mad scientist girl

this week’s labs... fucking LOVE Mr. Bean oh goodness.. what can I say. It was a bad week, and continues to be a bad week cuz I have a midterm tomorrow that I don't feel at ALL prepared for!  Tuesdays lab ... organic... last week’s lab consisted of just stirring for over an hour .. and then a liquid-liquid separation... everything seemed to go just fine. THIS week.... not so much. The first part we had to gravity filter the drying agent and then rotary-evaporate the solvent out ...which is basically is just putting your flask onto a machine that spins it in a water bath and the solvent boils off.... wanna buy one? but of course.. the one I used wasn’t on and so the bath had to warm up.. taking (what felt like) forever. Then when it finally started to boil, of course I walked away and by the time I returned it was a goey boiling mess! *slaps forehead* BUT.. it’s ok, can be salvaged... let it cool and prepare the reagents for crystallization... ethanol and petro...

for once, I’m grateful it’s NOT Friday.. and that’s because I’m on reading break. Friday means it’s almost over... and I’m not ready for it to be over. I was laying in bed this morning, enjoying the serenity of quiet and wonderfulness... realizing that next week I’d be back to getting up at 5am and spending 5 hours a day on transit... dealing with labs, lab reports, homework and exams. I love it, and I hate it. I think that’s the general mantra of all students. Yesterday I went on a tour of an analytical lab that I could potentially work at.. it’s energizing, people... the work I could be doing... I’m SO excited.. like for reals excited. Like a job where I could actually ENJOY going to work every day. I’m sure this is what people are supposed to feel like when they go to college. This is what the world is supposed to be like. and yet.... I still can’t help but wonder if I’m going to be able to “have it all” .. I won’t graduate for 2 more years.... by then I’ll be 34 (go...

and I just wrote a whole fucking post that my computer decided wasn't adequate and deleted on me. FUCKING BALLS! seriously. I was talking about how I splashed nitric acid on my face today in lab... (it's ok ... I'm not disfigured or anything) How I fucking HATE summer cuz it's hot and I don't manage well with heat. Also that we're having a make-up quiz on Thursday cuz our midterm was sucky. basically that was it ... but I wrote a lot more. the only good thing going on for this week is that we're having the awesomely amazing robot mommy writing a guest post for my blog this week.. *cue happy dance* if you haven't read anything by the robot mommy.. I suggest you head there right now and read everything ... she's that amazeballs. So tune in this week for her phenomenal words of wisdom. I'm going to go drown my sorrows in Netflix. seeeeeya.