More of the same. . .

[bronwynrh]

And so I've not had much to say.

Sorry this space hasn't changed much for several days. I have a ton of work to do and I haven't been doing it. Well, now I am. . . so livejournalling hasn't been much of a priority. I've been reading and commenting, but not composing.

I'm finishing up my poster for the meeting this weekend.

I have to pull something together for lab meeting this week. I was informed this morning that I'm up for Thursday night. Talk about mixed messages, in one breath I was told that powerpoint wasn't necessary but that I could share some of my micrographs. I'm not to spend much time on preparing for lab meeting because I'm expecting to be doing a whole lot of other things.

Oh.

Yeah. So my motivation meter better kick it up several notches.

That and I really need to stop making the dumbass mistakes I've been making. Last week I twice ran the right experiment on the wrong sample. Twice. After I finished smacking myself in the forehead, I ran two experiments at the same time, didn't mix them up and got the results I needed. But damn! I wish I knew where my brain was hiding the other two days.

Still no word from Denmark on the software that will get me going on cranking out statistical data on those 27 GB. I just spent 4 hours making pretty pictures from about 300 of my image files, but pretty pictures do not a convincing argument make. *shrug* They do, on the other hand, a pretty poster make, so that's what I'm going to have to settle for today.

I did my exercise vid on Saturday night. Not very well, I might add. All this microscopy and data crunching and winterizing has turned me into a little ragdoll. I haven't gained any weight, but I'm definitely a little ragdoll.

Dave and I went shopping this weekend, too. Danger! Danger, Will Robinson! I spent money, yes I did, but I spent money on things that I like a great deal and will enjoy for a good while. A little guilt, yes, but tempered because I enjoyed it and I didn't overdo.

So there.

Speaking of money, time to pay the mortgage, phone and electric bills - and finish lunch. For those of you who may be wondering, Lean Cuisine chicken carbonara (Now! with Real Bacon!) is tasteless and I swear I can't find the bacon. Blah.

Comments

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Are you going to use the plotter for your poster? It's only eight bucks, and it makes your poster look really spiffy. (;

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Always - and it's cheaper in our department :-D

[adaon.livejournal.com]

I hear you bought some Angelique albums! yay! And yes, your albums *are* on their way.

You have a mortgage???

You shouldn't be eating bacon anyway. Nasty, forbidden stuff! Didn't you learn anything in Saudi? ;-)

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Love my Angelique :-). . . Yes I have a mortgage. I decided I'd rather build equity than throw my money away in rent and worry about rent hikes and laundry rooms and noisy neighbors. Now I fret about home repairs, property taxes and yard care.

And yes, yes I know. Pork is haram. D'ya think Allah will forgive me since I didn't find any bacon anyway?

Wait a minute, I'm an atheist! *snicker*

Did I just hear my karma train derailing? Oh, damn!

I can't wait to listen to those albums!!! SO excited!