Life in lessons....

Ummm...We did have a good time and everyone went home happy (for one reason or another). I ended up going home and going to bed (Granted it was 2:00 am when we got in!). In my lab we have a strict policy that what happens outside of the lab is separate from actual work. After last night, it is a very good thing, not that one cannot be teased about what happened outside of the lab when we are in the lab, but nothing is held against you...Like I said before...It is a very good policy to have...Otherwise wonderboy and I would be in big trouble, granted myself more than him, but still...I just have to find those pictures and burn all evidence of what happened! :)
Tonight is homecoming, I am not sure how I feel about going out tonight...I am looking forward to seeing some people but I have that fear that I will running into a few people that I could have never seen again and been very happy.
I have gotten all dressed up for the day, and have been told by everyone that I look very cute. I went with the whole black and Orange theme, while one of my co-workers (the MD-Ph.D. Student) got dressed up as a woman, and is way too comfy in pantyhose.
I cannot believe that soon I will have to give Kate back to TX...But I am sure that we will have some more memorable moments before she goes...
off to finish my WIP for Wednesday!

Spiders, humans - what's really the difference?

"The percentage of post-copulatory cannibalisms were certainly nothing out of the ordinary...Some may just see the males as food."

-- Arachnologist Eileen Hebets



For the whole article here's the link:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/10/28/spiders.dating.reut/index.html

So Kate has made it back here to DC. I am very glad that she is hear. It is funny to see peoples reactions to her after having not seen her in so long. As this has been from the people that knew that she was coming. I think that she already knew how much we all missed her, and she missed people up here, but now I am sure she can understand how much. It is funny, I have not seen her since she got married last year, but it really does not feel that way. Granted she and I are on the phone to one another every time something happens or just because nothing has happened and we just miss one another. Dave has stated that he is amazed that she and I can talk about nothing really for so long...and so often...it is not often that one finds someone like that. I am very happy and grateful that I have her. And I am trying to make the most of having her here as I know that way too soon she is going to have to go home to her life and everything, but at least we have time right now.

This is one thing that happened this morning...I love him, I really do. He is a wonderful person...

Tells me that he is going to pack the plants. I tell him not to. He says that he is just going to put a few plants that are around and not on the windowsill in one place. I tell him NOT to touch the plants on the windowsill as some of them are very exotic and need special treatment. I walk out of my room into the kitchen to discover that all of the plants on the window sill are missing - he has packed them in a box. I mean PACKED them!!! Bowls of water and all...In a box...

I am about to leave to go pick up Kate...Nothing like a trip out to BWI, but at least it will be worth it!

So I have made the sauce, cleaned up the place (a bit) and have started to work on my WIP for next week. The Direct Boss will not be in to work today (most likely) as someone tried to run him off the road last night and now his car has to go to the body shop and get fixed up. But at least he is okay. :) I am going to leave work early this afternoon so that I can go pick up Kate from the airport. We are thinking of going down to the Drag races tonight...but we'll see how everyone feels when she gets here. If we do not go, we'll just have some fun bonding together! :) Off to work on my WIP!

oh how I wish I was headed there...i am off to get things done! it is truely icky outside today! Cold, wet, and rainy! ICKY!

...Busy day and week (see my entry from earlier this morning!) and I just remembered that I have a presentation due two Wednesdays from now...Why? Why I ask you? I HATE giving speeches in public, which is pretty funny as I can usually talk to anyone about anything. Working in that STD lab really helped my ability to talk to anyone about anything at anytime...but still it never prepared me for standing up in front of a bunch of people and giving a lecture on a topic. I think that I need to go sign up for a public speaking class...Oops! I almost published "pubic" instead of "public"...that would have been bad!
I just ran spell check, and it wanted to change "pubic" to "pubs".....

Oh how I wish it were Sunday, as that's my packing day....
Sorry...too much packing, no time...But I must give BIG props to Melissa is who from this point on will be known as the Packing Queen! Thank you SO much for all of your help on Saturday!
This weeks schedule...(and what is up with the way the English say that word...try saying it like they do when you are trashed...not fun...). Also, remember that I will working my normal crazy hours while all of this is going on...
Monday: make a large pot of sauce for Wednesday's project, finish packing/cleaning out the hall closet, and clean.
Tuesday: Pick up Kate from BWI (we may or may not end up at the Drag Races on 17th Street...after all I really do not think that Dallas has them, we'll wait to see how kate's ears feel when she gets off the plane....
Wednesday:Dinner...Jeanie may or may not come over, we'll see, make all of the food for Saturday's dinner party....Dave - remember what you have promised me!!!!
Thursday:Keroke with my lab group and others...Dangerous.....very dangerous...very worried about...Worried even more that some one may end up taking pictures and passing them around at work...I am glad that the camcorder is well packed away at this point...
Friday:Dinner with a bunch of people, off to the bars...etc...the usual stuff that is expected for homecoming...facing people that you wish HAD fallen off the face of the EARTH...
Saturday:Moving Day...that starts at 12:00 noon, and the dinner party starts at 7:30 pm, at the NEW place!!!
Sunday:Mary Kay party, cleaning up the old place, and out with Allison who will be in from AZ!!! WEEE!!!!
Monday:Off from work, Kate Leaves :( and then my very exciting doctors appointment!


For as excited as I am to see Kate and am looking forward to all of the events of the coming week, I think that I am looking forward to sitting down on Sunday night (in my new place!) and having a glass of wine with Kate and just enjoying the silence that our friendship allows us to have. As so many things can just be felt and not spoken...just hopefully of silence will not be from the fact that both of us have fallen asleep and spilled wine all over the new carpet.

I have spent the weekend packing. I have run over to Abby's to use her computer as I have received a complaint about the lack of up dates over the weekend...More on Monday...I have to finish packing so that I can go out and play tonight as I need to go to church and then it is Rose's birthday. (She is Dave's sister).

Okay, Go ask Dave about how I am with computers.
Okay more like when he use to write the code for the radio's website and I would just watch and wonder.
So now I have my blog...And it has code. I really did not like the whole "Comments" thing (I like getting the comments, granted they have all been from Kate thus far, but i did not like just like the word "Comments"). So I set about changing this word this afternoon (after I had finished all of those data sheets, yes, and I know that it is because of my lack of doing them before that I have 4 weeks worth of sheets to do, but still...it's finally done....).
For a bit there, I thought that I had lost all of those comments o'love from Kate!
NO Comments showed up at all!
But finally I have gotten this fixed!
I am happy with my whole bar thing, at least for right now....I don't know how long it will be until I try it again...but I think that I may be ready for the bar now...I'll go call KD and see what she is up to after work...
:)

Abby sent this to Sean, or more like it she posted it on his blog (now should I give that address or not..hummmm) but it has not gotten up on to his website as if anyone disagrees or corrects him, he takes their postings down...Then again, I think that he has taken down every posting that Abby has written up there, so there is little hope of this one getting out for others to read...So I thought that I would just let Abby's thoughts out for the enjoyment (and comments if you wish) of everyone...



Subject: Blog fascist

Sandi informed me of your recent decision to "screen" comments on your daily Blog. Since your online journal is on the internet, where anyone can look at it, I don't understand why you don't allow anyone other than your closest friends (or those who are in consistent agreement with you) comment on your entries. In my opinion, if you're going to put your personal thoughts out there for the general public, you should be able to handle the criticism that comes with making occasional dumb comments. Free speakers, unite!!
Down with Blog Fascism!!
Sincerely,
Abigail

So, I took this little e-mode test that Kate sent to me about "Which Christmas Character Are You?"
SO I took it, all was going well until I got my results...It was not so much what the test results said, but how everything was set up:

sandi, your Christmas counterpart is an Elf

Like one of Santa's right-hand helpers, you're dedicated and devoted. From their pointy shoes to their pointy ears, the elves, and people like you, are The Man in Red's secret to success. Do you really think one person can make all those toys, harness the reindeer, wrap all those gifts, and get around the world in one night? Read more about your Christmas counterpart...

Forget your Pill? Now you can.
Get the scoop on birth control without the daily risk of forgetting. It's birth control you think about just 4 times a year.

Um...Are they trying to get me in the mood for giving or something?

Now that would be an interesting conversation starter at all of the holiday parties...

"Hey Mike! How are you? It is has been awhile since I have seen you. Oh Yeah, I got myself on the 4x's a year birth control, would you like your gift now or after I am finished with Bob here?"

Granted if I had ended up as Santa, it would have been even worse....but still....

So, my boss told me on Monday that he would be out of the lab on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (in my head I still think T, R, & F from my class schedule in college). So I got in this morning, puttered around...Went down to find out if my newly designed boxes for arranging cells in liquid N2 (LN2) would work (inother words would the box not be eaten by the LN2) and then came back to my lab...Imagine the look on my face when I walked in and found that my boss was here! YIKES!
Yeah, And I could think about was how this morning I did not feel well at all (still got that case of the crampy yicks!) and I had a thought (for just for about a second, of course) about calling in sick and just staying at home bonding with the heating pad, as it has been almost a month since I have really spent time with it, after all. But then I thought, I do not want everyone in the lab (including the REALLY BIG BOSS) thinking that I am playing hookie as my direct boss was off....Boy am I glad that I came in today...the heating pad will have to just wait until I get home!

So it is Friday...And I still have yet to finish all of my excel spread sheets of my data...Today it MUST be done...
Off to work on my data....I will get them done some how, either that or I will never get to leave.
I am not really looking forward to this weekend as it will full of things such as packing and the prepping to move. On a good note, at least there is less than week now until Kate comes...This time next week we'll be celebrating Halloween. That is if I have recovered from keroke with the lab group...I am very worried about going out with my lab group as it always seems that things "just happen"...Not that we don't have a good time, but at the same time, do I really want all of my co-workers to have stories about me...Um...

I could use some heat about now...I would like the weather to be warmer and I am in great need of my heating pad...And lots of sleep...And maybe something nice to drink...Maybe a nice cold raspberry vodka martini?...Sounds like a plan...At least the heating pad and sleep things I'll be able to do as soon as I get home and feed the fluffy beast...

(Sorry Guys, Girl ranting!)
The joys of being a female are what again? I hate this...I cannot wait until I go back to the doctor (the evil on as many females refer too the OB/GYN). I however, like going to that doctor, as they give me nice meds. and make the pain go away for months at a time. (I will say that I am really NOT a fan of the whole exam thing, but to get rid of the "curse", I'll do it).
The last place that I worked did not allow my medical insurance, for which I paid a decent amount of money for every month I must say, to cover birth control as it was against their mission. Now I will willing say that yes, many people do use birth control pills for birth control, but there are many others that uses for birth control for other things, such as to control pain that they normally would have when they get their periods. No, I would much rather have women on birth control to make it so that they do not have to take strong drugs such as Vicoden, Ultram, etc... But did this thought process work at my last place of employment? NO! Even with a doctors note saying that the woman needed to be put on birth control to control heavy/irregular bleeding, pain, etc they still would not allow the insurance to pay for the pill as someone MAY use it as birth control...Damn...But I must say that I am very thankful for nice doctors and rich pharm. Companies that give out lots of free samples! Thankfully the place that I work at now does cover my birth control....I wonder if I had agreed to having my legs sown shut if they would have paid for the birth control? I'll have to sugest that to friends of mine that still work there...
Only a week and a half until I get my new meds! Yea!!!!
Happy days will be here again! :)

p.s. as I was doing spell check it wanted to replace "pharm" with "porn"! Ha Ha!!!

Almost time to go home...it has been a long day of typing up my data here on the computer (after that 2.5 hours WIP!). Also, I had to talk to my boss today about how I have my WIP in 2 weeks! Damn....K.'s leaving, getting all of my Small pox testing stuff done, and then a WIP....I am up to the challenge! I hope.....It is now time to go feed the Chubbie Kitty!

So I got to work here nice and early to find that the internet was down....
As the big boss said "What did we ever do before the internet?" One of the other grad students and I looked at one another and said "Work!"....Our wonder boy was put out by the lack of internet as well...

... We said good-bye to a co-worker this morning, she is leaving for a new and fun job, which in someways is sad, as I will miss her. She and I (usually) are the first ones in the morning, everyone else comes in at about 9:30am, so we just had a few hours to ourselves, catching up, chatting about different things and getting all of our work done. Now, I no longer have my morning buddy! :( It is one of those situations where you are happy because someone will be learning more things and getting a chance to better themselves, but there is a part of you that wants them to stay because you like working with them and they are fun! But at least saying good bye, I love this lab, but sometimes, it does not matter how many cookies people bribe you with, there is only so long that people can sit and re-analyze GMSA's....(if you don;t know what this is, let me know and I'll explain the whole thing)...But the long and the short of it is, that reading a GMSA is not just a science, it is an art as well...

...Tonight I have to really think about how to start boxing up my place. I am very overwhelmed at the fact that I have about 1.5 weeks to pack up my half of the place...Dave has moved out his things, but every once in awhile I find something of his, and get all weepy...I really enjoyed my time with him. He and I were talking about that last night when he dropped Kevin off, as I have Kevin for a bit until he gets in own place. Kevin is OVERLY excited about helping me pack up my stuff...kind of scary I must say...but anyway, back to Dave and I. Before living with Dave, I did not know that one could actually live with a person for 2 years, and not get into an argument! Dave and I had a few moments where we would get on one another nerves a bit, but we never had harsh words or upsets...Hopefully I'll have that same type of luck living by myself. ;)

...Back to analyzing all of my data...

Kimmy got back to me...now I have a place where people can let me know if they think that I am totally off base...

So I just sent the blog people an e-mail...maybe they can help me out with how to get this reply thing up and working...
it is almost time for me to go home to the cat as I am sure that he thinks that he is dying from the lack of food...for god's sake! He did eat this morning at 8:15am...
I am very much looking forward to going home and just relaxing...we'll see if that actually happens...

okay, i am working on it...i'll figure this thing out...somehow...