It's just not my week

I should have stayed in bed this morning.

I'm still trying to figure out what went wrong with it this time. No one's fault - material failure of some sort - like I said I'm still trying to figure it out. I am so frustrated and angry right now I want to scream.

Instead, I'm just trying not to cry.

And failing.

Edit: Ok, I squeezed out a few tears and got over it. This is science, after all. It blows, and it blows often. This is a complicated growth format I'm attempting here, much much more complicated than a simple test tube. I may have figured out the problem, but it's an expensive problem, and I'll be checking with our collaborator to see if it's something he's ever experienced.

Every problem has a solution.

It may just take a long damn time to find it.

Or to get it to work!