, I was watching a movie with Nate and Bamboo jumps on my lap and makes himself comfortable. Problem: he's still soggy from his bath.
Damn cats.
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Date: 2012-02-10 11:26 pm (UTC)From:Ha. Cats. Yeah...
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Date: 2012-02-10 07:44 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2012-02-10 11:26 pm (UTC)From: