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bronwynrhBusy, much?
Holy cow. I started for reals in TY's lab on Monday with an information overload. Between the two-hour lab meeting (Bronwyn Orientation), the 3-inch binder of papers I was given to read, and the Let's Get You Started meeting with TY, I was jumping in with both feet. On Tuesday. . . kerblam! Busy! I'm doing stuff all day, learning new things, and looking at my watch saying, "damn I'm tired. What? It's only 2 o'clock? *Sob*"
For some reason, time doesn't fly when I'm busy. Maybe this is because for the past 7 months I've been bored stiff and annoyed and unmotivated, so my days flew past in a haze of LJ reading and farking. Suddenly my days are packed and I'm doing so much. I'm doing a number of things that, in the recent past, I'd take all damn day to do. Now I'm doing them in a couple of hours. Even so, I'm not working at what I know is my full efficiency, but that's just because I'm trying to be careful.
I'm tired, and close to being frazzled with the pace and the newness. So I'm being supercareful and thorough with every step, writing everything down. I've put off until tomorrow the next step of one project so I can focus on this new experiment - just to be sure I don't foul anything up or get confused.
Everyone in the lab is incredibly helpful. MU even volunteered to submit my sequencing for me because he had time and figured it would help me out. Considering how unfamiliar I am with the sequencing core procedures around here, it was a great help. ND and EB are helping by handing me protocols, advice and solutions - without my even having to ask. And TY is taking time to teach me new methods, too. All while leaving me to do on my own those things I know how to do without hanging over my shoulder.
What. A. Difference.
It's 3:30 now. . . See? I'm so busy I didn't even have time to write this all in one go.
It's a good feeling, but I am definitely feeling more scatterbrained than I like. For now, I'll chalk it up to newness and won't take it personally :)
Update: Hey! I pulled myself together so well, I even added another experiment to today's work. I GOT DATA. It's unimportant data, and only serves to prove to myself that what everyone told me isn't bullshit. . . but still. It's DATA.
*happy dance*
Holy cow. I started for reals in TY's lab on Monday with an information overload. Between the two-hour lab meeting (Bronwyn Orientation), the 3-inch binder of papers I was given to read, and the Let's Get You Started meeting with TY, I was jumping in with both feet. On Tuesday. . . kerblam! Busy! I'm doing stuff all day, learning new things, and looking at my watch saying, "damn I'm tired. What? It's only 2 o'clock? *Sob*"
For some reason, time doesn't fly when I'm busy. Maybe this is because for the past 7 months I've been bored stiff and annoyed and unmotivated, so my days flew past in a haze of LJ reading and farking. Suddenly my days are packed and I'm doing so much. I'm doing a number of things that, in the recent past, I'd take all damn day to do. Now I'm doing them in a couple of hours. Even so, I'm not working at what I know is my full efficiency, but that's just because I'm trying to be careful.
I'm tired, and close to being frazzled with the pace and the newness. So I'm being supercareful and thorough with every step, writing everything down. I've put off until tomorrow the next step of one project so I can focus on this new experiment - just to be sure I don't foul anything up or get confused.
Everyone in the lab is incredibly helpful. MU even volunteered to submit my sequencing for me because he had time and figured it would help me out. Considering how unfamiliar I am with the sequencing core procedures around here, it was a great help. ND and EB are helping by handing me protocols, advice and solutions - without my even having to ask. And TY is taking time to teach me new methods, too. All while leaving me to do on my own those things I know how to do without hanging over my shoulder.
What. A. Difference.
It's 3:30 now. . . See? I'm so busy I didn't even have time to write this all in one go.
It's a good feeling, but I am definitely feeling more scatterbrained than I like. For now, I'll chalk it up to newness and won't take it personally :)
Update: Hey! I pulled myself together so well, I even added another experiment to today's work. I GOT DATA. It's unimportant data, and only serves to prove to myself that what everyone told me isn't bullshit. . . but still. It's DATA.
*happy dance*
