Soooo sleepy?

Well, I've been on my way back to a "normal" 7-8 hour a night sleep schedule, but I've still been sleepier than usual. Andy's come down with some sort of plague that has appropriately been plaguing the Bac-T (Bacteriology) department. So maybe I also have the plague. If so, hopefully I'll get the sore throught and start sounding like Demi Moore.

Or maybe finally my body wants a full sleep re-boot.

So today was (in theory) the absolute last day of classes ever. I mean, I could be wrong, and who knows what other things I'll be asked to attend that are classlike later, but I've completed all major and minor coursework for the PhD program. Off I go! The weight of this milestone has not fully impacted me yet. It just feels like a time-release relief program where little by little I realize how much more time I'm going to have when I'm not going to freaking class.

To be proud of currently: I've been networking! At least, I have found two people to help me learn to use the confocal microscope (sweet), I have located someone who might be able to help me get micrographs of V. fischeri using the transmission electron microscope (even more sweet), and Ned wants me to get in touch with guy in the Biostatistics department for some statistics help with some of our data analysis. One of Ned's great talents as the head of a lab is that when you meet with him, you leave full of ideas and actions to take and you feel USEFUL. Now if only he wasn't on the road so much! But alas, he is a rockstar scientist.

So again, Friday approaches, and my room still isn't clean, but that's ok. Hopefully, Andy will recover, and Sarah and I might go scout out plants for her garden, which may mean that Amber will have gardening therapy available to her. AAAAND Tomatoes! Another Saturday at the Farmer's Market!!

PREEEOOOW!!

All-nighters are really not much good

Well kids, I tried. I stayed up from 11PM-6AM grading lab reports, and was so very satisfied with myself when 6AM came around. I had them all finished, with 2 hours left to sleep until I needed to get back up and catch the bus and head into work. Doing this would get me at lab at 9:00 and I’d be ready to start cultures for a squid experiment. The experiment would be all set by around 2PM, and with the boss out of town I could feel completely ok with just going home early and finishing my recovery. I curled up into bed, thought warm thoughts, and went to sleep.’

I woke up of my own volition some time later. I was relieved at first to realize that my living space was not covered in tarantulas, like I had been dreaming. Yay! Wait, it was 10:30AM. . . .Squid hatch at noon and I won’t be able to get into work until 11AM at best. . . crap crap crap.

I called in and gave up my rights to squid for the day—which was good because someone else could use some of them, but we had a big burst (of course) so I would have had enough animals to set up several experiments. Crap. And my lab reports wouldn’t even be turned in quite as early as I had envisioned.

But oh well. I’m really tired, and have been getting increasingly cranky from continual lack of sleep that usually really my fault. CRANKY TIRED SLEEPY.

I had a pretty nice weekend though. Farmer’s Market was lovely. Got to go shopping down State street with Sarah. Went and saw Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy—which was wonderful, and had delicious Chinese food with Andy and Sharon. I also spent a nice evening with the Andy, and slept in until near 2PM on Sunday. The only problem was that I was continually overbooked and ended up being late a lot, which always stresses me out. A LOT.

Well, I don’t have any homework and in theory after I go to this poster session (undergrad poster session) I can be retired to my own recognizance until tomorrow, when it will be BUSY BUSY BUSY. AGAIN!