My PI is ordering modified mouse stem cells for me. From Europe. (And the consortium's name sounds like "Yukon", leading to the scenario where I was laughing about Yukon mice and confusing my poor PI, who didn't understand what was so funny about mice.) So I can make a mouse. (Okay so the stem cell core will be doing most of the work -- I mostly just cross and genotype the mice, but even so....) This is not sci-fi folks, this is my life.
He saw fit to forward me parts of the paperwork (yeah stem cells across borders can be difficult), which I don't exactly appreciate, but maybe it makes him feel better to have someone to complain to so I'm not going to say anything.
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The aftershocks are still going on, I've counted, so far, Monday night, Tuesday night, Thursday morning, and Friday night. There may have been more that I missed. I hope they'll be done at some point because I need my sleep.
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While grocery shopping just now, two girls came out of the grocery store chatting just as I was finished refilling my gallon-sized water bottle from the machine located next to the store's entrance. They stopped upon seeing what I was doing and gaped. The conversation between them went along the lines of:
"Wait what's that?"
"Whoa it's water."
"It's water?!"
"It's water! Sick!"
These two are within five years of my age and they look like they are from this area, so I'm not entirely sure how it's possible that they never noticed the (giant, gurgling, frequently used) water refill station outside of the doors to most grocery shops before today. But yes, water bottles can be refilled! And recycled too, did you know?
I left before I started laughing.
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There was something using the classroom before my section. As a result I was waiting outside of the door with the students before class started and the look on their faces when they realized that I was the TA was...well, no one has ever made quite that expression at me before, that's for sure.
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In conclusion: long week. Have to be in lab both days this weekend and again next weekend. I can only hope that at some point I'll have the weekend off again. That'll be nice.
1 comment:
Ooh fancy European mice!! Better feed them a strict diet of Brie. I don't think they'll like sliced American cheese.
And after make-a-mouse, I guess build-a-bear sounds a lot less exciting!
Aftershocks are scary. Glad you're alright.
And wow, water! AMAZING!! :O
EEE! You're all grown up and TA-ing! TA-ing sounds kind of scary. I still haven't quite come to terms with the possibility that I'll be teaching discussion sections a year from now. It makes me feel so grown-up. I have to be, like, smart and responsible and stuff.
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