Unexpected problems

1) Guys, I can't turn off my cell phone.

No, really.

I even checked the manual and held down the key all the way until the screen went dark due to inactivity. The phone won't turn off. I'm going to try the battery-out and battery-in strategy later but really, this was not a problem that I would've expected.

2) Went to dentist, discovered two cavities on their way to eating through my enamel. Am scheduled for two appointments (I was told they will be around 30 min ea -- which strikes me as really short) for fillings. Now I am googling what "white filling" is and trying to figure out what the dentist is going to do to me, as that I've never had a filling before and the vague notion I've had of anaesthesia and drills scares me. Just a little.

(I was also informed that I don't have upper wisdom teeth. Just the lower ones, which was confirmed to not to need to be removed, thank God. This strikes me as strange. Must remember to call parents to see who I got this bit of luck from.)

3) The undergrad who borrows my reagents and then forgets to put them back. It's not that she does it on purpose, she's just careless by nature and is in the habit of forgetting to put chemicals / equipment back where she got them from in general and although I'm not in charge of her, it occasionally gets really annoying. Especially when I need something within two minutes in a time-sensitive experiment and my stuff aren't where it's supposed to be.

On the plus side I have:

1) Heard back from PI #5 and the Exam of Doom, as Lucy had dubbed it, will be on Oct. 1st, and I will NOT have to present twice which is awesome. I am contemplating my original plan, from back in winter / spring quarter, of getting the Exam of Doom completed before fall quarter classes start. Getting it done one week after it started is, all things considered, pretty good. Assuming that the stats I'm trying to run on some of the data doesn't drive me nuts and that I actually PASS, of course. Otherwise I'll just be sad.

2) We're getting a rotation student! Which is always exciting. I remember when I was a rotation student. Tempus fugit, indeed.

........

Though considering all the troubleshooting and editing and things not working out that I'm experiencing these two days, I'm feeling pretty happy and content with life right now. Isn't that weird?