That is why God created March, so that people who have never had a hangover will know what it feels like

So for past week or so I have been in kinda of a crappy mood mostly due my ever-lasting cold and work at the lab stretching on for days with no end in sight. But now, I'm in a much better mood. My cold is finally gone (so I can stop blowing my nose every ten minutes!). And work in the lab is going much better. I was finally able to start work on the Big Blue Assay and find out if the freezer meltdown from earlier in the month has really messed eveything up. So far the tissue seems to be OK (which I found out after isolating DNA last week) and the E. coli is still viable. There is really only one more thing that I have to test tomorrow. I've also been listening to all sorts of Podcasts while I work. I'm half way through a lecture series about Medieval England (given at Oxford) as well as NPR books and various Garrison Keillor shows (the title is from a recent "News from Lake Wobegon" airing).
And I have been watching the BBC show "All Creatures Great and Small" which has made me miss home and at also relieved that I decided that I wouldn't want to be a vet (specifically when James doesn't use gloves!). My mom's post about the vets working four hours also made me happy about ruling out that career. I think I would have given up after two hours! I also love that the James and Siegfried wear nice shirts and blazer and then bring work clothes, seems that they should just wear their work clothes. I'm also excited because pledge time on PBS is finally over so I can watch FRONTLINE tonight!

"I've always wanted to see walnut in the wild."- Hank Hill